They Peer Pressured Me | NYC Vlog

Rob Lipsett spends a day in NYC with roommates, hitting Richie's Gym, brunch in Manhattan, and iconic spots like Union Square and the Empire State Building. The crew tries on clown outfits at a costume shop, gets peer-pressured into Moscow Mules, and ends the day unpacking Icon Meals at their Airbnb.
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Day 2 of New York and we are on the way to the gym, my beautiful roommates. We are getting a workout in just because like we've a busy day ahead of brunches, meetings, photoshoots possibly, so we want to get a workout done. Yeah, I know, life is really hard, so we just want to get a workout out of the way first. We're going to a place called Richie's Gym, looks cool. Sopranos. All right, in we go. Beware of mutant zombies.
Perfect.
This is perfect.
Yeah. Yeah. Play, play, play. Go play, baby. Play, play, play. Go play, baby. Play, play, play.
All the bikini chicks are getting like really excited over this glue machine over there.
Go play, baby. Play, play, play. Play with you, play with you, get up, play with you, play with you, play with you.
Okay, so update, uh, workout done. Richie's gym was— I'm not even just saying this— one of the best gyms. It was very similar to Gold's Gym, like that kind of old-school equipment that you don't find in much places. Good atmosphere, owner was a legend. Gonna go back there tomorrow morning. So it is like 10 AM, not even. So we're gonna meet up with like Christian, Shawley, everyone for a bit of brunch, and we're gonna go into Manhattan, explore, take a few photos. Cannot wait. So I'm so glad we all got up early, got like the workout out of the way. Also give you a look at what I'm wearing. I picked up this bomber jacket in Zara. I'm in love with it. And then this is part of the Alphalete lifestyle range. So none of us have eaten yet, so we're all starving and we're looking up like food porn places to go to. I can't wait. The girls are all just upstairs getting ready and then we are going to get our Uber on. Uber everywhere. Thumbnail time. Okay, thumbnail time. Okay, so, guys, you want to sit next to your man? No. All right, so everyone look, smile. Oh yeah, look like you all adore me. Sweet. Okay, perfect. Alright guys, so we're in Manhattan now. We're outside this like famous breakfast place and we just had a look in there and oh my god, the food is— the pancakes, they look insane. So we're just waiting. Obviously there's a wait because it's so good. We're gonna go inside and we haven't eaten yet, so we're already hungry. And then after that we're gonna do some exploring. But like, it's crazy, like everywhere here is like a movie set. Um, I love it. Like, I definitely want to now spend a bit more time in LA and New York.
Oh, sorry.
I'm so excited right now. The menu looks insanity, okay? Like, it literally does. It's like, got your brioche French toast with caramelized bananas and cakes with warm maple butter. Eh, oh my God, Southern breakfast, like everything. Southern, Southern, Southern. Okay, so me and Sarah are being somewhat sensible. We got the blueberry pancakes and an egg white omelette, and we're gonna go splits on it. So excited! Very, very hungry. Two hungry people.
And onions and these delicious blueberry pancakes. Need another.
And obviously snowflakes.
Yeah, so that didn't last very long. Clean plates all around.
What up!
What's cracking? Good to see you guys. You well? Not too bad. Alright, so we're wrapped up in the Clinton Bakery. We found these two fellas and we are making our way to the Empire State Building. We're just being complete tourists today. I'm loving it. So I'll see you on top of the Empire State Building. I feel like it's hard for me to be like smiling because it's cold. Alright, so quick little outfit change because Christian is here and we are shooting some of the new Alphalete line. Emily's actually wearing some of the leggings that are gonna come out. We're just literally like walking around taking photos. Photos and making— slowly making our way to the Empire State Building. Now we're in a costume shop in New York. We're just all picking up our killer clown costumes because apparently that's like in fashion right now. Apparently that's the thing to go as this Halloween. Maybe when I'm shredded, right? Not now though. Is the sun here? So we're walking through New York and we are in this kind of like food market. It is so cool. I just love food markets. There's like pumpkins everywhere, so it's very autumny. I don't know if autumny is a word. I think they call it fall here. Look at these Alcos getting their wine on.
Trying to get drunk.
Yeah, just trying to get drunk in the middle of the day.
Yeah, normal fitness things.
Wow, what do we got going on here?
Try a grape, Rob. They're out of the Taste from here. These are Concord grapes.
Yeah, wow.
Sorry, I'm ready to get some.
Oh wow, unreal. Wow, that's like— tastes like bubble gum or something. Oh my God.
Yeah, that flavor of grape in your candy when you were a kid, that's what the grape is made to taste like.
Oh my God.
Yeah, so good.
I got it right.
Unreal.
I saw that. Yeah. I didn't taste from here, I taste from there.
I love when like other people are cool.
Yeah, cool with it. What a nice lady.
What a nice— she was good on camera.
Yeah, she liked it. I really like this little square. I think— is this Union Square? Yeah, yeah, I like it. It's nice. Just martial arts, man. She's your ass. All right, there it is. Let's go. All right. Oh wow, in the Empire State Building, getting the proper New York experience. Holy shit, I just see my battery's about to go, so I will see you on the top floor. I know Yeah, so $32 to go to the Empire State Building. Nah, nah, nah, we're all just getting some bad investment. Yeah, sushi, good investment. Listen to this, man. It's like a— it's like a trophy.
1, 2, 3.
All right, so these guys peer pressured me into having an alcoholic beverage. For an Irish man, I don't drink enough. What is this, a Moscow Mule?
Moscow Mule.
I'm not crazy about it.
Javan likes them a lot.
Just keep push the blame down. It's pretty good. The food arrived. We went for something somewhat clean, as much as I hate that word. We got like lemon chicken jasmine rice. Uh, Shawnee got some asparagus too. Get your greens in. Okay, it's like 5 PM. We're in the middle of Manhattan. That's like the Empire State Building there. And I have I have to say, the energy is just like something I haven't experienced before. Like the hustle and bustle, you do get like a bit of a high off it. But so we had a cool day, got loads of photos, caught up with everyone, but now we're heading back to our Airbnb. Oh my God, look at this guy! We're heading back to our Airbnb now because my battery rudely cut out when we're in New York. How dare do that! So we're all just home now, we're having kind of like relaxing time. Olds got some work done on their laptops and Amanda got a package from Icon Meals. It is like their version of Nutri-Quick for me. So we're going to crack it open and see what we have in here.
Um, and I got my Icon Meals delivered so we're going to crack it open and see what we have in here just because. Rob's opening my Icon Meals. What do we get?
Okay, steak and tenderloin shrimp.
Oh, that actually sounded really good.
More of that.
I think I ordered 3 of those.
Turkey breast and vegetables.
That turkey breast is so good.
A beef and potato skillet. That's my type of meal. Yeah, okay, there's a lot in here, so let's, let's get to it. All right, so Icon Meals hooking it up this weekend. It's like beef skillet, diced potatoes. I think there's some cheese and veggies involved in there. Looks very good. So I'm editing a video right now. I'm gonna try to pump out as much content as I can for you guys this week, but I still am not gonna stress over uploading and, you know, obviously enjoying my time here. Catch you in the next one. Keep it real. Peace.
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