Bryant Park Summer Film Festival winding down for this year features classic films with a Warner Brothers cartoon shown first. Movie goers are encouraged to bring a blanket to sit on the lawn while enjoying good food and a movie with friends. You can’t see stars in New York City because of the lights from the… Continue reading In The Absence Of Stars The Checkered Lights Of Skyscrapers
Month: August 2016
Remember What Mom Used To Say, “Eat Your Vegetables!”
Union Square Greenmarket, NYC is the flagship market of GrowNYC, founded in 1970. Not only do they operate markets throughout New York City, their mission is to improve the City’s quality of life through environmental programs transforming and empowering communities to secure healthy environments for current and future generations. The Union Square Greenmarket operates Monday,… Continue reading Remember What Mom Used To Say, “Eat Your Vegetables!”
NYC Shut Down Park Avenue So I Can Ride My Bike
Actually Park Avenue was closed to vehicular traffic for anyone participating in New York City Summer Streets. For three consecutive Saturdays every August New York City closes Park Avenue from E72 Street (also connects to Central Park) to Lafayette Street and Chambers Street/Brooklyn Bridge – approximately 7 miles. You can bike, skate, walk or run… Continue reading NYC Shut Down Park Avenue So I Can Ride My Bike
Friendships Endure Over Many Miles And Many Years
Japanese Lantern in Sakura Park, New York City was a gift of international friendship from the city of Tokyo in 1960. A traditional lantern design it is an example of the style known as kasuga-toro, and includes a stylized lotus flower at the base of the capital, reliefs of imaginary animals, and a capstone with… Continue reading Friendships Endure Over Many Miles And Many Years
Fine Art Goes Underground
Roy Lichtenstein – Times Square Mural, 2002. Porcelain enamel. This great piece is underground in the New York City subway system in the 42 Street/Times Square hub. Beautiful art is everywhere!
I Laughed So Much I….
Take a peak inside the mind of Roz Chast at The Museum of the City of New York – Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs, she is a major contributor to the New Yorker magazine from 1978 until today. Just as a photograph can say volumes in a single image so does Chast’s drawings and captions…her interpretations of everyday life… Continue reading I Laughed So Much I….
Where All The Fabulous Brands Hangout
CURVEXPO New York – Mode Lingerie and Swim, spring/summer 2017 edition. The show consists of over 350 vendors-70% domestic and 30% international brands of intimate apparel, swimwear and men’s underwear. They all feature fashion must haves that will be seen next year in a retailer near you. There were a lot of sleepwear and loungewear… Continue reading Where All The Fabulous Brands Hangout
Move Over Ulysses S. Grant, Harlem’s Stopping By
Summer is in full swing in New York–so many events, so little time. Yesterday was the opening day of Harlem Week 2016 at U. S. Grant National Memorial Park on Riverside Drive. Time for fun, food fashion, music, entertainment, community outreach programs and much more; ends August 27.
