It's in the details.....

Geoff and I spent this past weekend in New York City - his third visit, my first.  We had a wonderful time in spite of the outrageous heat and humidity.  We saw Jim Parsons, of The Big Bang Theory, in Harvey a Roundabout Theatre production at Studio 54 - great show.  We did the Uptown and Downtown loops on the Gray Line hop on hop off buses.  We visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art - once for Geoff, twice for me. We stayed at the Intercontinental Barclay on 48th - a beautiful old hotel.  A huge highlight for me was meeting my blogging friend "bccmee" - we met at Grand Central Station and she ended up giving me her perspective on the Monets at the MMA and we got an interesting perspective on the NYC skyline from the roof of the Museum - it was a lot of fun.

So, I want to share New York City with you through lots of photos and very few words - it's in the details.  You'll figure out quickly that I'm a bit of an architecture geek.  But before we get to the first of many building details and other odds and ends, I want to show you the highlight of our trip for Geoff - visiting the Strawberry Fields memorial to John Lennon in Central Park.

A game of checkers curbside in Harlem

The Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (heaven on earth!)

Such a wonderful, interactive space

Carved details on a harp in the Musical Instrument collection.

Help, I've fallen and I can't get up...

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer (Degas, 1922)

And her sweetly upturned face.

Looking over Central Park from the roof of the MMA

It was an honour to be able to watch this gentleman draw.

Macy`s flagship store.

The Empire State Building rising above it`s neighbours

The Flatiron Building

Roof top water towers - I couldn`t believe how many we saw!

Four zs above David Z. 

Lovin`the stairs

What the heck....

The Chrysler Building peeking through the trees.

Some of NYC`s most famous residents.

The sublime lobby of The Intercontinental Barclay, how could you not have a good time here....