Day and Night in Central Park

A Beautiful Morning in the Park

Turns into a Beautiful Night...

Skyline by the Sheep's Meadow - looking west.


A crescent moon, with Venus close below.


Some quiet benches along the poets walk.

It's Good to Live it Again

Not much needs to be said here, the landscape speaks for itself.  It's that wonderful time of year, where the colors start to peek through, the air cools down, and the moon at night seems to shine brighter.  We've arrived, to autumn in New York...

Aaron Curry Sculptures - Melt to Earth

A kind of "self-portrait" silhouette in one of the sculptures.

Last weekend I noticed some sculptures had been placed in the Lincoln Center plaza, around the fountain and I snapped a few photos.  I happened to be walking by again this evening and took a closer look.  The sculptures are by a Californian artist by the name of Aaron Curry.  The New York Times wrote an interesting article about the exhibition (here).







I took a few photos last saturday as well, although they are a bit busier, as I didn't have my 50mm lens with me that day.  I like how colorful they are and how they really stand out against the lines of the architecture for the Lincoln Center buildings.

Autumn in New York

Autumn is just starting and we are being graced by some exceptionally nice weather.  It was a beautiful walk through Central Park this afternoon.  Can't wait to see the rest of this fall, and hope you are enjoying it as much as I am!

Also - this is my 400th post!  Crazy time!

Escriba - An amazing chocolate shop in Barcelona

While walking down La Rambla (yes, I kind of convinced my poor family in Barcelona to brave the touristy areas just so I could go back), we found this terrific, historied chocalatier - Escriba.  This shop has been in operation since 1906, and you could tell by the beautiful details of the shop itself.






I had a really delicious hot chocolate with violet.  Anyone who knows me, knows my affinity for violet flavored confections, and this did not disappoint!


King cakes for the upcoming Three Kinds Day.


A confectionary window display.

Escriba
Carrer de Rambla de las Flors 83
08001 Barelona
Tel: 93.301.60.27

Familia de Barcelona

While Bruno is much bigger now at 9 months old, he was a tiny tiny one at one month!  Bruno was just out of the hospital a few days before we left to come back, and so I had some photographing to catch up on (since we had much more time with his brother Eric).







Can't wait to see Bruno and Eric again in a few weeks...they are just the cutest nephews one could ask for!  Here are a couple of more recent photos of the two of them (courtesy of my mother-in-law):




Just look at those smiles!

Barcelona - Gothic Details

So many great details.  How many faces are looking over you when you walk through the streets of the Gothic part of town?


Long shadows at the end of our long walk.  I love this city!

How do you know when you are behind in blogging?

You know you are behind when you haven't posted photos from a trip to Barcelona that you took 8 months ago, three weeks before your next visit there!  What happened to the time?!  Well, here are a few shots from around Barcelona - the Boqueria (this post), some gothic details of the city (posts to come) and family (posts to come).  Whoa boy do I have some catching up to do!

-Silva








We wish we could find these in NYC...








Say hello to the juiceman!

Summer Night at the UW Memorial Union

Mmm....that's some good beer - Felipe says.

We had a really enjoyable evening last night at the Memorial Union.  Probably my favorite place to sit and hang out on a nice summer evening.  My friends Jen and Laura came as well and we had a terrific fun time catching up and talking about old times.


Mom was with us too, enjoying a brat, a beer and some nice breeze off the lake.    Can't wait for the next time we can go back...