NYC Trip: Photo Post!!

[texchan]

Took a day trip to Manhattan last Saturday (6-11) to see the Harry Potter Exhibition. We went with some dear friends, and had a fantastic (although exhausting!!) day. Feels like we walked for about a hundred miles ... and we saw just as much as we possibly could. It was a fun, fun trip. My only complaint was that I couldn't take many pictures. The weather wasn't cooperative. Shortly after we arrived, it started drizzling heavily and, then, raining, and I wasn't willing to chance damaging my camera. Plus, the light wasn't the best -- gray and somber.

But, I did get a few pics. (This is me, after all ... Hee! ^.~)





We ate lunch at La Bonne Soupe, an adorable little cafe. I had never been there before, but our friends recommended it. And it was fantastic. The best Onion Soup ever! And I had a very yummy omelette -- even though it included ham (which I very much don't like). Yeah ... looong and boring story. LOL!



An electronics store. It just appealed to me -- the colors, the people walking in the foreground. So I snapped it as we drove by.







These are all from St. Patrick's Cathedral. Beautiful, very gothic-looking church. I love it so much. Just all the intricately detailed carving ... the expressions on the statue's faces ... and the textural, soft gray coloring to the stones. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.



Because you can't go to Manhattan without taking at least one picture full of taxicabs. ^.~







All of these are of the fountain outside Rockefeller Center. Beautiful hydrangeas, and who can't love a guy riding a giant fish? Yeah ... exactly.



Another street scene. Took this as I lingered in the middle of the crosswalk. Lingering does not go over well in Manhattan. >.O



Flags.



Buildings. Love the textures at work here. And the wooden moldings on the building in front. Gorgeous.



My favorite photo from the whole trip. Love these things!! (Although I will not eat anything that comes from them. Heh.)

Comments

[deathcomes4u.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a great trip! I loved the picks of your kid holding hands with her friend walking down the street. Adorable. :) NYC is awesome!

[tex-chan.livejournal.com]

It was a super fun trip! Although it felt like riding a whirlwind in many ways because we fit so many things in there. My friend's son got up the next day and asked her: "So, was that all just one day? Really?" Which totally cracked me up. =P

The kids were so cute and really, really sweet. They had the best time, making up songs as they walked down the street and generally goofing around. I think they had a wonderful time, which was what the whole thing was about.

You're right! NYC is awesome!! In my younger years, I would have totally loved living there. There is such an amazing energy to that place. Now that I have a kiddo, though, I wouldn't. For me, it would be too hard to try and raise a child there. (Of course, this is coming from someone who grew up in rural Texas ... which is the biggest reason I would have problems doing the child thing there. *nervous laugh*)