Week 5

Friday, February 17, 2012

Cheers everyone!!


Sorry for the lack of updates.. the past couple of weeks have been pretty busy! So, we managed to get the TV stand and bookcase assembled...


It was a big job...


But turned out really well in the end! A flying success some might say...!


Whilst in a store downtown we came across this book...


And guess who was inside it!!! (I suppose only Bristol people will get this). Jeff is a Big Issue guy, kind of a local celebrity in Clifton. But now, apparently worldwide!


Washington Square park is such a great place for people watching. This guy was doing sand art, good job it wasn't windy that day!


And this guy managed to get a grand piano into the park... only in NYC!


This whole street in the village is dedicated to Chess.


For all the math geeks...


There is lots of vintage shopping in the village


And cool cafe's. Cafe Reggio is another great place for coffee..


This memorial is so poignant, it takes up a whole block in Greenwich village. School children made tiles for America after 9/11.


There's also lots of street art, this eye was a little creepy!


On weekends, there are a lot of street markets. The one in Union Square is amazing!


We seem to be accumulating bottles of wine and glasses. A wine rack is next on our household shopping list! 


The apartment is starting to feel like home now...


Although ice cream is still the only thing in our freezer!!


Week 4.. Part 1

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

This week we finished (mostly) shopping for furniture for the apartment. This is the shop, Crate and Barrel, that we go to at least 3 times a week!


On Saturday we took a walk on the Upper West Side and around Hell's Kitchen, where we stopped for Thai food for lunch...


Afterwards, we stumbled across a street market! Not much to buy though...


More pictures from the west side (the Chelsea area)...


An amazing Butcher....


Cafe Grumpy in Chelsea has the best coffee! 


All over Manhattan you can find these food vans. They are always really popular and have lines of people waiting outside. 


Due to picture overload, we'll do another post later this week. Maybe there will be less photos of food next time :-)

Week 3...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Assembling Ikea furniture is so much fun...


But we discovered Edy's giant tubs of ice cream which always helps! We seem to be getting through these tubs at an alarming rate...!


On Saturday, we woke up to a fair amount of snow!


So a trip to Central Park was definitely in order. The park is amazing in the snow, but we couldn't stay still for too long. Absolutely freezing!


Lots of warming comfort food was definitely in order...


And again...


On Sunday we decided to talk a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. In the snow. Which was probably not the best idea, because yet again it was freezing.


Brooklyn heights has the best views! The panorama on the camera works pretty well!


There's even a Wakefield here. Somewhere up in the Bronx...