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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2016 21:26:27 GMT
I thought New Yorkers were all workaholics.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 31, 2016 22:33:47 GMT
More super pictures and with a great intimacy to them. The two skating photos are like modern-day Breughels!
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Post by nycgirl on Feb 1, 2016 1:51:20 GMT
Ah, Wolmann Rink. I've fallen a few times there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2016 14:45:22 GMT
Yes, the skating shots are great.
I don't miss the slushy mess and worst of all the rock salt that's put down to hasten the melting of snow and ice. The salt will really do a number on one's shoes/boots. Last time I experienced this one of my favorite pair of really nice leather boots got really f'd up after just a day of walking around. Rubber galoshes highly recommended.
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Post by mossie on Feb 1, 2016 16:10:05 GMT
The skaters reminded me of a Lowry painting.
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Post by breeze on Feb 1, 2016 16:55:47 GMT
I don't know anything about Lowry, mossie, but I looked him up and I see what you mean.
In the photo of skaters, the orange cones and the one bright coat pop out at you.
Those eyes in the first photo in #119!
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Post by htmb on Feb 2, 2016 2:33:17 GMT
Holding up a ball made out of snow will elicit that look every time.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 31, 2016 4:29:20 GMT
Well, I was all full of shame because I thought this thread had gone by without my noticing it. It began on August 3 last year, my first day in Istanbul, so I was trying to let myself off the hook that way. At any rate, I carefully saved the thread in Pocket and finally got around to looking at it. Lo and behold, I had seen it and even commented throughout, so am less of a churl than I thought. However, it's such a complete thread, so replete with joyous, excellent pictures and presented with such artistry that it bears many subsequent viewings. There was so much I hadn't remembered and I just want to say how SPLENDID this report is. Thank you!
pee ess ~ what's a "cronut"?
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Post by htmb on Mar 31, 2016 10:18:08 GMT
Thanks, Bixa! Cronut = croissant-doughnut hybrid I have never seen one.
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Post by htmb on Mar 31, 2016 22:36:36 GMT
Taken today out one of my daughter's office windows.
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Post by htmb on Apr 2, 2016 21:08:37 GMT
A rainy spring morning in Central Park.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2016 21:35:49 GMT
The office window one is everything there is to love about NY and the second one is, you should forgive the phrase, just meltingly beautiful.
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Post by htmb on Apr 2, 2016 22:15:55 GMT
I wish I was up there. Spring looks like a pretty time to be in NYC.
The place in the second picture is the bridle path where I walked Lilly many times last summer. I liked it because it was nice and wide and I could steer clear of other dogs and their sometimes not-too-thoughtful owners.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 3, 2016 12:24:56 GMT
Just found this report of your Htmb - It's WONDERFUL! Although I have only been to New York twice I still have the memories of some of the places. We stayed just off Times Square. I never experienced the Subway but did do the Staten Island Ferry. New York is just so overwhelming one needs time to take it all in.
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Post by htmb on Apr 3, 2016 16:52:41 GMT
Thanks so much, Tod! You're right. There's so much to do and see in New York. I'm hoping to get back in the fall, but am also happy I can experience it a bit vicariously through my daughter in the meantime.
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Post by htmb on Jul 29, 2016 13:55:23 GMT
My flights have been booked and I'll be heading back to NYC in just a few weeks. Photo by S.
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Post by questa on Jul 31, 2016 11:40:20 GMT
Oh Boy! I have only just discovered this thread and have spent most of a wet, cold afternoon experiencing it. First, I must congratulate htmb on a great report and magnificent pictures. I have only read about NYC so it was an amazing trip for me to see the places I have only heard of. I felt like a visitor for most of the report until we hit Chinatown and at once I felt "there" in familiar surrounds with the shops and people I was used to. Thanks too to the other members who added to the thread, and to S for some remarkable photos.
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Post by htmb on Jul 31, 2016 11:50:57 GMT
Thank you, Questa. I'm glad you liked the report. I was just saying earlier today that China Town is one of the places I want to go back to this fall, but there is a lot to see no matter what part of the city you visit.
Other than a couple of days when I was 15, I had never spent time in NYC and I've certainly enjoyed seeing it through my daughter's eyes. I must say, I think she was extremely gutsy to move to New York City by herself. As an adolescent, she had taken trips with her father, and living in NYC became a big dream that I think she figured would never come true. Now she's living her dream, loving her job, taking in Broadway plays on a regular basis and making new friends. She's even become quite the kick boxing expert!
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Post by questa on Jul 31, 2016 13:28:22 GMT
Is the kick boxing a necessary prerequisite for living in NYC? Many movies would make it seem so.
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Post by htmb on Jul 31, 2016 13:35:03 GMT
No, she actually started taking classes because she wanted to get into better physical shape; and because she found the classes interesting and a challenge. She has a friend who coaches professional boxers, and the gym where she takes classes is part pro/amateur boxers and part regular fitness types. Though having some strength and, possibly, being able to defend herself is a plus, I think it's rare that S feels uncomfortable on the street in New York.
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Post by breeze on Jul 31, 2016 18:27:51 GMT
htmb--don't gooooo! The more anyporters in Paris, the better for us stay-at-homes.
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Post by htmb on Jul 31, 2016 19:12:19 GMT
Okay, Breeze. I'll stay in Paris for another week. I have, however, changed locations, but that's a report for the Paris thread.
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Post by htmb on Sept 28, 2016 19:53:12 GMT
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Post by bjd on Sept 29, 2016 7:00:48 GMT
What is this? Is it by that Spanish architect Calatrava?
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Post by htmb on Sept 29, 2016 12:39:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 12:43:27 GMT
I too am curious as to what/where this is and the architect.
(I missed the Statue of Liberty shot posted in late July when I was offline.) Stunning!!!!! As good if not better than any postcard I have ever seen. (Circa 1982 or thereabouts, while in NYC, a friend of ours worked for NBC and we had the special treat of watching illusionist David Copperfield make our Liberty Lady "disappear". We were also allowed to go inside the statue which was not open to the general public. We still have an autographed photo of Copperfield somewhere (along with one of Tom Snyder and Liberace!!) Anyway, 'twas a real treat.
I'm sure you are counting the days HTMB. I know we are... Too bad our dates don't coincide. Safe travel.
Best to S. once again for her stunning contributions to this thread and others.
P.s. I see we semi simul-posted, thanks!!!
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Post by htmb on Sept 29, 2016 13:16:10 GMT
Thanks, Casimira! I'm looking forward to the visit and hope to take a few pictures, too.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 2, 2016 1:31:27 GMT
Just now seeing the new posts on this always enjoyable thread. The building is beautiful and S's 2nd photo of it blows the one in the NYT link out of the water.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 6, 2024 16:41:32 GMT
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Post by bjd on May 6, 2024 17:47:10 GMT
Who is the guy standing beside Lincoln?
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