Mosaic Celebrities

If you haven't been to "Vynl" in NYC you have got to go. It's on 9th Avenue and 5oth Street. The bathrooms are the best celebrity sighting in town. You'll find Elvis, Dolly, Nelle and Cher. I like Elvis the best. The mosaic theme carries through the restaurant with every table decorated with mosaics too. It's diner comfort food with good salads too and the coffee is kickin'.

More NYC Windows

Here are more Holiday windows in NYC. I like the black and white ink look with the red.

Goodbye 2008!

Wow! I'm sure glad 2008 is over! To say goodbye I went up to Rockefeller Center to see the tree and the windows at Bergdorf Goodman with Greg, Jay and Tim on Dec 30th. I haven't blogged much since Dec 11th, only one other post. Why? Well dearies I was in the hospital for two days Dec 16-18th. I had been sick with a kidney infection and high fever and I fainted at my place trying to get ready to teach my last SVA class of the semester with a 101+ fever, I know nutz right! Well, when I fainted I bumped my head and tweaked my knee and ankle. My neighbor Jim heard me fall and came to my rescue and my pal Michael took me to the ER. They admitted me so I spent 2 days on IV getting antibiotics. I'm OK now but still tired and still with a tweaked knee. Greg was here visiting Dec 22-31st and it was nice to have him here. But alas, we didn't get many home projects done since I was a zombie chic. So, I am hopeful that 2009 will be a fabulous year and a healthy year! I'll try and be better about posting more often:)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!! Hope 2009 brings you health, wealth, peace, love and happiness. I'm wishing for all five! Cheers!

Viva La Zoom

Ah... the wonder of zoom on the camera. This Christmas tree in the front is a block away in Gramercy Park and the Chrysler Building that looks so close in the background is 20 blocks away! My street Irving Place dead ends into the Park. I love my neighborhood!!! It's a little bit of calm reprieve in the busy world of Manhattan. Irving Place only runs between 14th Street and Gramercy Park and North of the park it's Lexington and gets busy and noisy and New Yorky. Two years before I moved here I used to come to NY for extended stays and would often take a cab from the East Village where I was staying with my pal Tom to go to Jenny's Studio on 19th Street. The cabs would take a right on Irving Place and turn left at 19th, I would think, this is a cool neighborhood, I'd like to live on this street. And... two years later after looking at 40 apartments in the middle of a heatwave August, this is exactly where I ended up. I've been here 11 years now and I still love my neighborhood and New York:)

Bodega Blooms

Amazing how even in the brrrific days of December the Bodega's in NYC keep us all cheered up with beautiful blooms. Almost every little neighborhood store has fresh flowers year round. Course the second the flowers get into my steam heat blaring apartment they start to get the swelter vapors, poor things. So, for the most part I enjoy them outside in their full color glory and cool storage.

Orange Shoes

I admit this pic was taken back in the Spring on one of my store window strolls but I just love those Orange shoes and wanted to post them, even tho I would never wear them as I have officially entered into the grandma footwear of comfort zone and these don't fall into that category by any means. I haven't posted lately and I haven't been out taking pics lately either cuz of the "elevator modernizin'". I'm on countdown to week 5 of elevator repair and in hibernation til the thing is working again! I meant to go out today, really I did! I also need to get with it with this blogging thang. I look at other folks blogs and they are great. I just haven't gotten into the swing of it all yet.