Take the A train
Which is what I did today.
Went to Central Park, in hopes of seeing the Christo installation. Alas, it will not be finished until Saturday. Though, it looks like it will be (of course) absolutely stunning. The beginnings of it are in place. There are orange metal archways and they will have orange cloth hanging down seven feet. The arches frame the walkways. How lovely will that be.
Spent the afternoon walking through Manhattan (had a slice of NY cheese pizza!!yum!), and window shopping. OK. So I went to H&M and bought a lovely skirt and a red t-shirt. I had no desire to go to Bloomingdales or Bergdorf Goodman, but when I saw the H&M marquee, I made a beeline for the store. Just another thing the Swedes are wonderful at.
Had a wonderful dinner with the owner of the house my friend lives at, along with the owner's niece. This is the type of dinner I wish I could share nearly every night. My friend sang a piece before dinner (opera), the owner sang Danny Boy (as opera). The talk revolved around opera, politics (the owner and his niece are British), the niece's job at a perfumerie company and port. One of the most wonderful dinners I've attended in a while. There is such a drive and passion that New Yorkers have, and I'm drawn to it.
J gave me a gift of some difficult-to-find British salt. Now, this may not seem like much to you, but if you could sample this salt, you would understand what a gift it is. He gave it as a gift for me to take on my travels, to 'help' unfortunate or bland food. It is going with me!
It is worth talking about the home I'm staying in. It's exquisite and quite lovely. Filled with various antiques, but not don't-touch-me-or-you'll-scar-it antiques. The mix of old with other slightly ethnic touches is really superb and striking. A grand piano dominates the main floor living room, and the living room is understated. The basement is completely finished and the brick walls are painted a striking, cerulean blue. The room I'm staying in has a wall constructed of the square glass bricks so popular in the 80s. However, the wall is quite small and it does not looked like affected 80s architecture. This wall is also the wall to the outside of the house, so the diffusion of light is quite nice. In short, I LOVE this place. J has remarkable style. It is quite similar to the style of home I would like to put together one day.
I want to live in NY.
Went to Central Park, in hopes of seeing the Christo installation. Alas, it will not be finished until Saturday. Though, it looks like it will be (of course) absolutely stunning. The beginnings of it are in place. There are orange metal archways and they will have orange cloth hanging down seven feet. The arches frame the walkways. How lovely will that be.
Spent the afternoon walking through Manhattan (had a slice of NY cheese pizza!!yum!), and window shopping. OK. So I went to H&M and bought a lovely skirt and a red t-shirt. I had no desire to go to Bloomingdales or Bergdorf Goodman, but when I saw the H&M marquee, I made a beeline for the store. Just another thing the Swedes are wonderful at.
Had a wonderful dinner with the owner of the house my friend lives at, along with the owner's niece. This is the type of dinner I wish I could share nearly every night. My friend sang a piece before dinner (opera), the owner sang Danny Boy (as opera). The talk revolved around opera, politics (the owner and his niece are British), the niece's job at a perfumerie company and port. One of the most wonderful dinners I've attended in a while. There is such a drive and passion that New Yorkers have, and I'm drawn to it.
J gave me a gift of some difficult-to-find British salt. Now, this may not seem like much to you, but if you could sample this salt, you would understand what a gift it is. He gave it as a gift for me to take on my travels, to 'help' unfortunate or bland food. It is going with me!
It is worth talking about the home I'm staying in. It's exquisite and quite lovely. Filled with various antiques, but not don't-touch-me-or-you'll-scar-it antiques. The mix of old with other slightly ethnic touches is really superb and striking. A grand piano dominates the main floor living room, and the living room is understated. The basement is completely finished and the brick walls are painted a striking, cerulean blue. The room I'm staying in has a wall constructed of the square glass bricks so popular in the 80s. However, the wall is quite small and it does not looked like affected 80s architecture. This wall is also the wall to the outside of the house, so the diffusion of light is quite nice. In short, I LOVE this place. J has remarkable style. It is quite similar to the style of home I would like to put together one day.
I want to live in NY.
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