Big Balloons...

Happy Birthday Maisie & Harry!

1 already! Blimey. I can't wait to see you both again VERY soon. 

I hope you have a lovely day.

Around The Chelsea Market...

I love the area down around the Chelsea Market. There are some lovely industrial features on the buildings around there - some new, some old...

I love all the weathered metal around the Meat Packing District - all the metal awnings over the big shop entrances, the huge metal doors, the walkways over the streets, the railway arches - they're all fantastic.

Odd One Out...

Hanging On The Highline...

It was such a beautiful day we went for a walk along the Highline.

It was looking a wee bit bare, there weren't many flowers out, but it was still lovely and calm and relaxing. We even managed to bag a spot on one of the railway sleeper sun loungers. So we had a little lie down in the sun...

There were even a few little blossom buds coming out (you can sort of see them just behind Miss Turner's head), it certainly didn't feel too wintery - I think spring is on it's way!

World Trade Center...

It was a beautifully sunny day today, and the World Trade Center was looking as magnificent as ever as we walked passed.

 We had a little walk around and explored some different streets around the World Trade Center and found  an interesting memorial for the survivors of 9/11...

It's a big, bright, shiny red balloon sculpture, it looks a bit like a rose. It's fantastic.

It was lovely to be able to walk around in the sunshine and see some different areas around the World Trade center. No matter how many times we see the new constructions down there, we're always blown away by how huge and how beautiful they are.

Clowning Around...

There was a slightly scary clown on the G Train yesterday afternoon. He didn't really seem to be 'all there'  (I think he lost himself in a bottle of booze somewhere) but he was trying to brighten up people's journey.

It's so funny seeing people's reactions - some people totally ignoring him (like the lady reading her book), others laughing and watching from a safe distance, and some far more brave and inquisitive, like the little girl who wanted to play with the balloons.

I suppose some people must have got used to seeing all sorts of things on the subways that not much would surprise them anymore. I'm glad I'm no where near that phase yet. I don't really know how anyone could get totally used to New York.

Ash Wednesday...

It wasn't until I'd seen at least 5 people with blackish grey smudges on their forehead's that I twigged it was Ash Wednesday today.

We had some very tasty pancakes last night - I ate them all too quickly to take any photos, but there was some very impressive flipping action from Chef Turner, she's quite the pro. I was just happy not to drop mine on the floor this time.

I'm not really sure what to give up for lent... Maybe pancakes?

MoMA Mia...

After a fun morning of doing our taxes we went to the MoMA to see the new Print/Out exhibition that's just opened...

The exhibition is about how printed material has helped people share ideas and break down political and geographical boundaries - but I think we were both a wee bit disappointed with it really. 

There were some good pieces, there were some nice type posters and a couple of Damien Hirst's stuff (from when he did his own work!), but on the whole the pieces were a weeeee bit boring. 

It wasn't a patch on the exhibitions that I've seen at the Design Museum. There were some amazing screen printed pieces that were printed with glow in the dark ink and put in a dark room. I'd love to do some screen printing with glow in the dark inks.

The rest of the MoMA was, as always, amazing though. Seeing actual Van Gogh's, Picasso's, Miro's and Klimt's in the flesh is incredible.

There were some other new pieces that I really liked, like these frames...

From a distance it looks like just a black piece of paper in a load of frames, but the frame wasn't a real frame, it was a single block that had been painted to look like a framed black square... if that makes sense.

This light-box wall was loooooooovely, it'd be great to have a long corridor and have this hanging on the wall.

There was also a room full of sweets in silver wrappers...

There was just a thin path running through the middle of the room, the rest of the floor was absolutely covered in tiny silver sweets. There were some children in the room asking their parents if they could have one - then the security guard said that they could!

Unfortunately Miss Turner overheard this and before I knew it she was tucking in...

The sweets were lemon by the way!

It was so lovely to go round the MoMA again. I think sometimes we forget how many amazing museums there are just a short train ride away. As we walked around the gallery I felt incredibly grateful that we're lucky enough to be able to go to the MoMA if we fancy it on a Sunday afternoon.

Out Of His Tree...

Nothing to see here - just a person dressed as a tree in the middle of the street.

Hope Street...

Memorial Bikes...

It's a tradition in Brooklyn that when some dies due to a bicycle road accident, a 'ghost bike' is then placed as memorial for them. The bikes are painting completely in white and covered in flowers.

It feels very strange every time I see one -  it's incredibly sad to know that there was a fatal accident that happening it that spot (it's also incredibly sad with just how often you see one), but I think it's a lovely and fitting tribute to use a bike as the memorial.

Hot Wheels...

I saw some more lovely old American cars on my stroll this afternoon too...

I think the Ghostbusters had a Ford Country Signature!

 

 I'm not sure what make of car this is, but it's beautiful - it was a wee bit battered and had some tape holding in the glass in a couple of the windows, but I would love to have a car like this - especially with white wall tyres!

This purple Chevvy was hiding at the back of someones drive.

It's amazing to see these old cars just out, not in a garage, or not just being brought out on sunny Sunday afternoons. It's a shame to see them rusting, but it's lovely to see them. 

Out & About...

I went for another little walk today, from our apartment to Lorimer Street and found some little hidden treasures along the way...

 

It was great to find a huge Obey pasting, and there were other pieces too, like the LL Cool J painting. It made me even more excited to hear Shepherd Fairy talk at Offset in just a few weeks!

Happy Birthday Tommy Toot...

The Big 30!

I hope you're having a fantastic time in Dubai this weekend.

Blue Skies...

The weather can't make up it's mind at the moment, it was trying to snow on Saturday, grey and miserable on Sunday, beeeeeautifully sunny and clear on Monday, nothingy yesterday and wet and gloomy this morning...

Hopefully there'll be more blue skies for the rest of the week!

Out & About...

 I went for a little walk yesterday morning and saw a couple of nice old(ish) American cars.

Happy Valentines Day...

Sunny Sunday Morning...