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New York: Blog # 1 - First few days

Returning to "Nueva York"

We typically fly American Airlines: A history of logos

Restroom art at JFK

Airport art in the baggage area

Taxi took us through the "Diamond District" - store after store of "sparkles"

Plenty of marketing, messaging and color

Our hotel was a few blocks off Time Square. After checking in, we walked over to the "Tourist Center of the World" - a bit tired, but very excited

Lots of color - lots of advertisements

Entertainment in all directions

Fox News had issues with these guys

360 degrees of color, product and shape 

M...I...C...K...E...Y...M...O...U...S...E...

Focal point on a building

WHAT? It's June 20! Why isn't the "ball" dropping?

Joint "Sweet" venture between Hershey and Reese

15-20 minutes to make a cookie: "Cookie Chef" starts with peanut butter base -- adds, folds and chops ingredients into this thick "gunk" -- pretzels, candy, marshmallows, etc.

Ceiling art at our hotel lounge

Times Square/Broadway shutdown due to a Yoga-thon

New York City needs the same type of sign for vehicles

Another interesting sign and purpose

Met a good friend (Judy) for lunch

Food art

Saw a great play - lots of music, fun and a current "love thy neighbor" message

Theater decoration

We (also) saw this play

Throughout the years we've been coming to Becco" -- we had a great Italian dinner. A bottle of table wine used to be $8 - now, it's $35!

Time for culture with our friend, Susan

Looking down at one of the main hallways

Lagerfield's Collection: Chanel designer

Typical sketches

Scores of dresses at exhibit

Let's party!

Elegant country and western

Sophisticated, formal dresswear

Winter coat or bathrobe?

An "old friend" - We've seen her at exhibits all over the world

Time to enjoy "Impressionism"

Cezanne

Seurat

Pissarro

Guess who?

Close up of eyes indicate mental state

These eyes are a bit tired, but happy

Starry night: As part of a writing class, Jerry studied the painting in conjunction with David McLean's lyrics/famous song. We visited Frank Gehry's new creation in Les Baux, France. Gehry used Starry Night as inspiration for the building design. We saw this painting in France as part of sound and light show. And now, here is the original!