winter fleur: Where in the World

How do I spend my summer? I hop on a plane for 20 hours across the world to go spend a month in a winter wonderland, 5 cities in the dead of winter in the USA. Seattle, Boston, New York, Washington DC and LA. As an Australian, there isn't much sense to my bizarre fascination with the US. Really, culturally we're almost two peas in a pod. Nonetheless, I do have a fascination with the US and everytime I visit I fall more and more in love.
New York City really is a city that never sleeps and I love love love it there. I mean dig a hole and bury me on Fifth Avenue. I have no shame in admitting I'm a brand junkie and being on Fifth Avenue where glass paned store after store displays what I believe to be the finest art; well that is just the cherry on the top of a magnificent trip.

Brooklyn Bridge, New York

The view of New York from the Empire State Building, the prettiest concrete jungle

Joseph the Snowman, on the sidewalk outside our hotel on Broadway

Times Square, New York

Central Park, New York;
There is something so hauntingly beautiful about seeing Central Park in the dead of winter, covered in snow

Iceskating at Wollman Rink, Central Park

Chestnut the squirrel, Central Park

Lilac the horse outside the Plaza Hotel, New York

Statue of Liberty, New York

Space Needle, Seattle

Dried flower arrangements at Pike Place Market, Seattle

Rocks at Pike Place Market, Seattle

Trinity Church, Boston

FOOD

Although America is not known for their fine cuisine and gourmet delicacies, there were a few treats that I wouldn't mind putting in my pocket and saving for later. For someone who doesn't have a sweet tooth, I soon grew one as I was constantly taunted and teased by the rows of delectable desserts.
In a country where excess is just the tip of the iceberg, their cupcakes were to DIE for. I'm no cupcake connoisseur, but you'll never find me saying no to a moist decadent chocolate cake slathered in creamy, rich cookies and cream frosting. Yum! ►