Last night Marisa and I went on a little reconnaissance mission for our friend Jocelyn's bachelorette party, checking out two rooftop bars as possible locales for the party. (Tough job, I know!)
First up we went to the Top of the Strand, at the Strand Hotel on 37th. It was smaller than I had imagined, but the view of the Empire State Building was definitely impressive and the cocktails tasty. Importantly, it wasn't too crowded, the vibe was nice and casual, and the people there weren't too douchey -- they seemed like an older foreign tourist crowd, on the whole.
The second place we went to was Glass Bar at the Hotel Indigo in Chelsea, somewhat of a victim to the whole "trendy" thing that is a
pet peeve for me and a magnet for button-up-shirt banker types who stare at you like you don't belong. A pretty fun place, though, with fun music and room to dance. And fans to circulate the air on a hot summer night!
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