the city guide, act II

DUMBO scene

places to check out:

powerHouse Arena - a nice spacious bookstore with a great selection of books

halcyon - record shop with decently priced records.

reRun theater - this is an awesome theater. first of all, they only play independent films and its only $5. second of all, there is a bar in there and you can drink before the movie starts. and third: mom & pop's corn. oh my goodness!

& reBar - the restaurant in front of the reRun theater.

the city guide

k + a

I sort of lost momentum from blogging and I have slowed down on taking pictures for reasons other than the weather. Luckily my friends came over and sort of gotten me out of this rut. It seems like such a long time ago since Karen + Alison were here when it has only been a week. They only stayed for four days, but we did so much not even my thyroids could handle it. Having them here was really nice and I got to finally do things in the city I normally wouldn't get to do. So, it was a vacation for me as well. I miss these gals already.

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city bakery

lunch at city bakery. i love this place because everything is so fresh.
all their ingredients come from the union square farmer's market.
the chocolate chip cookies are warm and chewy and gets crispy as it cools.
but, this place can be pretty crowded, especially during the weekends.
i didn't realize this as i usually going during the week.

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ceres gallery

we saw Masayo Nishimura's exhibit
Recollections: From New York to Tokyo
Japanese photographer who photographed NYC subways pre-9/11
and then the Tokyo subway scenes.

they've got a bunch of exhibits going on here as well and it is FREE.


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then we walked across town toward Les Halles for dinner.
where it was loud and crowded and the food was decent.
we were seated close to the kitchen,
and we caught a glimpse of the new chef, Carlos Llaguno.
i really liked the feel of this restaurant. it feels old world and homey.
and the fact that Anthony Bourdain has graced this place with his presence,
it's kind of holy to me.




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ACE hotel lobby becomes a bar at night.
the cocktails are overpriced
and their photobooth malfunctions.
but their employees are well dressed.
& the stumptown coffee roasters are some fine looking men.

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we didn't stay there for long and headed off to Barcade,
where some serious tetris playin,
craft beer drinkin and whiskey shots went down.


(image by k.)

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i want to say i forgot what happened after this,
but trying to get to the happy ending lounge in the les
got us all sobered up. and we somehow ended up in congee village.

but the night did not end with congee much to my dismay,
instead with some doners.


more to come...

christmas morning

shops

christmas eve

bryant park

morning before christmas

we had the day off christmas eve, so i made it a point to take sofia to bryant park and the rockefeller tree. it was well worth it.

5 senses friday

seeing: through the lens

feeling: cold, but cozy

tasting: sushi

reading: my always currently reading pile

smelling: fall

hello, autumn.

we would've named you Autumn, but you came in Summer instead.

it's been busy around here as usual, but we'll take any chance we can get
to enjoy the outdoors before all the pretty flowers and sunlight go away.