Category: Streets of NYC
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Time is ticking
The Union Square Metronom is a public art installation by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel. It has multiple fascinating elements (a brick wall, gold leaf fragments, an enlarged bronze hand, a massive piece of bedrock to name a few) symbolising different things. If you’re intrigued, you can learn more here. The Metronome’s digital clock has…
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Golden figures
Those sculptures would have given me the scares if I would have come across them at night and I wonder if they occasionally get mistaken for intruders at nighttime… But nothing to fear! They are gold dancers and adorn Bond Street #24. Considering the building’s long legacy as an arts space, they fit right in…
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Chinatown
First stroll through Manhattan’s buzzing Chinatown which is so much bigger and more densely populated than the one in San Francisco. The sidewalks are packed with souvenir stores, grocers and vendors selling everything from tea to herbs and spices. Home to the cities largest Asian community, it offers a variety of Asian delicacies sold through…
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❤️ NY
Day 14 in the city and so far it’s been great! So, as of now, I’m in agreement with Einstein 😉 Especially now that it’s starting to get warmer, the sun’s coming out and the blue skis is peaking through the high rises… It’s so much fun wondering around and discovering all there is to…
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Paradoxical advertisement
I wonder if the cab driver knows which adverts he’s displaying on the roof of his car?! I mean he basically promotes the biggest competition for taxis and promotes the ride sharing services that tend to be cheaper, more convenient and have significantly increased in popularity over the last years… PS: it wasn’t a crash,…
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Japan Fes.
En route to the union square farmers market I stumbled upon an instance of the Japan food festival. Apparently the world’s largest one that happens over 30 times a year! I learned that it’s quite common that food festivals here have many dates and change their location throughout the city. So I had an onigri…
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Street Art
This is most definitely going to be just one of many paintings I’ll discover in the streets of NYC, and I am sure that each one is going to be uniquely exciting and one of a kind. This one was created by GOAT, an artist who experiments with AI-generated images of city wildlife and enhances…
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Kleine Verschnaufpause
A quick break to catch my breath between working, life admin and settling in. And my current apartment building didn’t disappoint when it comes to proving a chill out space on the rooftop with an amazing view… Look at that blue sky (today as vibrant as in sunny California) and of course, the iconic Empire…
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Monday morning
My first Monday morning commute to the office. Might be the time I left home, might be ‘cause it’s Monday and don’t many people go in or it might be the normal state … whatever the case, it was incredibly smooth sailing! Remember when I posted about the commute in London (on my SF Blog)?!…
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Bagels & Lox
I’ve been to the original Russ & Daughters and let me tell you their salmon (aka lox), cream cheeses and of course bagels are something else… I was a bit confused about the store’s front sign which shows the word ‘Appetizers’ in the name. But once I looked up the meaning, it completely made sense.…
Josephine in New York City 