Amorous Manhattan: Escape to the city that never sleeps
22.05.12
I dial Ink48, a Kimpton boutique hotel in a renovated printing plant on 11th Avenue I'd toured before its opening and whose website is touting specials. Our standard room comes with a partial view of the Hudson River and inviting furnishings that include a settee in front of large windows. Bathrobes in animal prints help set a playful mood. The rate is higher, but so is Ink's rank on our romance scale. And the $231 "Cheers" package includes two cocktails of our choice in the inviting lobby bar.
Wielding one of Ink's free-to-use orange umbrellas, we splurge on Rockefeller Center's Top of the Rock Observation Deck (from $38 for two adults at topoftherocknyc.com , more at the on-site box office). We find the views from the open-air deck on the 70th floor, with its 360-degree view of the city, better than those from the Empire State Building .
Central Park is spread out below like a giant blanket. On the other side of the deck, as couples speaking various languages nuzzle, we snap the requisite cellphone photo of ourselves in front of the spire of the Empire State Building.
Source: USA TODAY