I arrived back this week from NYC. It was a fantastic trip and here are the photos from it. I took over 200 and these are the 109 that I kept. For the sake of not having to re-post all of these again, I'll give you the run down and just link back to this entry.

I will give you a bit of dialog and take you through what I did. Most of the photos were taken with my wide angle so they are best viewed bigger. So, keep that in mind as you view them, some of them are 900 x 600. And if true to form, Photobucket probably mis-loaded a few and they will be huge.



Friday morning nyhamsterhouse and myself hopped on the subway and took it Columbia University. There we had breakfast at Tom's Restaurant. You may recognize it.



The waitress was gruff and my eggs were runny and nasty. The whole wheat toast was good...

Then we walked to St. John the Divine. It burned down just before Sept. 11, 2001. Because the cathedral is built only on limestone, the smoke sank into the stone. They did not bust the windows like they usually do, because they are stained glass. There was a gorgeous gold original Tiffany roof in one of the rooms.








Some fun statues from inside:






A neat statue outside



Then we went to Midtown.


Central Park, the sun was in a really bad position and it was very hazy.


5th Avenue --


Inside a Trump building


A dandelion water sculpture


Then it was on to Times Square where she had to work for a while and I was left to amuse myself --like that was hard.

UFC!


Bryant Park


back to T Square


The famous Naked Cowboy. Rain or shine, cold or steaming hot he is out in T Square in his undies playing and taking pictures with people. Talentlessness at it's best, folks!


Walked all the way to 30 Rockefeller Center and Radio City. Christie's is right across the street from 30 Rock.






I went in and wandered around the NBC store.






Over one block is a gorgeous cathedral St. Patricks (?) I think...






Then it was all the way back to T square.


I wandered down a few blocks and decided on the wax museum.














I really <3 Johnny Depp.






Dali








I'm not a Jessica fan, but this looked so much like her, it was frightening.








Then back to T square to meet Jess.




The next day I went to Fort Tryon Park, which is a 10 minute walk from Jess's apartment. I walked around there all day and went to the Cloisters, a museum of Medieval Europe.
I was winded after the huge walk up a hill and stopped because I liked the cobblestone road.


Inside the Cloisters




The park and the Hudson River








Then it was back to T square again for a walking tour in which the guide never showed up. So, we just walked around and I took night time pics.










Several different versions of the same photo.








This one is my favorite, I like the cabs. They really make the photo.


This is where my friend works.


We had beer and dessert here at 1:30am.


Sunday we went to SoHo for shopping and wine tasting. I love that neighborhood. If I ever have a few extra million, I will so live there.


There were the chocolates bought at Mirabelle's. So good. Too bad half of them melted to mush in my bag because of the heat.


Giant Gummy Bears!


Canal Street in China Town.


Brooklyn Bridge from below


Downtown Manhattan as seen from Brooklyn.






I was on a pier and saw a wedding party taking photos. I couldn't resist.




The famous Grimaldi's Pizza. Very yum.






After pizza, we walked the Brooklyn Bridge back into Manhattan. Talk about 360 degrees of awesome.

the Manhattan Bridge












Shot of Midtown from the Brooklyn Bridge


The Statue of Liberty with my telephoto lens from the BB


Jessica




Moi




We then caught the subway to make the Staten Island Ferry at 6pm. Jess waiting




Sunset!


Pics from the Ferry Statue of Liberty on the way to SI and then Manhattan on the way back from SI













Monday before I had to catch my flight we decided to do Central Park West. This is where I found the Tibet Boutique. Best. Find. Ever. Then we did Wall Street. There was a street fair and I got to have falafel. I love falafel.









NYSE




The famous bull


Then we did St. Mark's. It is where Zeppelin shot the cover for their Physical Graffiti album. Another fantastic neighborhood. So awesome.



That's my trip. After that we went on a search (back in T square) for I <3 NY merchandise. Then It was off to the airport.