City Quilts

Good for studying directions before you've even rolled out of bed.

Nutcracker # 30

My 30th Nutcracker didn't disappoint.  The season, the music, the dancing, the architecture, the city... all intoxicating.

Drunk Uncle's Guide to Giving

I've been feeling the Christmas spirit so early this year!  I was tickled to see Time Out New York's holiday gift guide cover.

intersection

a bird's eye view of the NYC mundane.

I finally saw this

Home, office, repeat.  Such is weekday life with a bambina at home.  Today I ventured out for lunch and finally saw this.

Changing of the Guard

It's the end of an era!  The curtain is about to fall on 12 years of Bloomberg.  Whoever wins tonight will be the new source of ridicule for New Yorkers.  Peace out, Mike.

Finally!

Park Avenue perks up after a loooooong winter.

She's got a ticket to ride

A chic rattle for the urban baby.

for the doughnut addicted

I have a friend who this map was made for.  Good thing her birthday is coming up.

This One's For Ed

The epitomy of a New Yorker and my childhood mayor passed away today.  Here's to you, Ed.

Girls, Girls, Girls

My ever generous employer provided everyone in the company with this piece of eye candy today.  My favorite image inside was this gem staged in a row of brownstones on 58th St that were about to be demolished.

Nutcracker #28

Last night I enjoyed my 28th performance of New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker.  Here are some sweet behind the scenes photos from a local news station's profile.

up to here

Commence commemorative hurricane Ts.

Humor in the Month of November

My dad alerted me to this New Yorker cover.  I've had the Norman Rockwell poster hanging in my childhood bedroom for years.  Glad they picked up the reference for a good cause!

College Daze

This print is of the diner near where I went to college.  It's famous to me for a giant $2 plate of fries.  It's famous to the world from Seinfeld, and Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner".

New Yorker

I've been enjoying my new subscription to the New Yorker (though it can be a challenge to get through an entire magazine in a week- sad but true).  What better way to take the New Yorker to the beach than this guy:

Pet Sounds

A lunch hour stroll through Madison Square Park revealed this exciting instillation.

"As one pets the blobs, a wide range of sounds are triggered and are coming from within the bodies of the forms. The sounds and the sculptural forms connect to the physicality of the viewer and by extension to those of others that are touching the work."

Sail away with me, honey...

Last night, to celebrate our 4th anniversary we went on a lovely sunset sail.  The weather was ideal, the bubbly was flowing... love was in the air!

Mad Metro

Commuting into the city on Metro North from Westchester is always much more romantic than taking the subway.  This morning I came in to work straight from my parents' house and the hustle and bustle of the commute had a much more civilized feel.  Very Mad Men (before Don moved to the city).

the way we were

I love looking at old photos of NYC.  There's almost a thousand images of NYC from the past 100 years that are now available to the public for the first time.  Glorious!

This last image of 40th St and 6th Ave is right where I used to work!  Oh, how times have changed since WWII.