Astro Gallery of Gems
If natural collections are something you or yours are into, you’ll want to put visiting this place on your list for your next visit to the big apple!
New York
Movie Review: Sully
Do you remember when a passenger plane crash-landed in the Hudson, and everyone survived? This movie is of that story…
Book Review: House of Thieves
Full of high society on the one hand, and squalor, poverty, and depravity on the other, it is this high contrast is that makes this book interesting.
Book Review: Humans of New York
In this book, the variety of people is fascinating, as are the colors, comments, and costumes.
IAPS Show at the Salmagundi Club in NYC
We went into New York City to see the International Association of Pastel Society’s (IAPS) show at the famous Salmagundi Club
NYC Five Boro Bike Tour
I completed it without walking my bike once– even up the steep climbs on the bridges– so although I was very chilled and wet, I was feeling pretty good about it!
Macy’s Flowers Show
Oh my goodness, flowers were everywhere! Roses packed like above everywhere you turn!
New York City Scenes
The photos in this post are tidbits that caught my eye, in line, angle, form and color. I see composition everywhere, and love to contemplate it anew.
I’m in This Twitter Art Exhibit in NYC
I’m in this Twitter Art Exhibit showing for the next two weeks at a gallery on 317 East 52nd Street in New York City. Nine hundred artists around the world have donated postcard size artwork to be sold for charity,
Food in New York City
Food in New York City comes in an intriguing array of possibilities, ranging from outrageously expensive to street food, or bagels with a smear.
New York City in Black and White
I had fun seizing some of the many opportunities to take black and white photos while recently in New Your City. It is a place of contrasts, as you can see in the photos in this post.
New York City at Night
Loving light as I do, it was fun to photograph New York City at night. I was fascinated with the rhythm and reflection of colored light that created spontaneous compositions against a dark backdrop.
Restaurant Recommendation: Cookshop in NYC
Yay! I’m so glad to have been able to spend two days in New York City with the matron of honor in our wedding, my friend from college…
Book Review: Schooled
It was a quite scathing expose– in novel form –of the world of the elite New York City private schools: their teachers, students, parents, and tutors.
Reminiscing About Our Wedding
We got married in New York City since that’s where I lived – not in Ann Arbor where I spent the first 25 years of life and where my parents were, and not in
AIPAD Photography Show in NYC
No April Fool: the prices on these works ranged from $2,500 to $185,000! There was very little nature photography. Shown are those works I found inspiring.