A Weekend in New York

Work .. is not going so well. So off to happier thoughts, like a great New York weekend.

From A Weekend in New York

Like going for the Uniqlo's biggest Flagship store opening (The man in the suit facing the door is the CEO of Fast Retailing!)

From A Weekend in New York

From A Weekend in New York

Friday night with my first Magariti-Coronita ... and a movie afterwards




Halloween at the Bronx Zoo..


Even better, getting lost and walking in high heels in the Bronx for more than 2 hours... while getting catcalls from strange men and harassing motions from butches... All for this Puerto Rican restaurant. Food was fantastic. Roast pork and tomato based chicken and yellow rice. Sighs, the decisions in life.








A walk down Brooklyn Bridge...of blue skies and sun.





Grimaldi's Pizza.. an hour's wait at the door.. but best pizza i ever had. Just a Marguerite with pepperoni .. which tasted all crispy and charred. Freshest tomatoes .. and aromatic basil.

NY Medieval Festival

On a beautiful Fall afternoon, I headed to the annual NY Medieval Festival.

After a long climb up the hill, i reached the entrance of the festival to find myself surrounded by people who dressed up for the occasion. Adults, kids, teenagers. Adorable !



There were 6 areas to the festival around the park. I found myself entertained by singing minstrels & medieval themed stalls.








There were stalls showing weaving, leather work and metalworking.








In the middle of the park, there was a small museum which was an extension of the Metropolitan Museum of Art called the Cloisters. I decided to take the opportunity to visit this museum. It was medieval theme & very apt given the festival.















The museum was big and spacious. There were entire altars & huge stained glass windows. In the middle of the museum, were lovely gardens for one to kick back and relax. Huge, well preserved medieval tapestries were hung up for all to admire and in fact, the condition of these rivaled even some that i saw in Rome.

Ending the day, again i see the Wall Street protesters with a humorous sign reminding all of what is happening.


Amusing.