Radiocity Hall. We went there on the first day.
The painting on the wall is so nice and grand.
The Christmas Spectacular Show. It's really quite spectacular.
Fantastic coordination between the revolving bus and the projected image in the background. The bus looks like it's moving along the street.
Nativity scene.. they brought in real sheeps and camels! And I dunno why I didn't take the Rockettes! Maybe I was too mesmerized watching them.
Outside it's raining
People scurrying along in their coats and umbrellas
Around the Streets of Manhattan
Snapshots of buildings along the Highline. This is around Chelsea
Highline is a disused railway line converted into a park
Warmest day of our trip in NY
Love how the floor tiles merge into the landscape
Deck chairs with wheels on the sleeper rails
Interesting building straddling the Highline
Random shots of designer shops in Bleeker Street
I like this red door and the Art Deco numbers on top
I like the external zig zag fire escape metal staircase
Bleeker Street
Bleeker and Grove Street
Pretty house
Chi chi people having breakfast inside the corner cafe
Interesting brickwork
Parson's School for Design from Project Runway! It's near our hotel, between Hell's Kitchen and Times Square.
At Washington Square Park. NYU's campus is around this park. That's my friend Ee Lin on the left.
At Union Square Park. Normally they have farmer's market here but there's only craft item on sale now, maybe cos it' winter.
Rob and Ee Lin walked with us on Sunday.
The Flatiron building. It's called that cos it looks like an old fashioned iron on plan.
Rockefeller Centre
St Patrick's Cathedral on 5th Avenue
Ground Zero. They are rebuilding around the WTC. There's a temporary 911 memorial centre nearby.
Here we are at the start of Wall Street. The heart of the financial world.
Hmmm..... It's a narrow and very short street actually. Hard to believe that a whole genre of people and companies are named after this street.
NY Stock Exchange. Was hoping I could sneak a glance at the trading floor or see those people on the balcony ringing bell but the place was cordoned up.
Self shot with Brooklyn Bridge in the background. This is take no. 12
At the start of Brooklyn Bridge. We didn't walk across cos we were short of time and my feet aches. Darn those museums.
Grand Central Terminal. It's really grand. Too bad we don't have a wide angle lens to capture it properly. It has lofty ceiling and big collannades with huge chandelier running down both side. It's actually a train and subway terminal. One of the X-men scene was filmed here..the one where the X Men were trying to rescue Rogue from Magneto and his gang.
Love the classical grandness of it!
Chrysler Building
The exit sign is so Art Deco
Times Square
Some oddities in NY
Guy walking around with cat on his head in Union Square. People give him money after they pat the cat
Waitress ties her dog outside the cafe while she works
Construction workers protesting against their employers on this giant rat along 5th Ave
Top of the Rock
View from the top of Rockefeller Centre. The tall building is Empire State.
The flat land is Central Park
The lights in Empire State changes for different occasion. It's green and red for Christmas
Food in NY
We stopped by a coffee shop bar
Rob and Ee Lin
Generally we don't have much time to eat as there's much to see and little time so we usually miss a meal like lunch. We stopped by an eatery which has buffet spreads but charges the food by weight. I try to take a bit of everything.
Ivan chose cheese macaroni as usual... I saw a caucasian boy fill his container with half cheese macaroni and half white rice, the most unworthwhile combination.
We had Korean food at Seoul Garden. Very yummy!
At the one of the two cafes in MOMA. Was a bit disappointed that this one only serve salad at first.
But my salad was the best salad I've ever tasted. This is what i call gourmet cooking. I think it has avocado, thai shrimp dressing and who knows what ingredient but a very yummy and new taste. It's basically vermicelli with chicken strips. The dressing is the killer.
Christmas on 5th
Statue of Atlas outside Rockefeller
Window display at one of the shops along 5th
That's the Prada shope in the back ground
A series of window display along Bergdorf Goodman, a high class shopping centre. This series is based on Alice in Wonderland. The display is very very nice with a lot of detail. The display in this window is all made of paper.
Closeup of one corner
Queen of Hearts playing a game of cards
A house with many staircases
This reminds me of Coraline's house
Everything is made of glass.
What's winter if you don't ice skate?
Ice skating at The Pond at Bryant Park. One of my most memorable experience. I really enjoyed the experience. Getting in is free but the queue is 2.5hrs long. I paid to get in but it's worth it cos I cut the queue and skate rental is in.
I thought I could ice skate since I can rollerblade. I was wrong.... I'm hugging the rail here. And I left my gloves in the locker.. Arghhh....
Still clinging onto the rail for dear life. But seriously skating in the open is fun. I could move away from the railing after a few rounds of holding onto the rail but nothing close to the care free ways the others were skating. While I was skating I thought about how only when we take risk in life can we enjoy ourselves. haha.
Bryant Park in the day
Snow in the city
On our last day in NY it snowed! So happy to see snow. Funny thing is it's less cold than the days it didn't snow.
Rob's cat, Taj
Snow in Hoboken, NJ. We woke up and outside is blanketed in snow.
Yippeee! On our way to the Path Station to take train to Manhattan.
The worst part of winter for me is my freezing hands. It feels so good to hold a cup of hot coffee. On our way to Guggenheim Museum.
Walking next to Central Park on the way to Guggenheim
Pretty sidewalks covered in snow
Gugenheim in the background
Looking pensive on a bench for the camera.
Entrances to Central Park has a lot of nice sculptures
Frozen Pond
The Pond
Berries!
Ducks and bridge
Central Park is so pretty
Towering buildings looming over the park.
Wollman Rink. It's an skating rink in winter and pond in other seasons
Looking across The Reservoir from the Guggenheim side
Love how the snow rest on the trees
Winter wonderland..
No I didn't make the snowman
The Lake
Angel of the Waters Fountains. This fountain is in quite a lot of movies.
A beautiful classical underpass
The day starts getting dark by 5pm. At 530pm it's totally dark
Museums
Museums are the real time guzzler. I underestimated the time needed to visit these museums. And the queues to get in are crazy thanks to the throngs of visitors.
Natural History Museum
Mommoth skeleton
A dinosour with duck bill and a rhino looking dinosour
Is this a pytesourous... not sure. too many types to remember. some i've never even come across some before
MOMA
Courtyard in MOMA
Some smart guy took ordinary bottles and cut them into these nice shapes
Bag created for women to ward off robbers. Would love to see how the security checks officers would react to these.
Pollack. He likes to throw paint.
Starry starry night by Van Gogh! I actually took a photo with it! Hee hee.
Guggenheim Museum
Kandinsky was on display at that time
The subways
We walked around on foot most of the time. But sometimes it's too cold and our feet aches so we take the subway. It's cost $2.20 per trip regardless of where you go.
New Year's Eve
Nothing to do in particular on Christmas Eve cos Times Square is too crowded.
At a Ee Lin's friend's friend's party. Haha. Count down about to begin. Everyone huddling at the laptop watching the ball drop in Times Square. That's Ee Lin in the background waving.
The trip was fun. So many things to see and so little time.
Self shot with Brooklyn Bridge in the background. This is take no. 12
At the start of Brooklyn Bridge. We didn't walk across cos we were short of time and my feet aches. Darn those museums.
Grand Central Terminal. It's really grand. Too bad we don't have a wide angle lens to capture it properly. It has lofty ceiling and big collannades with huge chandelier running down both side. It's actually a train and subway terminal. One of the X-men scene was filmed here..the one where the X Men were trying to rescue Rogue from Magneto and his gang.
Love the classical grandness of it!
Chrysler Building
The exit sign is so Art Deco
Times Square
Some oddities in NY
Guy walking around with cat on his head in Union Square. People give him money after they pat the cat
Waitress ties her dog outside the cafe while she works
Construction workers protesting against their employers on this giant rat along 5th Ave
Top of the Rock
View from the top of Rockefeller Centre. The tall building is Empire State.
The flat land is Central Park
The lights in Empire State changes for different occasion. It's green and red for Christmas
Food in NY
We stopped by a coffee shop bar
Rob and Ee Lin
Generally we don't have much time to eat as there's much to see and little time so we usually miss a meal like lunch. We stopped by an eatery which has buffet spreads but charges the food by weight. I try to take a bit of everything.
Ivan chose cheese macaroni as usual... I saw a caucasian boy fill his container with half cheese macaroni and half white rice, the most unworthwhile combination.
We had Korean food at Seoul Garden. Very yummy!
At the one of the two cafes in MOMA. Was a bit disappointed that this one only serve salad at first.
But my salad was the best salad I've ever tasted. This is what i call gourmet cooking. I think it has avocado, thai shrimp dressing and who knows what ingredient but a very yummy and new taste. It's basically vermicelli with chicken strips. The dressing is the killer.
Christmas on 5th
If I had to draw a parallel 5th Ave is like Orchard Road in Singapore. But not as many malls and not as big. And it's usually at places like these that it feels the most Christmassy in the city.
This is the first Macy's in US if I'm not wrong. Macy's is not on 5th but Broadway.
Rotating razzle bedazzle window display
Wooden escalator in Macy!
The crowd outside Macy's. NY is filled with tourist at this time
View of Empire State Building
Rockefeller Centre
Giant christmas tree and ice skating at the Rockefeller Centre. Didn't know that the tree is real!
This is the first Macy's in US if I'm not wrong. Macy's is not on 5th but Broadway.
Rotating razzle bedazzle window display
Wooden escalator in Macy!
The crowd outside Macy's. NY is filled with tourist at this time
View of Empire State Building
Rockefeller Centre
Giant christmas tree and ice skating at the Rockefeller Centre. Didn't know that the tree is real!
Statue of Atlas outside Rockefeller
Window display at one of the shops along 5th
That's the Prada shope in the back ground
A series of window display along Bergdorf Goodman, a high class shopping centre. This series is based on Alice in Wonderland. The display is very very nice with a lot of detail. The display in this window is all made of paper.
Closeup of one corner
Queen of Hearts playing a game of cards
A house with many staircases
This reminds me of Coraline's house
Everything is made of glass.
What's winter if you don't ice skate?
Ice skating at The Pond at Bryant Park. One of my most memorable experience. I really enjoyed the experience. Getting in is free but the queue is 2.5hrs long. I paid to get in but it's worth it cos I cut the queue and skate rental is in.
I thought I could ice skate since I can rollerblade. I was wrong.... I'm hugging the rail here. And I left my gloves in the locker.. Arghhh....
Still clinging onto the rail for dear life. But seriously skating in the open is fun. I could move away from the railing after a few rounds of holding onto the rail but nothing close to the care free ways the others were skating. While I was skating I thought about how only when we take risk in life can we enjoy ourselves. haha.
Bryant Park in the day
Snow in the city
On our last day in NY it snowed! So happy to see snow. Funny thing is it's less cold than the days it didn't snow.
Rob's cat, Taj
Snow in Hoboken, NJ. We woke up and outside is blanketed in snow.
Yippeee! On our way to the Path Station to take train to Manhattan.
The worst part of winter for me is my freezing hands. It feels so good to hold a cup of hot coffee. On our way to Guggenheim Museum.
Walking next to Central Park on the way to Guggenheim
Pretty sidewalks covered in snow
Gugenheim in the background
Looking pensive on a bench for the camera.
Entrances to Central Park has a lot of nice sculptures
Frozen Pond
The Pond
Berries!
Ducks and bridge
Central Park is so pretty
Towering buildings looming over the park.
Wollman Rink. It's an skating rink in winter and pond in other seasons
Looking across The Reservoir from the Guggenheim side
Love how the snow rest on the trees
Winter wonderland..
No I didn't make the snowman
The Lake
Angel of the Waters Fountains. This fountain is in quite a lot of movies.
A beautiful classical underpass
The day starts getting dark by 5pm. At 530pm it's totally dark
Museums
Museums are the real time guzzler. I underestimated the time needed to visit these museums. And the queues to get in are crazy thanks to the throngs of visitors.
Natural History Museum
Mommoth skeleton
A dinosour with duck bill and a rhino looking dinosour
Is this a pytesourous... not sure. too many types to remember. some i've never even come across some before
MOMA
Courtyard in MOMA
Some smart guy took ordinary bottles and cut them into these nice shapes
Bag created for women to ward off robbers. Would love to see how the security checks officers would react to these.
Pollack. He likes to throw paint.
Starry starry night by Van Gogh! I actually took a photo with it! Hee hee.
Guggenheim Museum
Kandinsky was on display at that time
The subways
We walked around on foot most of the time. But sometimes it's too cold and our feet aches so we take the subway. It's cost $2.20 per trip regardless of where you go.
New Year's Eve
Nothing to do in particular on Christmas Eve cos Times Square is too crowded.
At a Ee Lin's friend's friend's party. Haha. Count down about to begin. Everyone huddling at the laptop watching the ball drop in Times Square. That's Ee Lin in the background waving.
The trip was fun. So many things to see and so little time.
So fun! i also wanna go NYC when it's snowing and watch pple ice-skate...
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