la belle vie
About Vie Voyageur (French): English translation - "Life Traveler." La Belle Vie, The Beautiful Life.

"La Belle Vie" is a personal Tumblr of the blogger's life, loves, and point-of-view.
Get to know: Enjoys behavioral reasoning, marine life, modern chivalry;
is a feminist, a rationalist, bittersweet onion, lover of all things equal,
candor in nature, proactive, adventurer, a splash of spontaneity,
living in a universe of constant inspiration, aspirations and challenges.

"I’m going to make everything around me beautiful— that will be my life.” — Elsie de Wolfe

New York City



  • 19 minutes walk to Central Park
  • 11  minutes walk to the Broadway theater
  • 6  minutes walk to Times Square
  • 3 minutes walk to Bryant Park
  • 8 minutes walk to Madison Square Garden
  • At least 2 hours (walking pace) to finish Central Park. Start running at early sun rise
  • Nearest Subway trains are 1, 2, 3, N, Q, R, S
  • Parsons School of Design is across the street *fingers crossed* To be able to walk inside
  • 1 (red) to Columbia University, 15 minutes
  • 1 (red) towards South Ferry, 19 minutes
  • JFK to residence: 55 minutes. AirTrain/ Light Rail > walk to Jamaica station > Take E (blue) to WTC
  • Last day, 1hr 0 minutes. E (blue) to Jamaica station > AirTrain > Terminal 4


ITINERARY

SUNDAY (departure from LAX)

  • Work: 10AM to 6:30PM
  • Leave straight to LAX 10:40PM



MONDAY (arrival at 7AM)

  • Purchase Unlimited MTA Subway/ MetroCard, $29
  • SUBWAY - Airtran JFK westbound, Blueline, transfer to Redline northbound at Chambers St.
  • SUBWAY - Exit Central Park North (Stopwatch timer from JFK to destination)
  • IMMEDIATELY check-in at hostel, drop off luggage
  • SUBWAY - Redline southbound, random exit.
  • Destinations: Lower Manhattan/ Battery Park City, Financial District, Soho, Tribeca, Nolita, Noho, Lower East Side
  • Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ferry, $24 (First board 8:30AM, last board 2:45PM)
  • Restaurant: Little Italy and Chinatown, Momofuku Milk Bar (East 13th Street), Momofuku Noodle Bar (1st Avenue), Cheeky Sandwiches (Chinatown), Bo Ky (80 Bayard St. at Mott St.), Fried Food Cart on Blondie & Brownie (Canal St. at Baxter St), Big Gay Ice Cream Shop (125 E. 7th St. at Ave. A)

TUESDAY

  • RISE AND SHINE!~ Run through Central Park completely, 6 miles
  • HOT DOG FOOD STREET BREAK (after run)
  • Destinations, early morning: Morning Heights, Upper Westside, Midtown West and Hell’s Kitchen, Upper Eastside
  • Destinations, early afternoon: Harlem, Hamliton Heights and Washington Heights
  • Destinations, late afternoon: Chelsea, West and Central Village, Midtown East and Sutton, Gramercy Park and Murrary Hill
  • 7PM or 8PM, Broadway Show (New Amsterdam Theatre, Minskoff Theatre or Gershwin Theatre), $120+
  • MUST COMPLETE: Time Square on this day.
  • Redline northbound, exit Central Park North
  • Restaurant: 





WEDNESDAY

  • Destinations: BROOKLYN and QUEENS
  • Subway - Orangeline eastbound
  • Restaurants: Shopsins (120 Essex St.)




THURSDAY (aboard JFK 9PM)

  • Destinations: THE BRONX
  • Subway - Greenline northbound
  • Blueline to Airtrain to JFK airport (2hr before departure)
  • Arrive LAX at midnight, Work: 9AM