A Squid's Eye View From New York:Day One

The Squeeze and I have touched down in NYC. It's always strange for me to come back here. In some ways I will always consider myself a New Yorker. But, in other ways I'm just another tourists asking which train is express now. It has been a ton of fun seeing NY through my Squeeze's eyes since he's never been here before. In all the hustle and bustle through my years here, for instance, I never looked UP at the ceiling of Grand Central. It's so gorgeous. Makes me wonder what else I missed. In an effort to carry a lighter camera (survival) and not take a million pictures I've already taken of NYC (artistic choices), I've been relying heavily on my new lensbaby. I'm still getting my mojo on it, but the results are fun.


The day of the redeye was really interesting at The Loft. There was a MAJOR pot bust: DEA, guns, camera's, stakeouts - the whole nine yards. The cops ended up giving us their cards in case we ran into any trouble at the airport due to possible contact high exposure for lack of a better desciption, yikes. But, that's for another blog!


Apparently I started walking like a New Yorker the minute we landed. The Squeeze kept having to tell me to slow down! Old habits die hard. Our first taxi ride.


We are staying in Chelsea at a friend's apartment. What a fantastic location for us. We headed right over to Chelsea Pier. All of that was built after I left, so it was fun to explore. The girlie umbrella is mine.


The first subway ride was fun. The Squeeze was digging it. He's also brought his camera and it's been really interesting watching him express himself that way, as well. I pulled out the lensbaby. He looks adorable in the beret, no?


We checked out our friend's "Guide to Vegan Eating in NYC" book and settled on a great place called the Dosa Hut on the East Side. I meant to take a picture of it before we ate it, but we were both too hungry to wait even for one shot. GREAT Dosas. Brought back great memories of Nepal for me.


A lensbaby stock shot maybe?? Korean delis don't seem to have the salad bars the way I recall, but on the other hand there are gourmet delis on every corner now so who needs the salad bar!


Grand Central through the lensbaby.... I dig it. It reminds me of a shot my dear friend Jacqueline Veissid took (check out her website to the right) with an old polaroid camera she has. She's had that piece published and sold.



We headed up to Times Square from Grand Central. I still can't get used to the newer, so called improved version. There's a part of me that misses the peepshows and hookers!


We headed over to "Music Row" and visited Manny's, and Rudy's, and Sammy Ashe's. The Squeeze had a field day trying guitars.


He tried to barter the price down on this one, but they wouldn't have it. So, he passed.

Our first whirlwind day (including the redeye!) ended with WAITING FOR GODOT at the Roundabout Theater. It starred Bill Irwin, Nathan Lane, John Goodman, and John Glover. What a cast. It was the most slapstick version of the play I've ever seen, making it also the most fun. We had great, great seats and it really ended a perfect day in NYC for us.