New York, new journal pages!
Wednesday 03 March 2010 at 12:00 pmAs you might have expected, I was MIA due to my very A trip to New York. We had a great week, and I had a really fun time journalling about my experiences in New York. Although I of course felt terrible for Ash, undergoing his horrific exams in Buffalo, it was really nice having a couple of days to myself - taking all the time I needed to go through the lovely Tim Burton exhibit at the MoMA, to shop, to meet up with some friends, and just get a nice feel for the city and how to navigate it. Mostly, though, it was nice to spend some time together, finally. The last year has been fun but hectic for us and exploring cities together is one of our greatest shared joys.
But enough with the talking, here are the journal pages! Enjoy!
02202010: Yay! I am SO ready for our New York adventure! We just got our 'dinner' in the plane. 20:30 > We're back at the hotel - we just had delicious (all you can eat) sushi at Ichi Umi! Before that we walked around The Village. All I can eat! 3 plates of food.
02212010: This is the view from our horel (Pennsylvania hotel). The room is very basic, but the view is good!
Today we visited the Tenement Museum and the Lower East Side. We walked down there and further south to the Financial District. What a great day!
02222010: Ashwin went to Buffalo for the bar-exam and so I did my own thing today. When he left, I visited the American Natural History Museum. I saw an IMAX film about the Great Lakes. But what I loved the most was the 'Hall of Biodiversity'. Lots of lovely old showcases.
My breakfast: At home I never really eat muffins or drink a lot of cappuccino, but I sure do love it when I'm on holiday. Cappuccino + blueberry muffins + apple = lovely start of the day.
02232010: Today, the weather was crappy! I first walked around a bit, then met C. for lunch. Afterwards I did some shopping at one of my favorite stores there: Anthropologie. It's a little expensive though, so all I bought was this necklace that was on sale and blue nailpolish! Then I got completely hosed... Brrr...
02242010: Today I spent most of my day in the Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA. I LOVED it! So cool! Then in the evening I had dinner in the West Village with C. Afterwards we got cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery. I took some home for Ashwin who came back this evening.
02252010: Wow! The weather was crazy today! On tv they called it 'February Fury'! We went to the Design Museum and I got a 5 year journal by Tamara Shopsin. Ashwin got a really cool book. My feet were completely soaked - snow and rain does not like Uggs, so we went back after that.
02262010: Manhattan --> Brooklyn --> Wiliamsburg --> Manhattan
On Friday we tried to really make the most of our last day. We walked to the New York Public Library where I did some drawing. Then we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn. Unfortunately, the New York Transit Museum, but we had a nice walk around the neighborhood. We had fries at 'Five Guys'. Then we took the subway to Williamsburg, which was cool, but it was getting dark and it was not as nice as we thought so we went back to Midtown to have a delicious Korean BBQ!
Day savers: Because my Uggs were soaked all the way through on the first day of snow, I got these rubber boots in New York. They've been real 'day savers' in the slushy streets of New York.
I love this – looks like a great trip!
Mooie tekeningen weer!
Oh. My. God. The creativity! It’s amazing! I’m part of a community on LiveJournal dedicated to people making their journals look good, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Gorgeous! And your trip seems like it was tons of fun. :D