Tortilla Bike Wheels

Yesterday I met up with Cecylia for a late lunch/ coffee walk/ talk sesh. She took me to this wonderful place called The Ace Hotel which is hands down one of the coolest, jazziest, most beautifully typographically decorated hotel I've seen in a very long time. We went to the cafe they had on the ground floor called Stumptown, which not only had fantastic coffee, but lovely baristas and a beautiful bar space where one could look out on the street and enjoy the view of the passers by. But we sat in the lobby area which is so attractive that I plan on going back just to sit and work sometime.

Before we left, Cecylia and I stopped by the bathrooms downstairs, and on our way up we found this lovely and clever gem of the hotel (well... one of the many gems)

The funny thing about this picture is that it was the 323rd picture I took on my phone. What a cowinky dink :)

After we left we headed down to SoHo for some vegan pizza at Grandaisy Bakery, which actually used to supply my old work (the recently closed down Dean & Deluca on University Place) with pizza. It was nice to revisit the old flavors of these delicious slices. I had the zuchini and the potato.

It's always so wonderful talking with Cecylia. I feel so lucky to have made such a great friend in this city which is still so foreign to me.

The last picture of our day is of a bike from one of Cecylia's favorite shoe stores. I feel it's appropriate because not only is it a beautiful structure and piece of art, but bikes were a kind of theme of the day.

Any time you like

There were a few wonderful walks that I had recently. The first was on my way back from another photography viewing in Chelsea. It was a cold day, a little dark because I think it was about to rain. I had just bought a few sunflowers for a presentation I was giving, and it was just about 4:30. Walking through the residential area of Chelsea is always pleasant. The brownstones are all beautiful to stare at while walking past. On this walk I also happened to find this funny car, and so I thought I would take a picture.Another wonderful walk was a morning that just recently passed. I had stayed at a friends house the night before, and on the walk back I decided to walk to a coffee shop a little further away, on Bedford and S. 2nd, just for fun. While I was sitting outside, trying to soak up as much of the suns warmth as possible, a man came up with his three legged dog. The dog sat with me the whole time it's owner was inside and nuzzled my knees. Although I didn't get a picture of the dog, I did get a picture of the view from where I was sitting. Nerm and I are hoping to move to this side of williamsburg when we move in April, and maybe I'll be seeing this view more frequently then.

The last wonderful walk was the one I took with Nerm across the Williamsburg Bridge the other day. It was the first true day of Spring, and the weather was absolutely perfect outside. Nerm has never walked across the bridge before, so she decided to join me on my journey into the city. It's always so great walking over the bridge with someone who has never done it before. She got so excited! We talked about how wonderful it is to live in this amazing city, and how often we don't realize where we are. Once we got into the city we were walking down Houston, and I saw this weird gorilla thing being sold, and I had to ask Nerm to take a picture of me under it.

I love walking ♥