87. Late-Night Adventures

Recently my friend Mark (who also lives in my building) & I have been at our lobby bar literally every single night and staying up until ~5am every.single.night. We just sit down there, go bar-hopping, eat breakfast in the middle of the night at 24hr diners, come back to the lobby, lounge on the couches, go back to our rooms to sleep until late afternoon the next day, then repeat it all again. Lots of fun.




One night we decided to wander around our building. Here is our ballroom. It was so creepy coming here! I seriously felt like we were being watched. I looked up on the balconies (located a floor above) & I swear I saw the curtains moving.



This would be the Royal York Hotel. It's located 5min from our building/1 King West. It was almost 2am when I suddenly had a craving for a sour apple martini at the Royal York bar. Even though we knew it would be closed, we decided to go to the hotel just for fun. We just lounged around the couches but left before the security guys got too suspicious.

Walking back to our building at 3am. This is the "courtyard" I guess..with a very nice fountain.

86. Hong Kong | Afternoon Tea at the Peninsula Hotel

I know I've been really bad at keeping up with this blog. I want to post all the pictures from my Asia trip but I'm so lazy with resizing pictures and all. In case you're new here, I was in Hong Kong, China, Macau, and Japan way back in May. I've made a few posts on this trip but I've been going slower than turtle pace.

So here are some from the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. Located on Salisbury Road on Kowloon, it's one of the most luxurious and well-known hotels there. It has a helicopter landing pad on the roof and an impressive fleet of Rolls-Royce limos.

Here are some photos I took when I went for afternoon tea with my mom there.










The afternoon tea is located in their lobby. It's very well-known. If you are visiting Hong Kong and are a fan of afternoon teas, you MUST come here for it. Next time I'm in Hong Kong this is definitely on my to-do list again. Great food and perfect atmosphere!

85. sven

Two nights ago I was down at my bar with a few random people..then my friend Sunny (he lives in my building too) & I went to Pravda! We got there like 45min before they closed.

I had a glass of Cavalli Vodka. I usually don't like vodka..but at least it was designer vodka hahah.

Then on I went shopping at Holt Renfrew with Sunny again. He got a really cool shirt but I didn't buy anything..I'm so broke these days =\ lol well fortunately there's nothing I REALLY REALLY want...I kind of stayed away from the women's section so I won't be tempted. Though we did go to Louis Vuitton afterwards and I've decided I must get something from the vernis bleu nuit line. It's so gorgeous.

My friend & his gf came over to visit me one night & we snuck up to drink on my patio. Unfortunately we got caught by security since it's illegal to drink there..hahah.



Spending way too much time at my lobby bar these days. But I'm meeting so many interesting people. The bar is like my living room. I'm spending more hours down there than I do in my suite..
I'm sure everyone experiences some "turning points" in their lives -- well on Tuesday night I had another one of those, after a memorable conversation with someone.
I've been here at 1 King West for a year now (moved in last August!). A year ago I would never think my life would turn out like this..I mean with all the people I've met and all the crazy things that happen down there every night. I've learned a lot these past few months from every single person that I met. I really love living here.