Category New York

Weekend in New York!
I flew in from London on Friday night; Justin landed a couple hours later from Seattle. We rendez-voused at the hotel near Bryant Park and enjoyed what turned out to be just the most lovely spring weekend in the Big Apple. Saturday morning started out with a tasty but disappointingly served breakfast at Le Pain […]

Art and wedding and candy-floss clothes
My Site Today was just the most fun! I woke up refreshed after a great night’s sleep and went downstairs to meet Dan for breakfast. He’s the one who hired me at the Kennedy Center thirteen years ago based only on a short phone interview that I took sitting in my car at a Flying […]

I’m in Brooklyn!
Nothing like a quick hop across the pond to catch up with friends! A good excuse this time: Nicole, one of my good friends from Kennedy Center days, is getting married tomorrow and today is her birthday! Naturally we’re in the uber-hip neighbourhood of Williamsburg, and the hotel is all artisanal free range brick and […]

Egypt in New York
Having just traveled through Egypt (and visited the Egyptian wing of the British Museum), I couldn’t not make a pilgrimage to the Met Museum’s famous Egyptian collection. In particular, I wanted to see the Temple of Dendur. I remembered feeling awed by it when I visited years ago, and I wanted to see it again […]

Weekend trip to New York!
As impossible as this may seem given my youthful glow, it has been ten years since I graduated from law school. Ten. Time for a reunion! Never one to pass up an excuse to spend time in New York, I took the day off work and flew out this morning. Weirdly, it takes nearly as […]
New York – A three-star last day
Like all good things, our trip came to a close on Saturday. But our flights were late enough that we still had the bulk of the day to play — and play we did! Nicole, a good friend of mine from Kennedy Center days, recently moved from DC to New York, so we began our […]
New York – Towers and windows and sign language on New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day is typically pretty dull. The parties from the night before are over, and although it’s technically a holiday, it’s one that you celebrate while knowing that you’ve still got a long, greyish stretch of winter before the distant summer. That said, if you’re willing to get up early(ish), New Year’s Day is a great day to […]