Maritime Hotel NYC.

Loved this building down in the Chelsea District, especially the windows! 

Shopping NYC.

There wasn't a lot of time to shop,
but we did manage to head down to the Flatiron District for a bit.

I went to NYC on a budget, which is not easy to do, but my hosts spoiled me rotten. The one place I did splurge was at Central Art Supply. The paper selection was just incredible. This was just a sliver of their selection....

We also went to a couple more paper stores, then Muji and Marimekko, had lunch at a hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant that was excellent! Dinner and gelato at Eataly.

Patty + Ron's NYC.

My lovely hosts while I was in NYC, Patty and Ron, and their cat, Saylor. They have a fab apartment...not surprised, Patty makes a wonderful home anywhere and is an amazing hostess. I had the best time!

Laura and me. Our moms were friends since nursery school.

I hadn't seen her since 1999...we had a great time catching up.

Scenes from NYC.

I had fun snapping lots of pics in the city...

Public Art NYC.

Just a few pieces I came across this weekend...

A Roy Lichtenstein in the NYC Subway

An El Anatsui along the High Line, "Broken Bridge II" 

Random art seen from the High Line, including a billboard...

Orly Genger installation in Madison Square Park, "Red, Yellow and Blue"

High Line NYC.

Twenty four hours ago I was walking the High Line in NYC, an old elevated railway that has been turned into a park with a gorgeous path through part of the city, beautiful plantings and lots of public art (more of which I'll share later). Well I'm home now and ready to walk out the door to work, but I took over 200 photos and I wanted to start sharing a few of them. These are from yesterday's walk. Check out the history here.