I'm in Pennsylvania this week, visiting my family. Here is a shot from the area (it's my parent's farm). I think it's very beautiful here! I hope you are all enjoying the holiday week. 
In the wintertime, they convert Bryant Park into a beautiful skating rink. It is a lovely sight, especially at night. The skating is free too, if you have your own skates. There is a Christmas market around the park too during December. Bryant Park is beautiful at all times of the year. I wish you a happy Christmas Eve!
Here are some last minute shoppers making their way along a street downtown. I like how all of the different neighborhoods have different decorations this time of year. I hope you all enjoy your weekend and see you Monday!
This is a photo of the Brooklyn Bridge I took when I was in a neighborhood in Brooklyn called Dumbo, an acronym which stands for Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass. Since it is so close to lower Manhattan, Dumbo has become a very expensive place to live. It is a nice neighborhood, with the best pizza place in New York. I'll have to show a picture there sometime!
I'm showing a photo today of the inside of Radio City Music Hall taken during a performing of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. I saw it last weekend and it was quite a show. Radio City is an art deco building, built in the 1930s and it is gorgeous inside. Maybe tomorrow I will show a picture of the Rockettes! By the way, you were allowed to take photos during the show, as long as you didn't use your flash.
Here are some festive flags for the holidays blowing in the wind in front of Rockefeller Center. It was so cold and windy this weekend that I'm sure the flags got quite a workout!
Here is another photo from my recent walk across the Brooklyn bridge. This is a shot of the Manhattan Bridge, which crosses the East River and in the background you can see the Empire State Building. I liked the warm light of the late afternoon. I hope you all have a great weekend and see you Monday!
I guess it's inevitable that billboards are popping up everywhere, but there's something I like about this one. The ipod ads are usually very colorful. This one I found on Canal Street in Manhattan. It somehow goes with the graffiti above it.
This is a photograph I took in Chinatown looking south and the statue is of a man named Lin Za Xu. I don't know much about him other than he was an officer from the Fujian Province in China. The building in the background is 1 Centre Street, which houses a lot of government offices. It is quite beautiful at night when the top portion is illuminated.
Saks Fifth Avenue has a very pretty snowflake display on their building this time of year and every so often there is a show with music and moving snowflakes. I just saw the show for the first time and it was quite beautiful! Sorry for the blurry snowflakes in the photo.
A picture today taken from a recent walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Sunset is a great time to take a walk on the bridge and I'll probably show you some more photos from that walk. Have a good week!
This is a photograph of the Christmas tree at Lincoln Center, the performing arts complex in New York which is home to the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. They always do a big and festive looking tree. I thought the one this year was particularly pretty. Have a nice weekend and see you Monday!
In the New York City subway system there are many beautiful mosaics. I've always admired them, but today was the first time I've ever seen an artist creating one. This guy was in the subway station at 42nd Street Times Square and was working on a new mosaic. It was interesting to watch him work. He must have more patience than me!
I figured I would take a break from the Christmas photos for today. This is a photo of the Verrezano Narrows Bridge which connects Staten Island to Brooklyn. This is a photo taken at dawn on marathon day last month.
I was passing through Grand Central Station this weekend and noticed the pretty holiday light show they have there. It is very festive! Happy Tuesday to all!
Yesterday we had our first real snowfall of the season. I was very excited because I love snow! It didn't add up to much, only about an inch I think, but it was very pretty when it was falling. My photo today doesn't do it justice. It was a lovely wintry scene. I hope the week ahead is a good one!
I was in an office building downtown recently and I saw this great mosaic of lower Manhattan. I love mosaics and I thought this one was kind of cool. Sorry I don't have a better photo of it! Have a good Thursday.
I have to get out soon and take some more NYC photos. In the meantime, here is another store window I saw recently. This is one from Sak's Fifth Avenue at Fifth Avenue and 50th Street. It's a nice store, and I wish I could afford to shop there!
Now that the Christmas season is here, New York seems to be awash in lights and decorations. I'm going to show some over the next few weeks (as I manage to get photos of them). But don't worry, I'll show other things too! This is the front of the Lord & Taylor department store. I hope you all have a nice week ahead.
They are celebrating 75 years of the Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall this year and here's a photo of the front of the hall. It's a very popular show here this time of year and features the rockettes dancers along with musicians, ice skaters and a manger scene with live animals. It's sort of over-the-top but I still like it!
Since most people here are preparing for their thanksgiving feasts tomorrow, I thought I would show a photo from one of New York's great food institutions, Zabar's. It's always worth a stroll through Zabars which has amazing cheese, breads, meats, olives, smoked fish, coffee, etc., etc. This is a picture of their prepared foods counter which has an awesome selection too. I always love to walk through this store!
A very recognizable sight today, the Empire State Building. I've never been to the top myself but I'd love to do that some day. The Empire State Building is usually lit in different colors, in celebration of various holidays or special occasions. It was blue and white the night I took this shot. I'm not sure why. I wish everyone a good week ahead.
They are skating again at the rink at Rockefeller Center. I've never skated there, but it looks like it would be fun. This is right in front of the Christmas tree I showed yesterday. It is a very pretty spot when the tree is all lit up. Have a nice weekend everyone!
I wish I had a better shot of this (I took this picture from a cab riding by) because it is one of my favorite buildings in New York. It is the the Dakota apartment building and whenever I see it I think of old New York. I love to see old pictures of New York when the Dakota used to stand by itself next to Central Park. I would just love to see inside. Unfortunately I don't know anyone who lives there!
This is a shot I took a few weeks ago while walking on Park Avenue. I believe the building on the right is the famous Lever House, which looks normal to our eyes today (and rather small by today's standards), but it was quite innovative when it was built in 1952. I always enjoy looking up at the skyscrapers.
This is a statue that I always pass when I run in Central Park. It is Fred Lebow, one of the founders of the New York City Marathon and the person responsible for having the race run through all five boroughs of the city. He ran in the marathon in 1992, after having been diagnosed with brain cancer and he died in 1994. The statue is usually on the east side of the park, but each year for the marathon they move it next to the finish line. I think it is a touching tribute to this man who meant so much to runners in New York.
I took this picture a few weeks ago along the side of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I'm not sure why I like it, but I find it a peaceful scene. I think it has something to do with the angle of the building and the leaning tree. Pretty soon with the cold weather coming we won't be able to photograph green trees for a while!
I took a photo of the stoop of this brownstone that I passed over the weekend. It looks like they are getting into the Halloween spirit. I enjoy seeing the festive fall decorations. I don't have a stoop to decorate but maybe I will carve a pumpkin this year! 
The photo for today is something that I pass quite often in Riverside Park. It is the remains of the former “Pier D,” which at one time was used to offload cargo onto railroad cars from the New York Central Railroad. It was destroyed by a fire in 1971, but as a reminder of the rail yard’s history, a portion of the structure has been kept here. (I think the twisted steel looks almost artistic.) It’s amazing to think how recently this park was a working rail yard. How quickly things change!
I've been inspired by all the photos of beautiful fall leaves I've seen on many of the blogs. We still don't have many colorful leaves here, but I did see this tree. I love the fall colors and wish the season was longer!
