Greenwich to Columbia

This picture(s) were taken along the piers around Christopher St.  We are working on the jumping picture shots theme.  :-)
(if you click on the picture you can see a larger image)

So no more living in Greenwich Village for me.  I had an amazing time on Bleecker St but this Sunday I packed up and moved to David's place by Columbia.  Time for a new perspective of the city.

Friday night after work Lesley and grabbed a bite at Panchito's Mexican Restaurant on MacDougal.  We split a fajita and had a few drinks.  The raspberry margarita...mmmm.  We had a great waiter named Tommy who chit chatted with us and gave us some helpful info on the city.  He even offered to give me a tour of Inwood where he lives.  Inwood is by the northern tip of Manhattan.  It's apparently a decent place with great rent prices.  It will be worth at least exploring up there.

After dinner we headed home and then met up again to go celebrate our friend Austin's 30th birthday at a gay bar called The Ritz on west 46th Street.  We drank, danced, and had loads of fun.

Saturday was a lazy day, didn't do to much.  I walked around a little and just enjoyed my last full day in the apartment.

Sunday I moved my stuff in the morning to David's.  Did some last minute cleaning of the Greenwich apt and then met up with Lesley.  We walked towards the water, took some fun pics, and checked out Chelsea Piers.
http://www.chelseapiers.com/
Chelsea Piers is amazing.  They have bowling, a few places to eat, a spa, ice rink, sailing place and a HUGE sports club.  We took a tour of the sports club just to check it out, fantastic.

We ended our night with a some grub and TV.

Snow morning

Thursday morning was a snow morning.  My office did not open until 11am because of all the snow we got Wednesday night.

I ended up doing a little work from home and taking it easy.  Then I met up with Lesley for breakfast at the Grey Dog Cafe on Carmine St.

After challah french toast we made our way to the office.

I have more pictures of our walk to the office but for now I am just going to share this one.

Photo credit:  Miss Lesley Mendoza :-)

A late night walk in the snow...FUN!!!

Another snow storm is hitting the city.  My first big one since I have been here.  :-)

I stayed in tonight and took it easy.  I ended up taking a nap from about 8pm - 10pm.  Then I popped in the second season of Sex and the City and started watching.

Sometime after midnight I looked out the window and decided to go outside just to see what the neighborhood looked like with all the snow.
--side note:  thank you mom for the new winter jacket and the big boots, they sure came in handy tonight.

Ok so as you know I like taking pictures and of course I had to take some pictures tonight.  Enjoy the pics of the winter wonderland I walked through tonight.

CVS

I just went down to the CVS to pick up a couple of things.  It's snowing right now and as I made my way back to the apartment I saw this...

A walk in the park

On my break today I took a walk over to Madison Square Park.



In the picture above you can see the famous Flatiron building in the background.  Here is a pic from the wiki site.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building

40 years ago

I wanted to wish my parents a Happy 40th Anniversary via the blog today.

Weekend in review...

Brrrrrrrr....
It was a cold weekend here in New York but I still got out and about and explored and had loads of fun.

I kept a low profile Friday night and stayed in with the girls of Sex and the City.  I finished season 1 of the series with some wine and treats from Magnolia Bakery.

Saturday I met up with David for lunch at Martinique cafe up by Broadway and 32 St.  After grabbing a bite to eat we headed over to the New York Public Library.

They had a small exhibit entitled Three Faiths that we took a look at before exploring the rest of the museum.

Then we continued to walk around the library.  Walking up the same steps that Carrie from SATC did for her wedding before she got jilted by Mr. Big.  We walked through the reading room and the quiet rooms.  Such amazing architecture and beauty of the library.

After the library we headed over to the Roasting Plant to get a cup of hot chocolate from Tannar.  Thankfully he was working and we warmed ourselves up with the hot coco.  Thanks Tannar  :-)

From there we made out way past Anderson Cooper's apt and to the Chelsea Market.  So many good gourmet food shops.  Wine, great food, treats and so much more.  My aunt Linda would have been in heaven I think.  I loved how all these great shops were in one place.  There was a wine shop where you could buy wine and if you wanted get it opened and then find a table and sit down and enjoy.  So of course we did along with some bread from Amy's Bakery.
http://chelseamarket.com/

After the market David headed to the gym and I went home.  About an hour or so later David came over and we had some wine and then made our way to Marie's Crisis, a piano bar in the West Village.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/maries-crisis-new-york


Today I went to brunch with the brunch crew (Lesley, Brett, Duyen, and Sally) at Falai Caffe on the Lower East Side.
http://falainyc.com/caffe/

After brunch I headed to Astoria to explore with Will, a guy I chatted with on Scruff.  We walked around the area while he pointed out a few of the interesting spots of the area.  It may be an area I end up checking out if I make the move here.

Now I am sitting at home enjoying some wine on this Sunday night.

A view

It snowed last night and here are the pics from my window this morning...

Brooklyn, brunch, Central Park, Astoria, Indian food...

Monday night and here I sit in my apt waiting for an old friend to stop by.  Before he gets here I thought I would recap the weekend with a few words and some pics.
Saturday I explored Brooklyn as you know from my previous post and pics.  That night I attended a bday party on the UWS (look at me using abreviations for the different parts of the city...hee hee).  I was out late that night. 
Sunday I met up with coworkers for brunch again on the UWS at Barney Greengrass:

After that Lesley and I made our way over to Central Park for a little stroll.

I made my way back to the apt after that and thougth I would go out again and explore the east village/east side but I ended up napping.  I was just a wee bit tired.  Later that night I went over to Lesley's for some wine, thai food and the Golden Globes.

The next day I took it easy in the morning and hopped online to check out Time Out NY and see what was going on around the city.  I discovred that The Museum of the Moving Image was reopening and had free admission that day.  It was over in Astoria so I got my stuff together and made my way over to Queens on the M train.
The museum was busy and there was a line around the corner.  There were some interesting exhibits but was a bit crowded with people so I didn't stay that long.

After the museum I walked around Astoria for a little bit.  First in a residential area and then I made my way to a more commercial section.  Grabbed a bagel for lunch and then made my way back to the city.

I ended up transferring to the 6 train to find the mystery/secret city hall subway stop but didn't have much look.  Myself and the other passengers who stayed on the 6 as it turned around City Hall believe they must have boarded up the station so you can't see it.  :-(

After that mini adventure I checked into a bar to grab a drink while I waited for David to get off of work.  We met up for some Indian food in the east village using one of his coupons.  A $36 something meal for just $12.  :-)

And there was my weekend pretty much in a nut shell.
:-)  Enjoying this adventure and city :-)

In line at a museum

Checking out the museum of the moving image
http://www.movingimage.us/

It's there reopening weekend and there is a huge line. Hope it's worth it.
After this a little walking around Astoria.

Park Slope

Saturday I made my way to Brooklyn.  I stopped off at the museum and then ended up walking around, heading passed Prospect Park, The Brooklyn Public Library, The Grand Army Plaza market, and then up and down 7th Ave and 5th Ave.  When I decided to head elsewhere I ran into some issues with trains not running due to it being the weekend or being under construction.  OY...now I need to find the app or web page for train updates.  :-)
Here are some pics from my day in Brooklyn...

A morning walk

No snow day today.  The city was on top of it and the building is open.  Darn it...no snowmen, snow angels, or snowball fights. 

I fell in line with the NYC way of doing laundry this morning.  I walked a few blocks from the apartment and dropped off my laundry for the laundromat to do.  They weighed it and told me to come back at 6pm.  Not a bad deal I guess.  No sitting in the laundromat playing a game of solitaire though.  LOL!!!

After dropping off the laundry I decided to walk through Washington Square.
Here are the pics, enjoy...

A fresh blanket of snow covering the city.  :-)