Photo Diary: A Snow-Covered Central Park

These pictures are from last winter but I have never posted them on the blog before.  Today has been a cold day here at NYC (after the tease that was yesterday) and it reminded me these pictures were just hiding somewhere on my computer.  That day was freezing and I didn't prepare my toes for the inches of snow.  It took 30 minutes outside to realize rain boots are just not proper winter attire.  

Happy Sunday.

Goodbye November

A beautiful view of Central Park from my office building.  

Enjoying the last days of fall.  Then winter sets in and I hibernate for 3 months.  

Winter Sundays

Last Sunday was cold and gray.  As the winter sets in, this is probably how I will spend most of my Sundays.

NYC vs. LA

vs.

New York...they day we break up will be the saddest of days.

Brunch Hangover

Loving these snapshots I took of my friend, Larsen, after brunch at DeSantos. She looks really serious but we were cracking up taking these photos.

Nasty Gal jumpsuit, French Connection booties

Is This Paris or New York?

Have you ever walked around the Upper West Side on a Sunday afternoon? After reaching 60th street, you feel like you've reached another city. Everything is so much cleaner, organized and people seem saner.  Looking up makes me think I am actually in Paris.  

The UWS is an alternate universe.

Throwback

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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

Portland, Oregon based photographer Jon Duenas mixes landscape with portraits.  His work is both fascinating and original.  I highly advise you to visit his site or blog.

Why the quote?  Somehow it popped in my mind when I saw this picture...and I love Albert Camus.  

Look Up. Up! Up!

Admiring the architecture here is a daily habit of probably every New Yorker that walks through the Manhattan streets.  The density, both horizontal and vertical, of this city is overwhelming.  I've been to many cities in the world and nothing quite describes concrete jungle as well as Manhattan.  Next time you walk around, stop and stare up.  You will be surprised how buildings change based on location and how intricate everything is.  

The Plaza Hotel overlooking 5th Avenue.

Perfecting my photo composition at Gramercy while sipping iced mocha.

Slanted buildings around Midtown East

Downtown New York.  I wonder how old this building is.  Love the red.

Inside a walk-up on 1st Street.

Walking home.  I can see my building from here!

Cartoon or real life (next to Gansevoort Park)

Today I remember all the individuals we lost in 9/11.  No one will ever take the resilience of New York away.

Discombobulated

The train makes me feel like this sometimes...

More subway pics here

Street Snaps

Some snapshots from my productive Saturday.  Strolling the streets of New York rejuvenates me.  

The illest public art space in the city, the Centre-Fuge trailer on 1st Street, which changes every two months I believe.  Check out some of the other designs here.

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Cute boys playing street hockey on 6th and Houston.  Highly advise a visit.  Apparently they are there every Saturday. 

Dirty Lens

Somewhere in the Financial District...

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Sweet views from a high rise in Williamsburg.

Great birthday week I have to say.  Happy to be 27th.  Cheers to a long, healthy and happy life.