save ellis island
When I first read the article in the New York Times…Shadows Return to Ellis Island…I was on a mission. A mission to be part of a small group tour to see firsthand not only the opening of Ellis Island...
View Articleeye-catching moments…the series
~~~ A few days ago I posted about my brain being on overload with all this new stuff I’m learning, but of course I want to continue to share what catches my eye here in my city, New York City… ~~~ So...
View Articlemidweek…eye-catching moments series
street art with a gg twist lover the new museum, nyc…must go there asap across the hudson river towards jersey eye-catching moments to be continued… oh…and one of my latest still life...
View Articleend of week eye-catchers
~~~ Sharing a few more eye-catching moments here in NYC this week! Now here’s the difference between the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side. In my hood – Upper West – we have real rats. In...
View Articleweekend moments…
eye-catching moments…from the weekend… ~~~ Very cool to check out the Super Sabado Dia de los Muertos at the El Museo del Barrio on Sunday! For my amigos in Mexico… ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~...
View Articlewhat’s been catching my eye lately…
is this adorable or what? Heart breaking when you see the size of these trees in Central Park and know that 650 of them were destroyed or damaged by hurricane Sandy… ~~~ The World Trade...
View Articledeocrating a nyc apartment on a street budget
~~~ As we head towards the end of the month, leases are ending and people are moving… And guess what happens? All kinds of interesting objects and treasures make it to the sidewalks of the streets of...
View Articlearchitectural tour around manhattan
A little of this and a little of that… from the Classic Harbor Line tour… Around Manhattan… on a perfect autumn afternoon… ~~~ The amazing architecture in New York City is one of many reasons for my...
View Articlea departure from reality…
~~~ If there is one thing that I absolutely ADORE about photography is finding amazing textures to capture. And oh…what a discovery this afternoon… in the northern part of Central Park at the Lasker...
View Articlelil and me
~~~ remember when I met Lil a couple of weeks ago? So how did I come across Lil? Heading to and from my photography software class at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side, I would pass by a little...
View Articlemary
~~~ Mary Lennox a ten-year-old girl who, after the death of her parents in India, is sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire, England. Mary changes drastically over the course of the classic...
View Articlenyc’s ambassador
~~~ what??? “Through 2015, Welcome To New York global tourism campaign will continue with more engagement with Taylor Swift, in which she will share her New York City experiences including additional...
View Articleautumn color at the new york botanical garden
These past few days here in New York have been an overdose of autumn color! Absolutely mind blowing… ~~~ Starting with the The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx… ~~~ with a touch of abstract...
View Articleautumn color in central park and beyond…
~~~ “Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” Lauren DeStefano ~~~...
View Articlethe woolworth building
My first tour through Untapped Cities and certainly not the last! An hour long experience in the normally “off-limits” Woolworth Building with the best tour guide ever…Lisa Swyers…a preservationist...
View Articlethe last hoorah of autumn
Tomorrow it’s supposed to rain… and Friday I head to the farm… so today was technically my last day of autumn here in my city… ~~~ sharing some last minute captures today… the last hoorah…. ~~~ All...
View Articlebryant park holiday market
Ice skating…chess…bocci ball…lunch al fresco and shopping! Bryant Park has it all and even more inviting on a 65 degree day as we head into winter. I love the outdoor holiday markets that spring up...
View Articleoverlooking the roanoke valley…
An evening from the farm…all within minutes…overlooking the Roanoke Valley…in Virginia… The post overlooking the roanoke valley… appeared first on gotham girl chronicles.
View Articlecreating with mom
~~~ My main goal for trying still photography has been to document those special treasures handed down in my family, as well as items collected from my travels…and since I’m on the farm and spending...
View Articlethe city life
Back in the 80’s when I put my Roanoke, Virginia home on the market to make the move out west to Arizona, the house sold almost immediately…necessitating an interim move. I chose the downtown area of...
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