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How Much Electricity is Used in Times Square
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There's nothing quite like it on earth, save for the Las Vegas Strip. Twenty-four hours a day, Times Square is lit up like it was mid-afternoon on a sunny day. Every so often, visitors to New York will ask us, "How much electricity is used to keep Times Square going at any time"? It's an intriguing question, and as guides we wondered as well. So we posed this question to the nice folks at Con Edison, New York's electricity provider.
The answer, lots. Well, of course. We knew that. But, how much? It turns out, the answer is impossible to know for certain, as Times Square, which runs from 42nd St. to 47th St. at the intersection of 7th Ave. and Broadway, is part of the larger Theater District, which stretches out several blocks more in all four directions. Additionally, the Theater District shares a distribution grid within Manhattan with its next door neighbors.
So, what's the estimate? The associate at Con Ed estimated that at the peak of the peak electrical use in the Theater District is approximately 161 Megawatts of electricity being used at any one time. We have read that 1 megawatt could power 1 thousand U.S. homes. That's 161,000 U.S. homes - and Americans aren't exactly known as energy conservationists. That would keep an small power plant busy just on its own.
Learn more about this and other interesting trivia on our Midtown Manhattan Tour.
There's nothing quite like it on earth, save for the Las Vegas Strip. Twenty-four hours a day, Times Square is lit up like it was mid-afternoon on a sunny day. Every so often, visitors to New York will ask us, "How much electricity is used to keep Times Square going at any time"? It's an intriguing question, and as guides we wondered as well. So we posed this question to the nice folks at Con Edison, New York's electricity provider. The answer, lots. Well, of course. We knew that. But, how much? It turns out, the answer is impossible to know for certain, as Times Square, which runs from 42nd St. to 47th St. at the intersection of 7th Ave. and Broadway, is part of the larger Theater District, which stretches out several blocks more in all four directions. Additionally, the Theater District shares a distribution grid within Manhattan with its next door neighbors.
So, what's the estimate? The associate at Con Ed estimated that at the peak of the peak electrical use in the Theater District is approximately 161 Megawatts of electricity being used at any one time. We have read that 1 megawatt could power 1 thousand U.S. homes. That's 161,000 U.S. homes - and Americans aren't exactly known as energy conservationists. That would keep an small power plant busy just on its own.
Learn more about this and other interesting trivia on our Midtown Manhattan Tour.
FEROCIOUS ART GUARDIANS, WALK-THROUGH ART (c) By Polly Guerin
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Chatting Over Tear Multi-block woodcut by Wu Jide (British Museum, London)
Wander down the Silk Road, feel the sensation of walking through art, visit Terracotta Warriors…then take a break and see a musical, “Nice Work if You Can Get It.” Only in New York my friends, the very best of cultural events this week. Here’s the scoop!!!
THE PRINTED IMAGE in CHINA, 8th-21st Century: Do you want to enlist the aid of a Deity to be successful for education or better yet, ward off evil spirits or thwart a thief then go no further than the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, where all you need is a fierce-looking Door Guardian from the Qong Dynasty. These fascinating wood block prints, created in China as an artistic medium for popular culture and political commentary include Buddhist prints from the Silk Road, the earliest example of multiple block color printing, striking anti-war images and a woodblock image depicting the deity of infinite compassion. Production techniques are also on view establishing China as the country with the longest history of printing in the world and contemporary artists respond to the genre such as pictured above Chatting Over Tea. These prints from the British Museum are on view through July 29, 2012. www.metmuseumorg. Or 212.535.7710.
TERRACOTTA WARRIORS, Defender of China’s Great Emperor. Might as well make your way to Discovery Times Square, and without traveling, right here in the Big Apple see direct from China, the legend behind china’s First Emperor and his remarkable Terracotta Warriors, each standing 6 feet tall and over 2,000 years old, along an exclusive collection of more than 200 ancient treasures and artifacts. At Discover Times square, 226 West 44th St. By phone 866.987.9692. Tics adult $25. For discount info email advertising@theatermania.com or 866.811.4111.
WALK AROUND A PAINTING, DRINK A COLOR. This is an experience not to be missed!!! In the 1950’s such questions were answered by Brazilian artist Helio Oiticica who created amazing environmental installations. Now Helio gets his due recognition at New York’s Galerie Lelong exhibition, PENETRABLE. A highlight of the show is “Penetravel Filtro,” a room filled maze whose path is occasionally blocked by yellow and blue plastic strips that viewers must brush past very much like moving through a car wash. As the visitor continues they listen to various recordings of writers like Gertrude Stein reading one of her novels. Alas when you reach the final chamber, you see a table with plastic cups and a dispenser of orange juice. Help yourself. The gallery says that visitors have already gone through 60 bottles. This innovative artist was born in Rio de Janeiro and lived from 1937 to 1980, died of a stroke. The installation is fascinating to say the least. At Galerie Lelong, at 528 W. 26 St. (Between 10th and 11th Avenues) Tues. through Sat., 10am-6pm. 212.315.0470.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT!!! It’s the Broadway sensation of the season. This musical comedy has a familiar storyline but there’s nothing ordinary about the production. It’s a laugh a minute and just when you thought the theatrics had done their utmost up pops another episode to keep you dancing in your seat. Matthew Broderick is perfectly cast as the nerdy wealthy Jimmy Winter and around him other stars like Kelli OHara keep the antics up and rousingly funny. Characters like Michael McGrath’s slapstick role and Chris Sullivan’s dimwit role also steal the show as do the talented chorus girls and vice squad boys all romping it up with nonstop songs by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin like Fascinating Rhythm, I’ve got a Crush on You, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off and my favorite, Someone to Watch Over Me. At the Imperial Theater, 249 W. 45th St.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! I’m heading to the West Side Art Galleries where Penetrable is all the rage to pass through color and drink it too. Fan mail welcome: pollytalk@verizon.net. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on poetry, fashion, visionary men or amazing women.
Chatting Over Tear Multi-block woodcut by Wu Jide (British Museum, London)
Wander down the Silk Road, feel the sensation of walking through art, visit Terracotta Warriors…then take a break and see a musical, “Nice Work if You Can Get It.” Only in New York my friends, the very best of cultural events this week. Here’s the scoop!!! THE PRINTED IMAGE in CHINA, 8th-21st Century: Do you want to enlist the aid of a Deity to be successful for education or better yet, ward off evil spirits or thwart a thief then go no further than the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, where all you need is a fierce-looking Door Guardian from the Qong Dynasty. These fascinating wood block prints, created in China as an artistic medium for popular culture and political commentary include Buddhist prints from the Silk Road, the earliest example of multiple block color printing, striking anti-war images and a woodblock image depicting the deity of infinite compassion. Production techniques are also on view establishing China as the country with the longest history of printing in the world and contemporary artists respond to the genre such as pictured above Chatting Over Tea. These prints from the British Museum are on view through July 29, 2012. www.metmuseumorg. Or 212.535.7710.
TERRACOTTA WARRIORS, Defender of China’s Great Emperor. Might as well make your way to Discovery Times Square, and without traveling, right here in the Big Apple see direct from China, the legend behind china’s First Emperor and his remarkable Terracotta Warriors, each standing 6 feet tall and over 2,000 years old, along an exclusive collection of more than 200 ancient treasures and artifacts. At Discover Times square, 226 West 44th St. By phone 866.987.9692. Tics adult $25. For discount info email advertising@theatermania.com or 866.811.4111.
WALK AROUND A PAINTING, DRINK A COLOR. This is an experience not to be missed!!! In the 1950’s such questions were answered by Brazilian artist Helio Oiticica who created amazing environmental installations. Now Helio gets his due recognition at New York’s Galerie Lelong exhibition, PENETRABLE. A highlight of the show is “Penetravel Filtro,” a room filled maze whose path is occasionally blocked by yellow and blue plastic strips that viewers must brush past very much like moving through a car wash. As the visitor continues they listen to various recordings of writers like Gertrude Stein reading one of her novels. Alas when you reach the final chamber, you see a table with plastic cups and a dispenser of orange juice. Help yourself. The gallery says that visitors have already gone through 60 bottles. This innovative artist was born in Rio de Janeiro and lived from 1937 to 1980, died of a stroke. The installation is fascinating to say the least. At Galerie Lelong, at 528 W. 26 St. (Between 10th and 11th Avenues) Tues. through Sat., 10am-6pm. 212.315.0470.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT!!! It’s the Broadway sensation of the season. This musical comedy has a familiar storyline but there’s nothing ordinary about the production. It’s a laugh a minute and just when you thought the theatrics had done their utmost up pops another episode to keep you dancing in your seat. Matthew Broderick is perfectly cast as the nerdy wealthy Jimmy Winter and around him other stars like Kelli OHara keep the antics up and rousingly funny. Characters like Michael McGrath’s slapstick role and Chris Sullivan’s dimwit role also steal the show as do the talented chorus girls and vice squad boys all romping it up with nonstop songs by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin like Fascinating Rhythm, I’ve got a Crush on You, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off and my favorite, Someone to Watch Over Me. At the Imperial Theater, 249 W. 45th St.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! I’m heading to the West Side Art Galleries where Penetrable is all the rage to pass through color and drink it too. Fan mail welcome: pollytalk@verizon.net. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on poetry, fashion, visionary men or amazing women.
FASHIONISTAS TAKE A CULTURE TRIP (c) By Polly Guerin
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New York City the fashion capital of the world plays host to yet another fashion review, an Abstract master delves into shapes and color and the ancient past rises up at a venerable museum. All this week, my friends. The Very Best of New York. Here’s the scoop!!!
FASHION, A-Z: HIGHLIGHTS from the COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM AT FIT-Part Two, showcases some 60 fashions from the museum’s permanent collection. Of more than 50,000 garments and accessories. The items on display will be featured in the "Fashion, A-Z” book due out this fall by Taschen. Part Two, which will be on view through November 10, 2012, features fashion s organized alphabetically--- from Adrian, Balmain and Comme des Garcons all the way through the alphabet---to give visitors a sense of the modern and contemporary fashions that shaped the fashion mindset of admiring fashionistas. What appears to be an engineering feat, the Charles James Tree dress (1955), pictured here, is one of the main attractions at the museum, which has one of the largest collections of his pieces. Meticulous to the point of creating structural garments, James only produced only 1,000 garments during his decades of designing. Other pieces include a Madeline Vionnet bias cut, 1936 evening dress, a 1961 Arnold Scaasi cocktail dress and a 1981 pirate ensemble from Vivienne Westwood. At The Museum at FIT, Seventh Ave. at 27th St. FREE fitnyc.edu/museum.
ELLSWORTH KELLY’s DRAWINGS of Plants, Flowers, Leaves—Spanning 60 years—includes his first ‘Plant Drawings’ made in Boston and Paris in the late 1940s. Ranging from seaweed suspended in his studio, to a flower discovered on the road side, to a single banana leaf examined at close range, Kelly’s renderings of plants ---he likens them to portraits---are precisely observed studies of forms in nature. “The most pleasurable thing in the world, for me, “ the artist once said, “is to see something, and then translate how I see it.” The selection of approximately 75 drawings begins in 1948 during Kelly’s early sojourn in Paris and continues throughout his travels to the most recent work made in upstate New York. Shape and color his two strong points. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, opening June 5-Sept. 3, 2012. http://www.metmuseum.org/.
ANTICO: THE GOLDEN AGE OF RENAISSANCE BRONZES Sojourn over to the Frick Collection to see Renaissance master, Pier Jacopo Alari de Bonacolsi (1455-1528). He merely signed himself “Antico” to underscore his penchant for ancient Classical art, which as being unearthed in Italy during his lifetime. The exhibit includes some 39 sculptures, life-size busts, reliefs and medals that represent his high level of artistic refinement and historical reproduction. He was the first Renaissance sculptor to specialize in bronze statuettes and the first to employ lavish gilding in his work. Antico’s large bust of “Bacchus” reveal the sculptor’s naturalistic rendering of contrasting textures is a serenely splendid work. Just walking through the inner garden courtyard of the Frick is worth the visit. Through July 29, 2012. http://www.frick.org/.
CHURCHILL: THE POWER OF WORDS Sir Winston Churchill’s impact upon the twentieth century is difficult to overestimate, as is the effectiveness of his oratory and writings. The Morgan Library & Museum explores this fascinating aspect of Churchill’s life and legacy in an exhibition that covers more than half century of his life—from Victorian childhood letters to his mother, to Cold War correspondence with President Eisenhower, and features some of the most famous wartime oratory. The Power of Words uses sixty-five, drafts, speaking notes, personal and official correspondence, public statements and official recordings to examine the main events of his life. Of particular focus is Churchill’s lifelong relationship with the United States, and the ways in which he used the written and spoken word to develop, complement and advance his political career. Of course, you know that Churchill’s mother, the beautiful Jennie Jerome, was born in Brooklyn, New York. http://www.themorgan.org/.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! I’m counting on getting inspired by words and Kelly’s plant portraits. Fan mail welcome www.pollytalk.com. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the Blog that interests you from fashion to poetry and visionary men.
New York City the fashion capital of the world plays host to yet another fashion review, an Abstract master delves into shapes and color and the ancient past rises up at a venerable museum. All this week, my friends. The Very Best of New York. Here’s the scoop!!!FASHION, A-Z: HIGHLIGHTS from the COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM AT FIT-Part Two, showcases some 60 fashions from the museum’s permanent collection. Of more than 50,000 garments and accessories. The items on display will be featured in the "Fashion, A-Z” book due out this fall by Taschen. Part Two, which will be on view through November 10, 2012, features fashion s organized alphabetically--- from Adrian, Balmain and Comme des Garcons all the way through the alphabet---to give visitors a sense of the modern and contemporary fashions that shaped the fashion mindset of admiring fashionistas. What appears to be an engineering feat, the Charles James Tree dress (1955), pictured here, is one of the main attractions at the museum, which has one of the largest collections of his pieces. Meticulous to the point of creating structural garments, James only produced only 1,000 garments during his decades of designing. Other pieces include a Madeline Vionnet bias cut, 1936 evening dress, a 1961 Arnold Scaasi cocktail dress and a 1981 pirate ensemble from Vivienne Westwood. At The Museum at FIT, Seventh Ave. at 27th St. FREE fitnyc.edu/museum.
ELLSWORTH KELLY’s DRAWINGS of Plants, Flowers, Leaves—Spanning 60 years—includes his first ‘Plant Drawings’ made in Boston and Paris in the late 1940s. Ranging from seaweed suspended in his studio, to a flower discovered on the road side, to a single banana leaf examined at close range, Kelly’s renderings of plants ---he likens them to portraits---are precisely observed studies of forms in nature. “The most pleasurable thing in the world, for me, “ the artist once said, “is to see something, and then translate how I see it.” The selection of approximately 75 drawings begins in 1948 during Kelly’s early sojourn in Paris and continues throughout his travels to the most recent work made in upstate New York. Shape and color his two strong points. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, opening June 5-Sept. 3, 2012. http://www.metmuseum.org/.
ANTICO: THE GOLDEN AGE OF RENAISSANCE BRONZES Sojourn over to the Frick Collection to see Renaissance master, Pier Jacopo Alari de Bonacolsi (1455-1528). He merely signed himself “Antico” to underscore his penchant for ancient Classical art, which as being unearthed in Italy during his lifetime. The exhibit includes some 39 sculptures, life-size busts, reliefs and medals that represent his high level of artistic refinement and historical reproduction. He was the first Renaissance sculptor to specialize in bronze statuettes and the first to employ lavish gilding in his work. Antico’s large bust of “Bacchus” reveal the sculptor’s naturalistic rendering of contrasting textures is a serenely splendid work. Just walking through the inner garden courtyard of the Frick is worth the visit. Through July 29, 2012. http://www.frick.org/.
CHURCHILL: THE POWER OF WORDS Sir Winston Churchill’s impact upon the twentieth century is difficult to overestimate, as is the effectiveness of his oratory and writings. The Morgan Library & Museum explores this fascinating aspect of Churchill’s life and legacy in an exhibition that covers more than half century of his life—from Victorian childhood letters to his mother, to Cold War correspondence with President Eisenhower, and features some of the most famous wartime oratory. The Power of Words uses sixty-five, drafts, speaking notes, personal and official correspondence, public statements and official recordings to examine the main events of his life. Of particular focus is Churchill’s lifelong relationship with the United States, and the ways in which he used the written and spoken word to develop, complement and advance his political career. Of course, you know that Churchill’s mother, the beautiful Jennie Jerome, was born in Brooklyn, New York. http://www.themorgan.org/.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! I’m counting on getting inspired by words and Kelly’s plant portraits. Fan mail welcome www.pollytalk.com. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the Blog that interests you from fashion to poetry and visionary men.
INTO THE DEEP, BREWING CULTURE and SERENITY(c) By Polly Guerin
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Man bait seems to be in New York’s cultural venue this week. Game fisherman and ladies need go no further than NYC to adventure into the deep, or drink of the popular Brew, revisit the Triangle Fire and end up in the serenity of water lily gardens at the NYBG. Here’s the scoop!!!
STANLEY MELTZOFF: OCEAN AND OTHER WORLDS No need to go to the aquarium. Giants of the Deep are the subject of the world’s finest game fish and sport painter, Stanley Meltzoff’s one-man show at the Museum of American Illustration in New York City. This celebrated artist opened the frontier beneath the surface of the seas bringing to life breathtaking images of striped bass, bluefish, sailfish and other exotic species seemingly swim out of the painting into visual view with lifelike wonder. PHOTO CREDIT: Stanley Meltzoff, Black Marlin 9, Marin and Trevally 1989. He learned how to paint his seascapes as a diver and recorded salt water game fish, cataloging them at a time when both the oceans and these spectacular fish are fast disappearing. The fish painter honed his skills and produced works for major magazines including Scientific American, Field & Stream, Life and National Geographic. On view are original paintings from the artist’s estate (Meltzoff 1917-2006) through August 18th at the Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd St., open to the public FREE of charge on Tues. 10-8; Wed.-Fri., 10 am-5 pm; Sat. 12-4 pm. 212.838.25760.
IN PURSUIT OF GIANTS, a new book by Matt Rigney, with his love for sport fishing, coincidentally addresses the subject of these great fish that are fast disappearing. Rigney covers the causes including commercial fishing and industrial methods which take the sport out of it drastically depleting stocks. With romantic reverie he records, “With switchblade fins and tails able to propel them 70 miles per hour, they course through the dark tides, unseen, the last truly great fish of our oceans in time will disappear.” Published by Viking, $26.95.
BEER HERE: BREWING NEW YORK’S HISTORY…and a bar in the NYHS, New York Historical Society’s museum ought to send beer aficionados to the exhibit that extols the long tradition in New York of brewing and drinking beer and a bar has been created in the gallery. After ambling though a history that begins in the 17th century to the present, by way of 14 present-day local brews offered to taste. In Colonial days beer was safer than water and during the Revolutionary War, troops received beer with their rations. The temperance movement that led to Prohibition from 1920-33, gets its due coverage as does the election of “Miss Rheingold “in the 40s and 60s when a series of bombshells courted the votes from posters in subway trains. So drink and be merry tapping into beer history at NYHS, 77th Street and Central Park West.
TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE: THEN, SINCE, NOW an exhibition by the Fashion Institute of Technology’s graduate students takes us back again with a visual interpretation of the Triangle Factory Fire in 1911, its impact, and its aftermath in works executed in gouache, oil paint, clay sculpture, collage, and digital media. FREE open to the public at the Museum at FIT, 27th St. and 7th Ave. Tues.-Fri. noon to 8pm, Sat. 10-5 pm.
MONET EVENINGS FEATURE WATER LILY CONCERTS The New York Botanical Garden invites you to enjoy a complimentary specialty cocktail while viewing Monet’s Garden in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. This re-creation of Claude Monet’s idyllic garden in Giverny, France, features evocative set pieces depicting Monet’s Grade Allee and iconic footbridge surrounded by willow trees, bamboo groves. Monet’s most famous subject, water lilies, grace the Conservatory courtyard pools. Relax on the Conservatory lawn and listen to music July 19, August 16 or Sept. 22. Light picnic fare available for purchase and a cash bar available. Make the evening a night to remember. Take the Metro North train from Grand Central to the NYBG.
Ta Ta darlings!!! Oceans and Other Worlds is a ‘must see’ exhibit. It’s breathtaking imagery of the great giants of the deep. Fan mail welcome pollytalk@verizon.net. For Polly’s Blogs go to www.pollytalk.com and in the left hand column click on the links to poetry, fashion or amazing women determined to succeed.
Man bait seems to be in New York’s cultural venue this week. Game fisherman and ladies need go no further than NYC to adventure into the deep, or drink of the popular Brew, revisit the Triangle Fire and end up in the serenity of water lily gardens at the NYBG. Here’s the scoop!!!STANLEY MELTZOFF: OCEAN AND OTHER WORLDS No need to go to the aquarium. Giants of the Deep are the subject of the world’s finest game fish and sport painter, Stanley Meltzoff’s one-man show at the Museum of American Illustration in New York City. This celebrated artist opened the frontier beneath the surface of the seas bringing to life breathtaking images of striped bass, bluefish, sailfish and other exotic species seemingly swim out of the painting into visual view with lifelike wonder. PHOTO CREDIT: Stanley Meltzoff, Black Marlin 9, Marin and Trevally 1989. He learned how to paint his seascapes as a diver and recorded salt water game fish, cataloging them at a time when both the oceans and these spectacular fish are fast disappearing. The fish painter honed his skills and produced works for major magazines including Scientific American, Field & Stream, Life and National Geographic. On view are original paintings from the artist’s estate (Meltzoff 1917-2006) through August 18th at the Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd St., open to the public FREE of charge on Tues. 10-8; Wed.-Fri., 10 am-5 pm; Sat. 12-4 pm. 212.838.25760.
IN PURSUIT OF GIANTS, a new book by Matt Rigney, with his love for sport fishing, coincidentally addresses the subject of these great fish that are fast disappearing. Rigney covers the causes including commercial fishing and industrial methods which take the sport out of it drastically depleting stocks. With romantic reverie he records, “With switchblade fins and tails able to propel them 70 miles per hour, they course through the dark tides, unseen, the last truly great fish of our oceans in time will disappear.” Published by Viking, $26.95.
BEER HERE: BREWING NEW YORK’S HISTORY…and a bar in the NYHS, New York Historical Society’s museum ought to send beer aficionados to the exhibit that extols the long tradition in New York of brewing and drinking beer and a bar has been created in the gallery. After ambling though a history that begins in the 17th century to the present, by way of 14 present-day local brews offered to taste. In Colonial days beer was safer than water and during the Revolutionary War, troops received beer with their rations. The temperance movement that led to Prohibition from 1920-33, gets its due coverage as does the election of “Miss Rheingold “in the 40s and 60s when a series of bombshells courted the votes from posters in subway trains. So drink and be merry tapping into beer history at NYHS, 77th Street and Central Park West.
TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE: THEN, SINCE, NOW an exhibition by the Fashion Institute of Technology’s graduate students takes us back again with a visual interpretation of the Triangle Factory Fire in 1911, its impact, and its aftermath in works executed in gouache, oil paint, clay sculpture, collage, and digital media. FREE open to the public at the Museum at FIT, 27th St. and 7th Ave. Tues.-Fri. noon to 8pm, Sat. 10-5 pm.
MONET EVENINGS FEATURE WATER LILY CONCERTS The New York Botanical Garden invites you to enjoy a complimentary specialty cocktail while viewing Monet’s Garden in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. This re-creation of Claude Monet’s idyllic garden in Giverny, France, features evocative set pieces depicting Monet’s Grade Allee and iconic footbridge surrounded by willow trees, bamboo groves. Monet’s most famous subject, water lilies, grace the Conservatory courtyard pools. Relax on the Conservatory lawn and listen to music July 19, August 16 or Sept. 22. Light picnic fare available for purchase and a cash bar available. Make the evening a night to remember. Take the Metro North train from Grand Central to the NYBG.
Ta Ta darlings!!! Oceans and Other Worlds is a ‘must see’ exhibit. It’s breathtaking imagery of the great giants of the deep. Fan mail welcome pollytalk@verizon.net. For Polly’s Blogs go to www.pollytalk.com and in the left hand column click on the links to poetry, fashion or amazing women determined to succeed.
CHILL OUT AT A MUSEUM, DINE ALONE, SAVOUR CULTURE(c) By Polly Guerin
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Bergamo Comes to Manhattan, Klimt at the Crossroads, The Great Gatsby and Art Deco Delight this week with cultural events that keep us chilled out from the summer heat wave. Here’s the Scoop!!!
BELLINI, TITIAN, AND Lorenzo LOTTO The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo (northeast of Milan), one of the jewels of Italian museums and a haven for art lovers has loaned the Metropolitan Museum 15 little masterpieces by Venetian and north Italian painters of the 15th and 16th centuries. No need to book a flight to Italy just head uptown to view paintingss from about 1450 and 1550 when the golden age for Bergamo local artists were trained in the great workshops of Venice. Lorenzo Lotto seems to be the star of the show which includes three panels fron Lotto’s magisterial alterpiece and early poetic, pastoral work by Titian. Every work is a noteworthy and it’s the next best thing to a trip to Bergamo. Through Sept. 3, 2012 Pictured here: Portrait of Lucina Brembati, Venice ca. 1480-1556 Lorenzo Lotto, Accademia Carrara, Bergamo.
DINE AT THE COUNTER in the MET’S Petri Court restaurant with a huge window views of Central Park. No lines, no long wait to get a table. I highly recommend the BTL with a glass of wine.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! I’m counting on chilling out in New York's cultural oasis' os comfort.. Fan mail welcome www.pollytalk.com. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the Blog that interests you from fashion to poetry and visionary men.
Bergamo Comes to Manhattan, Klimt at the Crossroads, The Great Gatsby and Art Deco Delight this week with cultural events that keep us chilled out from the summer heat wave. Here’s the Scoop!!!BELLINI, TITIAN, AND Lorenzo LOTTO The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo (northeast of Milan), one of the jewels of Italian museums and a haven for art lovers has loaned the Metropolitan Museum 15 little masterpieces by Venetian and north Italian painters of the 15th and 16th centuries. No need to book a flight to Italy just head uptown to view paintingss from about 1450 and 1550 when the golden age for Bergamo local artists were trained in the great workshops of Venice. Lorenzo Lotto seems to be the star of the show which includes three panels fron Lotto’s magisterial alterpiece and early poetic, pastoral work by Titian. Every work is a noteworthy and it’s the next best thing to a trip to Bergamo. Through Sept. 3, 2012 Pictured here: Portrait of Lucina Brembati, Venice ca. 1480-1556 Lorenzo Lotto, Accademia Carrara, Bergamo.
DINE AT THE COUNTER in the MET’S Petri Court restaurant with a huge window views of Central Park. No lines, no long wait to get a table. I highly recommend the BTL with a glass of wine.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! I’m counting on chilling out in New York's cultural oasis' os comfort.. Fan mail welcome www.pollytalk.com. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the Blog that interests you from fashion to poetry and visionary men.
8 Temmuz 2012 Pazar
Shame on Sears!
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I interrupt this blog to vent.
On this day put aside to honor the memory and the service of our military men and women, some idiot from a Sears call center telephoned me to (a) delay the start of her blather by giggling with her co-workers after I said hello, (b) mispronounce my name twice, then (c) try to give me a sales pitch about appliance warranty protection.
On this day dedicated to the likes of my father, a GI who died on a French battlefield in World War II; my stepfather, who served in the Navy in both WWII and the Korean War; my son, who spent four years in the Marines serving on three continents; my son-in-law, who spent eight years in the Marines …. all the way back to my great-great-great-great grandfather Colonel Samuel Miles who fought in the French and Indian War then commanded troops in the Revolutionary War, I couldn’t put up with such crass, unthinking commercialism.
As I said to her “You have the nerve to call me on this holiday when we are remembering the sacrifices and sometimes the deaths of people protecting our country? Shame on your company, and shame on you.”
And, as far as I, a decades-long customer of Sears, am concerned, that chain has gotten the last penny out of me. Sears, go to hell.
On this day put aside to honor the memory and the service of our military men and women, some idiot from a Sears call center telephoned me to (a) delay the start of her blather by giggling with her co-workers after I said hello, (b) mispronounce my name twice, then (c) try to give me a sales pitch about appliance warranty protection.
On this day dedicated to the likes of my father, a GI who died on a French battlefield in World War II; my stepfather, who served in the Navy in both WWII and the Korean War; my son, who spent four years in the Marines serving on three continents; my son-in-law, who spent eight years in the Marines …. all the way back to my great-great-great-great grandfather Colonel Samuel Miles who fought in the French and Indian War then commanded troops in the Revolutionary War, I couldn’t put up with such crass, unthinking commercialism.
As I said to her “You have the nerve to call me on this holiday when we are remembering the sacrifices and sometimes the deaths of people protecting our country? Shame on your company, and shame on you.”
And, as far as I, a decades-long customer of Sears, am concerned, that chain has gotten the last penny out of me. Sears, go to hell.
Wine & Cheese Weekend on the Niagara trail
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If you have trouble getting your fill of wine and cheese, mark June 15-17 on your calendar. That's the long weekend for the Niagara Wine Trail's "Wine & Cheese Weekend."
In addition to sampling wines at 15 of the 16 member wineries (Spring Lake Winery will not participate), a lengthy list of New York artisan cheese from event sponsor Yancey's Fancy will be available.
The event will run from noon t 6 p.m. Friday, 10 am. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $25 per person in advance or $30 the days of the event. Tickets are available online. For non-drinkers, cheese sampling only admission is $15.
The event was scheduled to mark both Father's Day and National Dairy Month. Tickets are valid for all three days and include a wine tasting and cheese pairing at each winery and a souvenir wine glass from the first winery you visit.
If you have trouble getting your fill of wine and cheese, mark June 15-17 on your calendar. That's the long weekend for the Niagara Wine Trail's "Wine & Cheese Weekend."In addition to sampling wines at 15 of the 16 member wineries (Spring Lake Winery will not participate), a lengthy list of New York artisan cheese from event sponsor Yancey's Fancy will be available.
The event will run from noon t 6 p.m. Friday, 10 am. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $25 per person in advance or $30 the days of the event. Tickets are available online. For non-drinkers, cheese sampling only admission is $15.
The event was scheduled to mark both Father's Day and National Dairy Month. Tickets are valid for all three days and include a wine tasting and cheese pairing at each winery and a souvenir wine glass from the first winery you visit.
- Arrowhead Spring Vineyards: Sharp cheddar, white
- Long Cliff Winery: Extra sharp cheddar, yellow
- Black Willow Winery: XXX-tra sharp cheddar, white
- Freedom Run Winery: XXX-tra sharp cheddar, yellow
- Chateau Niagara Winery: AALSBRUK smoked gouda w/bacon
- Niagara Landing Wine Cellars: Bergenost
- A Gust of Sun Winery: AALSBRUK smoked gouda
- Eveningside Vineyards: Double cream cheddar
- Schulze Vineyards & Winery: Aged cheddar w/hickory smoked bacon & horseradish Victorianbourg Wine Estate: Aged cheddar w/Finger Lakes champagne
- Honeymoon Trail Winery: Aged cheddar w/peppadew sweet & spicy peppers
- Vizcarra Vineyards: Aged cheddar w/ Finger Lakes strawberry chardonnay
- Midnight Run Wine Cellars: Smoked tangy applewood double cream cheddar
- Leonard Oakes Estate Winery: Steakhouse onion
- The Winery at Marjim Manor: Norwegian dill & herb crusted double cream cheddar
Expanded restaurant ownership bill advances
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ALBANY -- A bill that would allow brew pub owners to also open a restaurant today is before the New York State Assembly after passing its first major hurdle.
A bill sponsored by Senator Mark Grisanti, R-North Buffalo, on Tuesday passed the State Senate. It now needs to pass the Assembly before being sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo for approval.
The bill (S7110) would allow an individual to own a license for both manufacturing alcohol and an alcohol retail license.
Grisanti said the present law, which has been in place since the end of the Prohibition era, has restricted owners of an alcohol manufacturer license from also having a retail license, limiting the ability to open the two types of businesses. The restrictions carried over to owners of brew-pubs who manufacture their own alcohol and also serve food, restricting them from also owning a second restaurant.
"This bill would clear the way for more economic activity and job creation," said Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos, who supported the measure. "Small businesses that are looking to expand should be encouraged and allowed to grow."
ALBANY -- A bill that would allow brew pub owners to also open a restaurant today is before the New York State Assembly after passing its first major hurdle.A bill sponsored by Senator Mark Grisanti, R-North Buffalo, on Tuesday passed the State Senate. It now needs to pass the Assembly before being sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo for approval.
The bill (S7110) would allow an individual to own a license for both manufacturing alcohol and an alcohol retail license.
Grisanti said the present law, which has been in place since the end of the Prohibition era, has restricted owners of an alcohol manufacturer license from also having a retail license, limiting the ability to open the two types of businesses. The restrictions carried over to owners of brew-pubs who manufacture their own alcohol and also serve food, restricting them from also owning a second restaurant.
"This bill would clear the way for more economic activity and job creation," said Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos, who supported the measure. "Small businesses that are looking to expand should be encouraged and allowed to grow."
'Taste of Buffalo' extravaganza coming up
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BUFFALO, NY -- The "Taste of Buffalo," billed as the country's largest annual two-day food festival, will roll for its 29th year on Saturday and Sunday, July 7-8.
The event, which features local foods and restaurants, will be held in an area that runs from Delaware Avenue and Niagara Square in the downtown area.This year, 51 restaurants, four food trucks and seven wineries as well as a culinary stage, musical entertainment and other special offerings will be included in the event.
More than 200 food items, ranging from Asian to barbecue to Italian to sweet treats will be available for sampling.
Restaurants participating for the first time will include the Buffalo Tap Room, Cabaret, Dehli Chaat Sweets and Restaurant, Dibella's, Francesca's, Friar's Table, Iris Restaurant, Mr. Bones, Manhattan's, The Original Soup Man and Romanello's.Food trucks, on hand for the first time, will be Lloyd's Taco Truck, The Roaming Buffalo, R&R BBQ Food Truck and The Cheesy Chick.
Wineries will be Glenora Wine Cellars, Hazlitt Vineyards, Knapp Winery, Merritt Estate Winery, Niagara Landing Wine Cellars, Spring Lake Winery and Woodbury Vineyards.
All food items will range in price from $1 to $4 in food tickets. Each restaurant also offers a taste-sized portion of a signature menu item for only $2 or 4 tickets. By purchasing $20 in food tickets, guests can get a "taste" at 10 different restaurants. Pre-sale food ticket vouchers, available in $10 certificates, can be purchased right at the register at participating Tops Markets through July 8.
Buffalo firefighters are also getting into the action this year with the "Smokin' Hot Buffalo Firehouse Cook-off" on Saturday at 5 p.m.
The week before the festival, prospective attendees will be able to download the festival guide and restaurant map.
BUFFALO, NY -- The "Taste of Buffalo," billed as the country's largest annual two-day food festival, will roll for its 29th year on Saturday and Sunday, July 7-8.The event, which features local foods and restaurants, will be held in an area that runs from Delaware Avenue and Niagara Square in the downtown area.This year, 51 restaurants, four food trucks and seven wineries as well as a culinary stage, musical entertainment and other special offerings will be included in the event.
More than 200 food items, ranging from Asian to barbecue to Italian to sweet treats will be available for sampling.
Restaurants participating for the first time will include the Buffalo Tap Room, Cabaret, Dehli Chaat Sweets and Restaurant, Dibella's, Francesca's, Friar's Table, Iris Restaurant, Mr. Bones, Manhattan's, The Original Soup Man and Romanello's.Food trucks, on hand for the first time, will be Lloyd's Taco Truck, The Roaming Buffalo, R&R BBQ Food Truck and The Cheesy Chick.
Wineries will be Glenora Wine Cellars, Hazlitt Vineyards, Knapp Winery, Merritt Estate Winery, Niagara Landing Wine Cellars, Spring Lake Winery and Woodbury Vineyards.
All food items will range in price from $1 to $4 in food tickets. Each restaurant also offers a taste-sized portion of a signature menu item for only $2 or 4 tickets. By purchasing $20 in food tickets, guests can get a "taste" at 10 different restaurants. Pre-sale food ticket vouchers, available in $10 certificates, can be purchased right at the register at participating Tops Markets through July 8.
Buffalo firefighters are also getting into the action this year with the "Smokin' Hot Buffalo Firehouse Cook-off" on Saturday at 5 p.m.
The week before the festival, prospective attendees will be able to download the festival guide and restaurant map.
World-record wine tasting bid planned
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GENEVA, NY – The 2nd annual Finger Lakes Music & Wine Festival will have a twist this year: Sample for a Cause.
The event, scheduled for Saturday, August 18, in this Seneca Lake city, will be the setting for what organizers hope will go in the record books as the largest wine tasting event in the world.
The current world record for such an event is 5,095 participants who visited the Plaza de Toros in Arando de Duero, Spain, on September 15, 2006.
With more than 100 wineries, the Finger Lakes region will be able to offer many different wines to festival visitors. And, $2 from every wine tasting ticket sold will go directly to Geneva’s Happiness House to help fund local programs.
If you’d like to get a group together to join the record attempt, here are the details.Wine tasting hours: 3 to 8 p.m., admission to the attempt; 7 to 8 p.m., call-up to all participants.
GENEVA, NY – The 2nd annual Finger Lakes Music & Wine Festival will have a twist this year: Sample for a Cause.The event, scheduled for Saturday, August 18, in this Seneca Lake city, will be the setting for what organizers hope will go in the record books as the largest wine tasting event in the world.
The current world record for such an event is 5,095 participants who visited the Plaza de Toros in Arando de Duero, Spain, on September 15, 2006.
With more than 100 wineries, the Finger Lakes region will be able to offer many different wines to festival visitors. And, $2 from every wine tasting ticket sold will go directly to Geneva’s Happiness House to help fund local programs.
If you’d like to get a group together to join the record attempt, here are the details.Wine tasting hours: 3 to 8 p.m., admission to the attempt; 7 to 8 p.m., call-up to all participants.
- Participants are to gather in the designated, fenced-in tasting area to count toward the world record attempt A digital counter above the gate will display the number of patrons in the t area at any given time.
- During the attempt period all entries and exits by patrons are automatically recorded by an electronic counting system. Specific focus will be placed on the 7 to 8 p.m. period, unless the record is broken before that specific time.
- An official adjudicator will be present and witness the attempt. If the record is broken, the adjudicator will publicly announce the success of the attempt and hand a plaque to the mayor of Geneva on the main festival stage.
7 Temmuz 2012 Cumartesi
March 12th was snow joke 124 years ago! The Great Blizzard of 1888...
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Not unlike this year, the weekend of March 9th, 1888 was unseasonably warm. A balmy Saturday was followed by a drizzly Sunday, and New Yorkers were looking forward to an early Spring. No one was prepared for what happened that Monday, Macrh 11. A blizzard moved in, accompanied by 85 mile an hour winds, creating snow drifts of up to 20 feet high.
In just under twenty-four hours, 21 inches of snow fell bringing the city to a standstill. Subzero temps froze the East River, and commuters --unable to take the trolleys paralyzed by the storm -- walked between Brooklyn and Manhattan on the frozen river.
Despite the hardships caused by the storm that crippled the city for 14 days, one good thing came out of it: so severe was the damage to overhead telegraph, electric and telephone wires, that New York's Mayor Grant ordered all overhead wires to be buried. The result? A beautiful city that remains uncluttered by cables that criss-crossed throughout the streets. Just look at the before and after pictures of Park Row site of the former domed beauty, the City Hall Post Office.
So make the best of the great weather this week and take one of our tours!
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Despite the hardships caused by the storm that crippled the city for 14 days, one good thing came out of it: so severe was the damage to overhead telegraph, electric and telephone wires, that New York's Mayor Grant ordered all overhead wires to be buried. The result? A beautiful city that remains uncluttered by cables that criss-crossed throughout the streets. Just look at the before and after pictures of Park Row site of the former domed beauty, the City Hall Post Office.
So make the best of the great weather this week and take one of our tours!
STAGED ROOMS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN VENUES(c) By Polly Guerin
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Manhattan is a buzz with design inspiration from a Decorator Show House to graphic design on an island and music in a great hall, these are the wonderful venues that make New York the center of the cultural universe. Here’s the scoop!!!
KIPS BAY DECORATOR SHOW HOUSE, 40th Anniversary launches an exciting new chapter by breaking the tradition of presenting the decorator show in a tony uptown town house, and has moved the show to the Aldyn, the two stunningly modern high-rise spaces on Riverside Boulevard, between 62nd and 63rd Streets, overlooking the Hudson River. Not only is the new space worth visiting for the sheer enjoyment of seeing decorator concepts at their best, for the public viewer, the show is a treasure trove of inspiration. The 30-some designers did not disappoint. My favorite is the Writing Room by Chuck Fischer Studio Inc. He pulled the desk off the wall and opened the room up with peachy terra-cotta walls and neat idea; he hid the big white AC unit behind a folding screen. Alexander Doherty Design is a proponent of hanging paintings salon-style, 11 exactly, in new ways of living with and hanging art. The show house is open to June 14, Mon., Wed., Fri. & Sat. from 11-5 pm, Tues. & Thurs. 11-8pm, and Sun. 12-5pm. The show house benefits the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. 212.755.5733.
GRAPHIC DESIGN—NOW IN PRODUCTION at Governors Island through Sept. 3, 2012 is co-organized by the Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Walker Art Center to explore some of the most vibrant graphic design work produced since 2000. Just hop on the free Governors Island ferry, which departs from the Batter Maritime Building at 10 South Street. It’s a mere 7 minute ride and just as you disembark to the right is the entrance to the exhibition. Graphic Design is yet another challenge to educate, inspire and present the worlds of design-driven magazines, newspapers, books and posters, the expansion of branding programs for corporations, institutions and subcultures. The ambitious presentation looks at the cutting edge and breaking cultural design in the 21st century and insight into the phenomena shaping culture today. FREE
ART OF ANOTHER KIND: International Abstraction and The Guggenheim, 1949-1960 explores international trends in abstraction in the decade before the Guggenheim’s iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building opened in October 1959, when vanguard artists working in the United States and Europe pioneered such influential art forms as Abstract Expressionism, Cobra and Art Informel. Comprising approximately 100 works by nearly 70 artists, the exhibition represents works by Karel Appel, Louis Bourgeois, Willem de Kooning, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollock, Zao Wou-Ki , among others. Abstract Expressionism encompasses a diverse range of postwar American painting that challenged the tradition of vertical easel painting. Pollock for one placed his canvases on the floor to pour, drip, and splatter paint onto them. Other painters eliminated the gestural stroke altogether. Rothko used large planes of color, often to express universal human emotions and inspire a sense of awe for a secular world. Opens June 8th to September 12, 2012. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. guggenheim.org/anotherkind
BIG APPLE BARBECUE BLOCK PARTY at Madison Square Park will be bursting with the aroma of Barecuin’ribs, racks and rubs brought to you by 18 of the countries preeminent pit masters on Saturday and Sunday, June 8 & 10th. It’s a one-of-a-kind New York City experience. Check this out you can support the Park and skip the lines with a limited-run Mad. Sq. Park Passes! For price information contact info call: 212.528.1884
Ta Ta darlings!!! Take the trip to Governors Island ferry and whizz over to see Graphic Design, you’ll be glad you. Fan mail welcome pollytalk@verizon.net and visit Polly’s Blogs on the Internet at www.pollytalk.com and in the left hand column click on the Blog that interests you.
Manhattan is a buzz with design inspiration from a Decorator Show House to graphic design on an island and music in a great hall, these are the wonderful venues that make New York the center of the cultural universe. Here’s the scoop!!!
KIPS BAY DECORATOR SHOW HOUSE, 40th Anniversary launches an exciting new chapter by breaking the tradition of presenting the decorator show in a tony uptown town house, and has moved the show to the Aldyn, the two stunningly modern high-rise spaces on Riverside Boulevard, between 62nd and 63rd Streets, overlooking the Hudson River. Not only is the new space worth visiting for the sheer enjoyment of seeing decorator concepts at their best, for the public viewer, the show is a treasure trove of inspiration. The 30-some designers did not disappoint. My favorite is the Writing Room by Chuck Fischer Studio Inc. He pulled the desk off the wall and opened the room up with peachy terra-cotta walls and neat idea; he hid the big white AC unit behind a folding screen. Alexander Doherty Design is a proponent of hanging paintings salon-style, 11 exactly, in new ways of living with and hanging art. The show house is open to June 14, Mon., Wed., Fri. & Sat. from 11-5 pm, Tues. & Thurs. 11-8pm, and Sun. 12-5pm. The show house benefits the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. 212.755.5733.GRAPHIC DESIGN—NOW IN PRODUCTION at Governors Island through Sept. 3, 2012 is co-organized by the Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Walker Art Center to explore some of the most vibrant graphic design work produced since 2000. Just hop on the free Governors Island ferry, which departs from the Batter Maritime Building at 10 South Street. It’s a mere 7 minute ride and just as you disembark to the right is the entrance to the exhibition. Graphic Design is yet another challenge to educate, inspire and present the worlds of design-driven magazines, newspapers, books and posters, the expansion of branding programs for corporations, institutions and subcultures. The ambitious presentation looks at the cutting edge and breaking cultural design in the 21st century and insight into the phenomena shaping culture today. FREE
ART OF ANOTHER KIND: International Abstraction and The Guggenheim, 1949-1960 explores international trends in abstraction in the decade before the Guggenheim’s iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building opened in October 1959, when vanguard artists working in the United States and Europe pioneered such influential art forms as Abstract Expressionism, Cobra and Art Informel. Comprising approximately 100 works by nearly 70 artists, the exhibition represents works by Karel Appel, Louis Bourgeois, Willem de Kooning, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollock, Zao Wou-Ki , among others. Abstract Expressionism encompasses a diverse range of postwar American painting that challenged the tradition of vertical easel painting. Pollock for one placed his canvases on the floor to pour, drip, and splatter paint onto them. Other painters eliminated the gestural stroke altogether. Rothko used large planes of color, often to express universal human emotions and inspire a sense of awe for a secular world. Opens June 8th to September 12, 2012. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Ave. guggenheim.org/anotherkind
BIG APPLE BARBECUE BLOCK PARTY at Madison Square Park will be bursting with the aroma of Barecuin’ribs, racks and rubs brought to you by 18 of the countries preeminent pit masters on Saturday and Sunday, June 8 & 10th. It’s a one-of-a-kind New York City experience. Check this out you can support the Park and skip the lines with a limited-run Mad. Sq. Park Passes! For price information contact info call: 212.528.1884
Ta Ta darlings!!! Take the trip to Governors Island ferry and whizz over to see Graphic Design, you’ll be glad you. Fan mail welcome pollytalk@verizon.net and visit Polly’s Blogs on the Internet at www.pollytalk.com and in the left hand column click on the Blog that interests you.
ACTIVISM, MUSIC and THEATRICAL HIGH JINKS(c) By Polly Guerin
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New York invites you to particpate in the wonderful world of cultural activism, music surround, theatrical high jinks and a host of entertainments this week. Here's the scoop!!!
DAHESH MUSEUM OF ART one of the little museum treasures in New York has relocated its Museum Gift Shop and offices to the heart of Hudson Square, an exciting new neighborhood—a stone’s throw from Soho to be where the trendy action is today, close to the people who work there and live in the area, and the tourists who visit daily. During its 17 year history, the Dahesh Museum of Art presented over 45 thematic exhibitions, with accompanying publications that championed the rich diversity of 19th and early 19th century European Academic Art, as well as its impact on artistic training, art making and collecting in Europe and the United States. For 4 years the Museum has functioned as a museum-without-walls, developing and traveling exhibitions within the United States and aboard. As the Museum continues to look for a building to serve as its permanent home, it plans pop-up spaces in NYC, and display of select works from its collection in the new Gift Shop and salon space. 145 Sixth Ave. at Dominick St. Info Tel: 212.759.0606.
MIS(s) TRIAL BY JURY an affectionate and very silly (per)version of the Gilbert & Sullivan favorite is an awesome piece of parody by Gaspump Productions takes it bow this Thursday, June 14 at 7:30 pm at the historic Players Club at 16 Gramercy Park South. From Act I, The (hilarious) auditions to Act II The production that results when you have a lot of amazing (in a good way) women and a lot of equally amazing (in a…les good way) men available. The Cast, a group of talented thespians, includes Leslie Middlebrook Moore, Eric Peterson, Carol Davis, Alan Abrams to name a few. Reservations: 212.879.1049. All tickets $20.00.
ACTIVIST NEW YORK, the first-of-its kind exhibition on social activism in the Museum of the City of New York’s Puffin Foundation Gallery, examines the ways in which ordinary New Yorkers have advocated, agitated, and exercised their power to shape the city’s—and the nation’s-future. Centuries of activist efforts, representing the full spectrum of political ideologies, are illuminated through a series of installations featuring 14 New York movements ranging from mid-17th century to today. Activism New York begins with the struggle for religious tolerance in Dutch New Netherlands to today’s debate over a Muslim Cultural Center near Ground Zero. Other themes include What has New York to do with Slavery? Woman Suffrage, Upheaval of the Garment Trades, Preserving Historical New York and Civil Rights for Gays and Lesbians. A series of touch screens present the timeline history of activism. In addition, members of the public may submit photographs of contemporary activist in the city to a photo blog housed on the Museum’s MCNY website (www.mcny) and carried live on a huge screen in the gallery. At 103/104th Street & Fifth Ave.
PHILHARMONIC 360 Prepare yourself for a musical experience unlike any you’ve ever heard. One where space, music and the extraordinary sonorities of the 55,000 square foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall at Park Avenue Armory combine to literally envelop you in sound. Conductor Alan Gilbert will lead you on a journey through centuries of spatial music, from the party scene of Mozart’s Don Giovanni to the sonic trip that is Stockhausen’s Gruppen. This one of a kind musical experience takes place on Friday, June 29 & Saturday June 30 at 8pm. For tickets call: 212.875.5656.
Ta Ta Darlings, Social Activism at MCNY is a ‘must see’ exhibit and a chance to make your own statement by posting a photo, carried live on the huge screen. Fan mail welcome at pollytalk@verizon.net. Visit www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the direct link to Polly’s Blogs on fashion, visionary men or poetry.
DAHESH MUSEUM OF ART one of the little museum treasures in New York has relocated its Museum Gift Shop and offices to the heart of Hudson Square, an exciting new neighborhood—a stone’s throw from Soho to be where the trendy action is today, close to the people who work there and live in the area, and the tourists who visit daily. During its 17 year history, the Dahesh Museum of Art presented over 45 thematic exhibitions, with accompanying publications that championed the rich diversity of 19th and early 19th century European Academic Art, as well as its impact on artistic training, art making and collecting in Europe and the United States. For 4 years the Museum has functioned as a museum-without-walls, developing and traveling exhibitions within the United States and aboard. As the Museum continues to look for a building to serve as its permanent home, it plans pop-up spaces in NYC, and display of select works from its collection in the new Gift Shop and salon space. 145 Sixth Ave. at Dominick St. Info Tel: 212.759.0606.MIS(s) TRIAL BY JURY an affectionate and very silly (per)version of the Gilbert & Sullivan favorite is an awesome piece of parody by Gaspump Productions takes it bow this Thursday, June 14 at 7:30 pm at the historic Players Club at 16 Gramercy Park South. From Act I, The (hilarious) auditions to Act II The production that results when you have a lot of amazing (in a good way) women and a lot of equally amazing (in a…les good way) men available. The Cast, a group of talented thespians, includes Leslie Middlebrook Moore, Eric Peterson, Carol Davis, Alan Abrams to name a few. Reservations: 212.879.1049. All tickets $20.00.
ACTIVIST NEW YORK, the first-of-its kind exhibition on social activism in the Museum of the City of New York’s Puffin Foundation Gallery, examines the ways in which ordinary New Yorkers have advocated, agitated, and exercised their power to shape the city’s—and the nation’s-future. Centuries of activist efforts, representing the full spectrum of political ideologies, are illuminated through a series of installations featuring 14 New York movements ranging from mid-17th century to today. Activism New York begins with the struggle for religious tolerance in Dutch New Netherlands to today’s debate over a Muslim Cultural Center near Ground Zero. Other themes include What has New York to do with Slavery? Woman Suffrage, Upheaval of the Garment Trades, Preserving Historical New York and Civil Rights for Gays and Lesbians. A series of touch screens present the timeline history of activism. In addition, members of the public may submit photographs of contemporary activist in the city to a photo blog housed on the Museum’s MCNY website (www.mcny) and carried live on a huge screen in the gallery. At 103/104th Street & Fifth Ave.
PHILHARMONIC 360 Prepare yourself for a musical experience unlike any you’ve ever heard. One where space, music and the extraordinary sonorities of the 55,000 square foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall at Park Avenue Armory combine to literally envelop you in sound. Conductor Alan Gilbert will lead you on a journey through centuries of spatial music, from the party scene of Mozart’s Don Giovanni to the sonic trip that is Stockhausen’s Gruppen. This one of a kind musical experience takes place on Friday, June 29 & Saturday June 30 at 8pm. For tickets call: 212.875.5656.
Ta Ta Darlings, Social Activism at MCNY is a ‘must see’ exhibit and a chance to make your own statement by posting a photo, carried live on the huge screen. Fan mail welcome at pollytalk@verizon.net. Visit www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the direct link to Polly’s Blogs on fashion, visionary men or poetry.
SUMMER DIVERSIONS SIZZLE IN NYC(c) By Polly Guerin
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Summer in New York City sets the wheels in motion for cool treats and summer delights from music to lunch hour exhibits and serious reading. Here's the scoop!!!
MOMA’S SCULPTURE GARDEN Chill out and take a summertime break and while away the hours in a Summergarden. Music returns to MOMA’s Sculpture Garden with annual FREE entertainments that make summer in the city cool as a breeze for four Sunday evenings beginning July 8th. A tradition since 1971, Summergarden is part of MOMA’s long history of presenting contemporary classical music in collaboration with The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Members of the New Juilliard ensemble, under the artistic direction of Joel Sachs, perform on July 8 and 22, offering two distinctive programs of contemporary compositions, all of which are receiving their New York premiere. Jazz at Lincoln Center has selected two leading jazz groups whose concerts on July 15 (Yosvany Terry Quintet) and July 29 (Vijah Lyer Trio) emphasize original works, each with one world premiere. Arrive early for best seating. Doors open at 7 p.m., concerts begin at 8 p.m. MOMA at 11 West 53rd Street.
LUNCH HOUR NYC Chill out at the NYPL!!! Work-obsessed, time-obsessed, and in love with ingenious new ways to make money, New York City reinvented lunch in its own image. Experience the story of the clamor and chaos of lunchtime in New York in the New York Public Library’s new FREE exhibition, Lunch Hour NYC in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd St. main branch. The exhibition, which includes more than 200 item, focuses on different types of lunchtime experiences, from early power brokers inventing what they didn’t yet call the “power lunch” to local charities establishing a three-cent school lunch to visitors with guidebooks thronging Times Square to eat lunch at the Automat. Highlights include caricatures from the walls of Sardi’s, the celebrated restaurant in the theater district to selection from the Library’s world-renowned menu and cookbook collections. Don’t miss a restored section of an original Automat. June 22-Feb. 17, 2013 and after the exhibition be sure to stop by Fishs Eddy pop-up gift stop in Astor Hall.
RESORT FASHIONS The formality of fashion collections marked Resort 2012-13 lets designers focus primarily on the clothes without worrying about the grander aspects of megashows which take place under the tents in Damrosch Park Spring and Fall and it gives designers to take liberties, and often on their own terms to present elsewhere. All the resort presentations took place during the first two weeks of June which continues to end of June and if you have been watching the newspaper reports the fashions featured gives you a good idea of what to expect for next summer. Diana von Furstenberg turned her resort collection into a cross country tour, New York skyscrapers, Elvis and the California sky influenced the cloths including a dress in a hot-air balloon print.
MERCI, CHANEL A note of information and entreaty to well-intentioned mis-users of the Chanel trademark. “Although our style is justly famous, a jacket is not ‘a Chanel jacket’ unless it is produced by Chanel, Inc. And please don’t use such tributes as “Chanel-issime, Chanel-ed, Chanels and Chanel-ized.’ Please Don’t, our lawyers positively detest them.
!ARCHITECTURE LAID BARE Author Robert Brown Butler wants to set the record straight and describes how you can better your life with better architecture in a 458-page reference that includes rich drawings. In the chapter ‘Shades of Green,’ he further explains green architecture and gives advice on how to articulate your architectural aspirations more clearly, reducing hours of paid consultation. A layman’s book it is a ‘must read’ for would be home owners. Check out his website architecturelaidbare Available on Amazon.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! I’ll see you in the Summergarden at MOMA. Fan mail welcome www.pollytalk.com. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the link to the Blog that interests you including subjects on fashion to poetry and visionary men.
Summer in New York City sets the wheels in motion for cool treats and summer delights from music to lunch hour exhibits and serious reading. Here's the scoop!!!MOMA’S SCULPTURE GARDEN Chill out and take a summertime break and while away the hours in a Summergarden. Music returns to MOMA’s Sculpture Garden with annual FREE entertainments that make summer in the city cool as a breeze for four Sunday evenings beginning July 8th. A tradition since 1971, Summergarden is part of MOMA’s long history of presenting contemporary classical music in collaboration with The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Members of the New Juilliard ensemble, under the artistic direction of Joel Sachs, perform on July 8 and 22, offering two distinctive programs of contemporary compositions, all of which are receiving their New York premiere. Jazz at Lincoln Center has selected two leading jazz groups whose concerts on July 15 (Yosvany Terry Quintet) and July 29 (Vijah Lyer Trio) emphasize original works, each with one world premiere. Arrive early for best seating. Doors open at 7 p.m., concerts begin at 8 p.m. MOMA at 11 West 53rd Street.
LUNCH HOUR NYC Chill out at the NYPL!!! Work-obsessed, time-obsessed, and in love with ingenious new ways to make money, New York City reinvented lunch in its own image. Experience the story of the clamor and chaos of lunchtime in New York in the New York Public Library’s new FREE exhibition, Lunch Hour NYC in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 42nd St. main branch. The exhibition, which includes more than 200 item, focuses on different types of lunchtime experiences, from early power brokers inventing what they didn’t yet call the “power lunch” to local charities establishing a three-cent school lunch to visitors with guidebooks thronging Times Square to eat lunch at the Automat. Highlights include caricatures from the walls of Sardi’s, the celebrated restaurant in the theater district to selection from the Library’s world-renowned menu and cookbook collections. Don’t miss a restored section of an original Automat. June 22-Feb. 17, 2013 and after the exhibition be sure to stop by Fishs Eddy pop-up gift stop in Astor Hall.
RESORT FASHIONS The formality of fashion collections marked Resort 2012-13 lets designers focus primarily on the clothes without worrying about the grander aspects of megashows which take place under the tents in Damrosch Park Spring and Fall and it gives designers to take liberties, and often on their own terms to present elsewhere. All the resort presentations took place during the first two weeks of June which continues to end of June and if you have been watching the newspaper reports the fashions featured gives you a good idea of what to expect for next summer. Diana von Furstenberg turned her resort collection into a cross country tour, New York skyscrapers, Elvis and the California sky influenced the cloths including a dress in a hot-air balloon print.
MERCI, CHANEL A note of information and entreaty to well-intentioned mis-users of the Chanel trademark. “Although our style is justly famous, a jacket is not ‘a Chanel jacket’ unless it is produced by Chanel, Inc. And please don’t use such tributes as “Chanel-issime, Chanel-ed, Chanels and Chanel-ized.’ Please Don’t, our lawyers positively detest them.
!ARCHITECTURE LAID BARE Author Robert Brown Butler wants to set the record straight and describes how you can better your life with better architecture in a 458-page reference that includes rich drawings. In the chapter ‘Shades of Green,’ he further explains green architecture and gives advice on how to articulate your architectural aspirations more clearly, reducing hours of paid consultation. A layman’s book it is a ‘must read’ for would be home owners. Check out his website architecturelaidbare Available on Amazon.
Ta Ta Darlings!!! I’ll see you in the Summergarden at MOMA. Fan mail welcome www.pollytalk.com. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the link to the Blog that interests you including subjects on fashion to poetry and visionary men.
ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON IN NYC(c) By Polly Guerin
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Rain or Shine, Summer or Winter there’s always something going on in the Big Apple, but this summer many free or hardly pay anything events invite you to indulge yourself in cultural and entertainment activities that make summer in the city a ‘fun’ place to be. Here’s the scoop!!!
MIDSUMMER NIGHT SWING is one of New York’s hottest outdoor dance parties and you can join in and hardly pay anything at all. Just off the Lincoln Center Plaza at Damrosch Park kick up your heels to swing, Salsa, Bhangra, Tango and Cumbia. Live music and dancing sets stat at 7:30 to 8:30 and 9 to 10 pm. Don’t be shy about getting on the dance floor. Group dance lessons are held from 6:30 to 7:15. So grab a partner and get into the swing through July 14th at West 62nd St. between Columbus and Amsterdam Ave. Single Tickets $17. Call 212.721.6500.
RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL See Shakespeare outdoors for free at Castle Clinton in Battery Park. New York Classical Theater is performing “Twelfth Night” and invites the audience to move along with the action. The company specializes in ‘panoramic’ theater. So put on comfortable shoes and be ready to surround the actors as they perform this comedic tale of love, identity, separated twins, cross dress and really what else do you expect? That’s right a shipwreck. Through July 22.
ALIGHIERO BOETTI: GAME PLAN The Italian artist’s conceptual complexity starts with his sculptural objects made of everyday materials and postal and map works, creating imaginary places for people in his life. The Museum of Modern Art presents Boetti’s ideas about order and disorder, non-invention, and the way in which his work is concerned with world travel and time. Best known as one of the leading artists of the Arte Povera movement, Boetti worked in his hometown of Turin. Works on the second floor focus on Boetti’s embroidered pieces and women rugs. MOMA is a cool oasis in the city, 11 W. 53rd St.
MORGAN OPENS THE VAULT this summer for an exhibition of 29 exceptional items from its permanent collection, including its noted holdings of important American and range from Noah Webster’s Dictionary manuscript, to revealing letters by Ernest Hemingway and James Madison, to music manuscripts by Mozart, Debussy, Schubert, and Haydn. The items from American history were chosen with an eye toward celebrating the country’s achievements and struggles as the Fourth of July holiday approaches. The original manuscript of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, revels more overt homoerotic passages that were deleted before publication. Don’t forget to order the three-martini lunch in their dining room. It’s a real Lilliputian experience. The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave., at 36th St.
Ta Ta darlings!!! I’m thinking of having a three martini lunch at the Morgan. Fan mail welcome www.pollytalk.com. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the link to the Blog that interests you including subjects on fashion to poetry and visionary men.
Rain or Shine, Summer or Winter there’s always something going on in the Big Apple, but this summer many free or hardly pay anything events invite you to indulge yourself in cultural and entertainment activities that make summer in the city a ‘fun’ place to be. Here’s the scoop!!! MIDSUMMER NIGHT SWING is one of New York’s hottest outdoor dance parties and you can join in and hardly pay anything at all. Just off the Lincoln Center Plaza at Damrosch Park kick up your heels to swing, Salsa, Bhangra, Tango and Cumbia. Live music and dancing sets stat at 7:30 to 8:30 and 9 to 10 pm. Don’t be shy about getting on the dance floor. Group dance lessons are held from 6:30 to 7:15. So grab a partner and get into the swing through July 14th at West 62nd St. between Columbus and Amsterdam Ave. Single Tickets $17. Call 212.721.6500.
RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL See Shakespeare outdoors for free at Castle Clinton in Battery Park. New York Classical Theater is performing “Twelfth Night” and invites the audience to move along with the action. The company specializes in ‘panoramic’ theater. So put on comfortable shoes and be ready to surround the actors as they perform this comedic tale of love, identity, separated twins, cross dress and really what else do you expect? That’s right a shipwreck. Through July 22.
ALIGHIERO BOETTI: GAME PLAN The Italian artist’s conceptual complexity starts with his sculptural objects made of everyday materials and postal and map works, creating imaginary places for people in his life. The Museum of Modern Art presents Boetti’s ideas about order and disorder, non-invention, and the way in which his work is concerned with world travel and time. Best known as one of the leading artists of the Arte Povera movement, Boetti worked in his hometown of Turin. Works on the second floor focus on Boetti’s embroidered pieces and women rugs. MOMA is a cool oasis in the city, 11 W. 53rd St.
MORGAN OPENS THE VAULT this summer for an exhibition of 29 exceptional items from its permanent collection, including its noted holdings of important American and range from Noah Webster’s Dictionary manuscript, to revealing letters by Ernest Hemingway and James Madison, to music manuscripts by Mozart, Debussy, Schubert, and Haydn. The items from American history were chosen with an eye toward celebrating the country’s achievements and struggles as the Fourth of July holiday approaches. The original manuscript of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, revels more overt homoerotic passages that were deleted before publication. Don’t forget to order the three-martini lunch in their dining room. It’s a real Lilliputian experience. The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Ave., at 36th St.
Ta Ta darlings!!! I’m thinking of having a three martini lunch at the Morgan. Fan mail welcome www.pollytalk.com. Visit Polly’s Blogs at www.pollytalk.com and in the left-hand column click on the link to the Blog that interests you including subjects on fashion to poetry and visionary men.
5 Temmuz 2012 Perşembe
getting along better
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maybe it seems strange, but i am constantly analyzing and taking things in a different way that they "normally" would be.
just the other day (now a month or so ago) a couple people i know were talking about mistreated dogs. how rottweilers and pit bulls get bad reputations. but "it's all about how they are taken care of" these people kept saying. it's so sad that they are found "just tied up to a lamp post" because no one wanted them, et cetera.
but...
what if we looked at people like this? because of a characteristic of what defines them like gender, race, religion, culture - can't it be that they have a "bad" reputation because of a stereotype? that rottweilers and pit bulls are just mean - just like some people are just mean or ill tempered or ______ fill in the blank.
what if these people were treated better? could they play with all the rest of the dogs (people)? without being judged by their stereotypes and exterior?
i love people and i try my best to be kind and understanding even when i encounter someone who is a bad reputation dog. or is "unsavory."
if i can't believe in them, who will? who will let the pit bulls run with the poodles?
the phrase, "helping people get along better" is something i am thinking about constantly because i see a sign that says that almost everyday.
how can we all get along better...? it doesn't have to be that we all of a sudden have to just get along... period. it means, we progressively get along better.
is it as simple as helping the pit bulls of the world? letting them know that you, yourself care because you and that otherwise unsavory person are both members of the world society - and somehow you have some common ground because of it?
i get to thinking about a lot of these things when i am making my way through the city since i encounter such a diverse group of people -- from harlemites, those who live and those who loiter here -- to the businessy, snooties of midtown east -- to the hipsters and fancy folks of the village. it's such an interesting group and i just wish somehow we could all exist together harmoniously.
now i'm going to go put on my birkenstocks and draw pictures of people of the world holding hands around the globe.
maybe it seems strange, but i am constantly analyzing and taking things in a different way that they "normally" would be.just the other day (now a month or so ago) a couple people i know were talking about mistreated dogs. how rottweilers and pit bulls get bad reputations. but "it's all about how they are taken care of" these people kept saying. it's so sad that they are found "just tied up to a lamp post" because no one wanted them, et cetera.
but...
what if we looked at people like this? because of a characteristic of what defines them like gender, race, religion, culture - can't it be that they have a "bad" reputation because of a stereotype? that rottweilers and pit bulls are just mean - just like some people are just mean or ill tempered or ______ fill in the blank.
what if these people were treated better? could they play with all the rest of the dogs (people)? without being judged by their stereotypes and exterior?
i love people and i try my best to be kind and understanding even when i encounter someone who is a bad reputation dog. or is "unsavory."
if i can't believe in them, who will? who will let the pit bulls run with the poodles?
the phrase, "helping people get along better" is something i am thinking about constantly because i see a sign that says that almost everyday.
how can we all get along better...? it doesn't have to be that we all of a sudden have to just get along... period. it means, we progressively get along better.
is it as simple as helping the pit bulls of the world? letting them know that you, yourself care because you and that otherwise unsavory person are both members of the world society - and somehow you have some common ground because of it?
i get to thinking about a lot of these things when i am making my way through the city since i encounter such a diverse group of people -- from harlemites, those who live and those who loiter here -- to the businessy, snooties of midtown east -- to the hipsters and fancy folks of the village. it's such an interesting group and i just wish somehow we could all exist together harmoniously.
now i'm going to go put on my birkenstocks and draw pictures of people of the world holding hands around the globe.
where are we going?! south ferry!
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caught - with cell phones in hands!
one world trade center progress
one time when we visited new york city, we took the subway down to south ferry where you can catch the free staten island ferry and the free governors island ferry.
there was a presumably father and daughter saying to each other:
"where are we going?!"
"south ferry!"
"where are we going?!"
"south ferry!"
it was cute and has stuck with me ever since.
ben's parents were here for a few days and we took the staten island ferry to staten island and back.
it's free--- you get to see the downtown manhattan skyline, the pretty bridges, the statue of liberty, ellis island. it's all good fun.
i always have to remind myself it's not a quick trip. it's like a 1.5 hour - 2 hour deal. i will remember that next time, i will.
and luckily the heatwave had subsided by saturday so we could actually enjoy ourselves. and get out into "nature" and feel the "ocean" breeze.
((part 1 of 2))
caught - with cell phones in hands!one world trade center progressone time when we visited new york city, we took the subway down to south ferry where you can catch the free staten island ferry and the free governors island ferry.
there was a presumably father and daughter saying to each other:
"where are we going?!"
"south ferry!"
"where are we going?!"
"south ferry!"
it was cute and has stuck with me ever since.
ben's parents were here for a few days and we took the staten island ferry to staten island and back.
it's free--- you get to see the downtown manhattan skyline, the pretty bridges, the statue of liberty, ellis island. it's all good fun.
i always have to remind myself it's not a quick trip. it's like a 1.5 hour - 2 hour deal. i will remember that next time, i will.
and luckily the heatwave had subsided by saturday so we could actually enjoy ourselves. and get out into "nature" and feel the "ocean" breeze.
((part 1 of 2))
i like my in-laws. ((part 2 of 2))
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i think the name music box is my favorite name for a broadway theater.
dinner time
parking it at the park
grand central station (ben saw this and said, "you look funny.") 
muji. my favorite japanese homestore. (go here + here)
our first official family photo with our garden.
everyone tries to express their condolences when i tell them "my in-laws are in town." but i always assure them--- well actually, i quite like my in-laws! i totally won the lottery with in-laws. they are great. adventurous, foodies, fun, energetic, easy!
what more could you want in visitors, let alone in-laws!
they
are
great.
we got to do so much while they were here. and i was happy about every bit of it.
we had wonderful meals, nice strolls around different neighborhoods.
linda+dave had been gifted tickets to once the musical... you know... that musical that i am obsessed with? so... it gave me+ben a really, really good excuse to get up early to get cheap tickets to see once again. twice? so we saw it again.
and it was even better the second time. go here to see my short added review about this amazing show.
we also saw one man, two guvnors. a british play about a guy who has two jobs and is trying to juggle working for two different demanding people. it's all slap-stick humor and the lead, james corden is a like a younger, funnier, british version of chris farley. and not so loud. pretty sure all four of us were laughing so hard we were crying. it's healthy to laugh like that every once in a while.
we went to the whitney museum and saw the neatest exhibit called "fireflies on the water." you go into a square shaped room alone, where little lights hang - and you stand on a platform that is surrounded by water and the walls are all mirrors. you get 60 seconds in there. you kind of just keep thinking to yourself, "this is so cool."
the whitney is "pay as you like" on fridays from 6pm-9pm. eat dinner at untitled before or after just because it's awesome and called untitled.
we ventured to chinatown for 5 dumplings/$1, sauntered in soho, shopped at century 21 downtown, took the staten island ferry, ate incredible pizza + goat's milk soft serve ice cream in the west village, took it easy on sunday but also celebrated our nyc pride for pride day in the east village with big gay ice cream. mmmm.
note: ben and his parents did a bit more during the day... but i missed out on those fun times :(
i think the name music box is my favorite name for a broadway theater.dinner timeparking it at the parkgrand central station (ben saw this and said, "you look funny.") muji. my favorite japanese homestore. (go here + here)our first official family photo with our garden.everyone tries to express their condolences when i tell them "my in-laws are in town." but i always assure them--- well actually, i quite like my in-laws! i totally won the lottery with in-laws. they are great. adventurous, foodies, fun, energetic, easy!
what more could you want in visitors, let alone in-laws!
they
are
great.
we got to do so much while they were here. and i was happy about every bit of it.
we had wonderful meals, nice strolls around different neighborhoods.
linda+dave had been gifted tickets to once the musical... you know... that musical that i am obsessed with? so... it gave me+ben a really, really good excuse to get up early to get cheap tickets to see once again. twice? so we saw it again.
and it was even better the second time. go here to see my short added review about this amazing show.
we also saw one man, two guvnors. a british play about a guy who has two jobs and is trying to juggle working for two different demanding people. it's all slap-stick humor and the lead, james corden is a like a younger, funnier, british version of chris farley. and not so loud. pretty sure all four of us were laughing so hard we were crying. it's healthy to laugh like that every once in a while.
we went to the whitney museum and saw the neatest exhibit called "fireflies on the water." you go into a square shaped room alone, where little lights hang - and you stand on a platform that is surrounded by water and the walls are all mirrors. you get 60 seconds in there. you kind of just keep thinking to yourself, "this is so cool."
the whitney is "pay as you like" on fridays from 6pm-9pm. eat dinner at untitled before or after just because it's awesome and called untitled.
we ventured to chinatown for 5 dumplings/$1, sauntered in soho, shopped at century 21 downtown, took the staten island ferry, ate incredible pizza + goat's milk soft serve ice cream in the west village, took it easy on sunday but also celebrated our nyc pride for pride day in the east village with big gay ice cream. mmmm.
note: ben and his parents did a bit more during the day... but i missed out on those fun times :(
gotham bar + grill and other good eats...
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gotham bar + grill
we once ate here during restaurant week on one of our nyc visits. i was very impressed with it, but ben was even more impressed. so we went back to celebrate our may 10th anniversary but more so to celebrate ben on his 1st year of law school. such a huge accomplishment that totally deserves amazing, amazing food! food is new american/fancy. things like creamy risotto and mango souffles. can't get much better than that.
make a reservation and enjoy the excellent service.
about $100 pp depending on how much food you get. a fancier night out if you will. at 12 west 12th street (near union square/greenwich village "the village").
dos toros
chipotle but WAY better. ben gets the steak burrito with guac and i get a taco and chips and salsa.
and it's just a delicious mexican food fix.
one on upper east side, union square, west village. $10 pp.
craft
gourmet dining but family style - new american type dishes. the great thing about family style gourmet is it's very interactive and social. mmm and get the sugar and spice donuts for dessert if they have them.
gramercy/union square. spendy :)
taste d-lite
fake ice cream. it's a great fix for a frozen treat. although i prefer the (below) 16 handles.
all over the city. $5.
joe's pizza
supposed to be the best slice in the city. yeah, it was pretty good.
west village. $2 slice?
bareburger
all different kinds of burgers - bison, beef, turkey, veggie - all organic/grass fed/free range crap. and their milkshakes?! oh their milkshakes. soooo good.
a few throughout the city. $15-$25 pp.
caracas
arepas bar! east village yumm venezuelan place. arepas are these little corn gordita type things. so many different choices. good prices.
east village. $8-$15 pp.
sockerbit
swedish sour gummy candy! lots of choices.
west village. pay by the ounce.
num pang
cambodian sandwiches. much like vietnamese banh mi. except better? really great sandwiches on baguette-ish bread with cilantro and meats and et cetera. yumm.
the village + near grand central. $8-$12.
luke's lobster
east village gem for lobster rolls.
$17 for lobster roll combo and it will fill you up!
momofuku milk bar
get a slice of crack pie (a whole pie is about $40 and may cause a heart attack) or get the compost cookie or the cereal milk ice cream (it's like eating cereal but in ice cream form. ask for it parfait style).
a few locations in manhattan, a couple locations in brooklyn. $3-$6.
fragole
really amazing italian food. the special spinach ricotta ravioli (it's a secret) is perfectly done. pastapastapasta.
carroll gardens, brooklyn. $15 for pasta.
16 handles
16 flavors of self-serve frozen yogurt. what could be better? just give me a little birthday cake flavor + mini peanut butter cups and i am HAPPY.
various locations throughout nyc. about $5 pp.
prosperity dumpling
5 dumpling for $1. sesame pancake (about the size of a piece of pizza) for $1. basically we can eat here for 2, for less than $5 and be TOTALLY happy. in chinatown/lower east side. i want to go here everyday just because it's the ultimate hole-in-the-wall. it's tiny, tiny, so cheap, so good.
harley's smokeshack
a new harlem bbq joint. there are plenty of options for everyone, even someone like me who doesn't love bbq. and it's a clean, new, cute little haven in east harlem.
east harlem. $15-$25 pp.
john's pizza
(not joe's, it's john's)
i think it's better than lombardi's. and grimaldi's. more flavor. best pie in the city?
west village. $18 for large pie.
victory garden ice cream
goat's. milk. soft. serve.
west village. $5.
untitled
the best name for a museum restaurant. go to the whitney museum. and eat here, at untitled. and report back.
$25-$40 pp.
p.s. have you noticed (if you're on google plus) and you google a restaurant, you get zagat ratings for restaurants?! the rating system is out of 30 - so anything 20 and above is pretty darn good!
gotham bar + grillwe once ate here during restaurant week on one of our nyc visits. i was very impressed with it, but ben was even more impressed. so we went back to celebrate our may 10th anniversary but more so to celebrate ben on his 1st year of law school. such a huge accomplishment that totally deserves amazing, amazing food! food is new american/fancy. things like creamy risotto and mango souffles. can't get much better than that.
make a reservation and enjoy the excellent service.
about $100 pp depending on how much food you get. a fancier night out if you will. at 12 west 12th street (near union square/greenwich village "the village").
dos toros
chipotle but WAY better. ben gets the steak burrito with guac and i get a taco and chips and salsa.
and it's just a delicious mexican food fix.
one on upper east side, union square, west village. $10 pp.
craft
gourmet dining but family style - new american type dishes. the great thing about family style gourmet is it's very interactive and social. mmm and get the sugar and spice donuts for dessert if they have them.
gramercy/union square. spendy :)
taste d-lite
fake ice cream. it's a great fix for a frozen treat. although i prefer the (below) 16 handles.
all over the city. $5.
joe's pizza
supposed to be the best slice in the city. yeah, it was pretty good.
west village. $2 slice?
bareburger
all different kinds of burgers - bison, beef, turkey, veggie - all organic/grass fed/free range crap. and their milkshakes?! oh their milkshakes. soooo good.
a few throughout the city. $15-$25 pp.
caracas
arepas bar! east village yumm venezuelan place. arepas are these little corn gordita type things. so many different choices. good prices.
east village. $8-$15 pp.
sockerbit
swedish sour gummy candy! lots of choices.
west village. pay by the ounce.
num pang
cambodian sandwiches. much like vietnamese banh mi. except better? really great sandwiches on baguette-ish bread with cilantro and meats and et cetera. yumm.
the village + near grand central. $8-$12.
luke's lobster
east village gem for lobster rolls.
$17 for lobster roll combo and it will fill you up!
momofuku milk bar
get a slice of crack pie (a whole pie is about $40 and may cause a heart attack) or get the compost cookie or the cereal milk ice cream (it's like eating cereal but in ice cream form. ask for it parfait style).
a few locations in manhattan, a couple locations in brooklyn. $3-$6.
fragole
really amazing italian food. the special spinach ricotta ravioli (it's a secret) is perfectly done. pastapastapasta.
carroll gardens, brooklyn. $15 for pasta.
16 handles
16 flavors of self-serve frozen yogurt. what could be better? just give me a little birthday cake flavor + mini peanut butter cups and i am HAPPY.
various locations throughout nyc. about $5 pp.
prosperity dumpling
5 dumpling for $1. sesame pancake (about the size of a piece of pizza) for $1. basically we can eat here for 2, for less than $5 and be TOTALLY happy. in chinatown/lower east side. i want to go here everyday just because it's the ultimate hole-in-the-wall. it's tiny, tiny, so cheap, so good.
harley's smokeshack
a new harlem bbq joint. there are plenty of options for everyone, even someone like me who doesn't love bbq. and it's a clean, new, cute little haven in east harlem.
east harlem. $15-$25 pp.
john's pizza
(not joe's, it's john's)
i think it's better than lombardi's. and grimaldi's. more flavor. best pie in the city?
west village. $18 for large pie.
victory garden ice cream
goat's. milk. soft. serve.
west village. $5.
untitled
the best name for a museum restaurant. go to the whitney museum. and eat here, at untitled. and report back.
$25-$40 pp.
p.s. have you noticed (if you're on google plus) and you google a restaurant, you get zagat ratings for restaurants?! the rating system is out of 30 - so anything 20 and above is pretty darn good!
where have you been all my life?*
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dinner out // sad immature carrots
letter press map! // mmm ice cream that's gay
uptown nyc // one world trade center in progress
peach gelato // nyc park symbol
i love romantic dinners out with the husband where we eat too much and then i trick ben into walking from the west side to the east side with me. hehe.
our garden carrots haven't really matured yet. the internets information i read on carrots was lying about carrot maturity.
my impressive friend taught herself to letter press - then designed her wedding invitations. then invited us. i love it all. especially that on our rsvp we have to draw a picture or write a joke. those little cards will be displayed at the wedding. i like creative people. it makes me want to be more creative.
we love ice cream, especially when it's gay.
uptown girl. that's what i am.
that one world trade center building is getting really tall. like really tall.
peach gelato gets better and better. if you know us in real life, you are invited over anytime for this summer treat. yum yummy yum.
i love the pretty leaf symbol for the nyc parks.
in other news, i am excited to have the day off tomorrow and play in this pretty-city-concrete-jungle with my lover poo.
*i have that rihanna song in my head... where have you been all my life? it makes me want to dance.
dinner out // sad immature carrotsletter press map! // mmm ice cream that's gayuptown nyc // one world trade center in progresspeach gelato // nyc park symboli love romantic dinners out with the husband where we eat too much and then i trick ben into walking from the west side to the east side with me. hehe.
our garden carrots haven't really matured yet. the internets information i read on carrots was lying about carrot maturity.
my impressive friend taught herself to letter press - then designed her wedding invitations. then invited us. i love it all. especially that on our rsvp we have to draw a picture or write a joke. those little cards will be displayed at the wedding. i like creative people. it makes me want to be more creative.
we love ice cream, especially when it's gay.
uptown girl. that's what i am.
that one world trade center building is getting really tall. like really tall.
peach gelato gets better and better. if you know us in real life, you are invited over anytime for this summer treat. yum yummy yum.
i love the pretty leaf symbol for the nyc parks.
in other news, i am excited to have the day off tomorrow and play in this pretty-city-concrete-jungle with my lover poo.
*i have that rihanna song in my head... where have you been all my life? it makes me want to dance.
4 Temmuz 2012 Çarşamba
Restaurant Week visits Brooklyn! March 19-29th
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Yes...we know...10 days isn't exactly a 'week'. It's not that Brooklynites cant count, it's that we have so many AMAZING restaurants, a week just isn't enough to offer you fantastic food at a great value: over 195 restaurants offering 3 course meals for just $25. Lunch is just $20.12! For a list of participating restaurants, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org.
Once you've had a taste of Brooklyn, you'll want more! So sign up now for our Brooklyn Heights tour, which starts running again on April 12th.
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| the one and only Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President |
Once you've had a taste of Brooklyn, you'll want more! So sign up now for our Brooklyn Heights tour, which starts running again on April 12th.
Spring has officially arrived! Ideal time for a walking tour!
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Though it's felt like Spring for several weeks now in the Big Apple, today is the official start of this glorious season.
What better way to start it off then to take one of our walking tours? Get outside for a stroll through the city with our entertaining and informative guides.
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| Central Park tour |
| Battery Park - Lower Manhattan tour |
What better way to start it off then to take one of our walking tours? Get outside for a stroll through the city with our entertaining and informative guides.
Visit our site for our complete list of tours.
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| Bryant Park - Midtown Manhattan tour |
NYC Municipal Archives uploads over 870,000 images of our amazing city!
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This month, the New York City Municipal Archives Online Gallery gave the world access to over 870,000 digitized images of our gorgeous city.
Here you can see unique photographs, maps, motion picture and audio recordings of our incredible city. They are organized by category based on the source of the photos. Police evidence, Parks Department, Ports and Terminals, Radio, Film and TV, even categorized by mayors - from the past 100 years!
Of course, nothing beats seeing the city by foot -- and that's what we are here for. But after your amazing tour with us, you can always search the archives for more sights.
This category is particularly stunning: The DeGregario Collection: 55 glass lantern slides dating back to the late 1800s.
This month, the New York City Municipal Archives Online Gallery gave the world access to over 870,000 digitized images of our gorgeous city.
Here you can see unique photographs, maps, motion picture and audio recordings of our incredible city. They are organized by category based on the source of the photos. Police evidence, Parks Department, Ports and Terminals, Radio, Film and TV, even categorized by mayors - from the past 100 years!
Of course, nothing beats seeing the city by foot -- and that's what we are here for. But after your amazing tour with us, you can always search the archives for more sights.
This category is particularly stunning: The DeGregario Collection: 55 glass lantern slides dating back to the late 1800s.
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