Weekend in NYC: 9/11 Memorial + One World Observatory

“You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.” —Colin Powell

Calatrava’s World Trade Center Oculus

St. Paul’s Chapel

Trinity Church Graveyard

One World Trade Center

The 9/11 Memorial

The Survivor Tree, discovered at Ground Zero severely damaged, was removed from the rubble and placed in the care of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

White roses placed on the victims’ birthdays

Opened in May 2019, the Memorial Glade that honors first responders who later got sick or died after inhaling toxins at the World Trade Center site. Six large battered stones appear to jut up and out of the plaza as if violently displaced, and convey strength and resistance.

The Sphere that survived the attacks of September 11, 2001, now displayed in Liberty Park

Weekend in NYC: Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Little Italy

“Each neighborhood of the city appeared to be made of a different substance, each seemed to have a different air pressure, a different psychic weight: the bright lights and shuttered shops, the housing projects and luxury hotels, the fire escapes and city parks.” – Teju Cole

Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment - 66 Perry Street (although her address in SATC was 245 East 73rd Street which would put her in Holly Golightly’s neighborhood - 169 East 71st Street)

The Friends apartment building at 90 Bedford Street

Washington Square Park

Weekend in NYC: Wicked

“Are people born Wicked? Or do they have Wickedness thrust upon them?”

“I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason…Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.”

Weekend in NYC: Breakfast at Tiffany's + A Cosmopolitan at the Plaza

“Don’t you just love it?…Tiffany’s!” - Holly Golightly

A little something for Piper?!

169 E. 71st Street - Holly Golightly’s apartment building

Holly’s neighborhood on the Upper East Side

Eloise at the Plaza

Breakfast at Tiffany’s on the big screen at Silverspot Cinema at the Corners

Weekend in NYC: Central Park

“I recall Central Park in Fall…” - Wayne Newton, Danke schoen

October • Colors of the Month

“My favorite color is October. “ - Angela Burgin Logan

Lately, I have seen this quote on posters, t-shirts, and pillows all over Pinterest. As part of my photo project this year, I have identified featured colors for each month — icy blues in January; rosy pinks and reds in February; fresh shades of green in March; cheerful yellows in April; lovely lavenders and violets in May; pure whites in June; patriotic red, white and blue in July; golden, sunny hues in August; earthy browns in September. But what color is October?

It is one of my favorite months, yet when I imagine a color to represent October, I immediately think of orange — my least favorite color (Read why here). I won’t deny that orange leaves and pumpkins add seasonal charm to October photographs, but I can’t commit to a whole month of orange pictures. So what color is October? Perhaps Anne Shirley described it best: “October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and bronzy green, while the fields sunned themselves in the aftermaths. Anne reveled in the world of color about her....I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?" - L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Cheers to a brilliant October featuring the loveliest shades of autumn, and yes, even orange!