Flatiron

Photo 313 - 315: Walking around the Flatiron District on a beautiful summer day is really a highlight of NYC. You see beautiful parks, amazing buildings, and can get a little shopping in while you're out enjoying the sunshine. I'm off to Reno, NV, tomorrow, and going to be traveling all week, so wish me luck! I'm off photo hunting. ;)

Sunshine

Photo 305: Who doesn't love sunshine? After a week of freezing temperatures in NYC (yes I said FREEZING) I flew down to Florida to catch some rays and get some much-needed hugs and love. After an eight-hour travel "mishap" where I had to deal with 2.5 hours in a cab to go to the airport (regular travel time is 40 min.), an hour delay before we boarded (a given since it was the JFK airport), two MORE hours on a parked plan AT the gate without any lights on, and then another half an hour taxiing on the runway to take off... I finally arrived at Brandon's house at 1 in the a.m. Can you say long?? At least I got some beach time in the next day... I needed the sunshine!

The Big Easy

Photo 300: I debated, and debated, and debated what my 300th picture should be, and picked this one from my trip to New Orleans a few months ago. I've been wanting to post it, and I wandered around NYC today to get my newest photograph, but nothing struck me quite like this one from the Big Easy. This was the first time I've been back post-Katrina, and it was eye-opening and a bit sad to see that this once gorgeous area hasn't yet recovered fully. The French Quarter has been cleaned up of course, but I remember the surrounding areas to be lush, and beautiful, but after taking a drive to the countryside, it wasn't like that anymore. More to come from this trip, but it's my 300th picture, people!

Wels

Photo 73-75: A few snapshots of my hometown, Wels, during the summertime.

A Sidewalk Festival is Always Fun

Photo 9-11: A sidewalk festival to me is food, food, more food and some awesome gadgets you don't get anywhere else. It's usually yummy bbq, shish kabobs, hummus plates and all other fried food that is so bad for you, but yet so good. Here's one of the first fairs I've been to this summer.

Some Sand, and Good 'Ole Memories of Days Gone By

Photo 6: It's beach time, baby. Part of the reason I love "my" area of Brooklyn so much is its close proximity to the beach. Granted, it's not Miami, Buzios or Phuket, BUT it's some sand, some bluish water, and lots of sunshine. In my opinion you can't beat that. I still remember the first time I sat on a NY beach (about five years ago), in complete awe that not only had I just moved to NYC and lived to tell about it personally and professionally, but the beach bum in me actually got to sit her tushy on some sand, and I was STILL in NY. As a bonified New Yorker, I now giggle at that girl and how it never crossed my mind that there might be a beach around here somewhere since it's by the water. lol At the time, all I knew of New York was skyscrapers, taxi cabs, rushing around for EVERYTHING, and the endless noise... which in combination nearly scared me back to Missouri. Oh yeah, and some pretty amazing sushi that went beyond California rolls. Aaahhh... the memories.