This is Alex & I on the Staten Island ferry. We made the pointless yet scenic trip to Staten Island and back. By pure luck we ended up doing it at the best possible time, dusk out, twilight home. Very pretty.It was bloody cold out on the water (anywhere in Manhattan actually), the wind cuts right to the bone. I used think big furry hats & dogs in coats were silly - now I understand.
Look, Lady Liberty is picking Alex's nose!!
Terrorists!
Alex being Alex, with his new toy.
This woman I met on the ferry seems to have tripped & accidentally got her head stuck up a polar bears bottom.Ouch.
This is Wall St (obviously, I suppose). I thought that it was funny that they are so rich there they get to have two street signs. OK, a day later that's maybe not quite as funny. I was quite cold at the time.It is mostly blocked off to traffic now, with big mechanical roadblocks etc now. I can understand they lost many friends in Sept 11, but like the search we get every time we take the truck through the tunnel, I don't think this will stop a determined nutter.
Also, Wall street is the home of the NY stock exchange - and a purdy display of 'holiday' (they don't say Christmas here, it's 'holiday') inspired patriotisim.
My banana and me salute them.
We ended our day by spending even more money at my favourite NY store - Trash & Vaudeville.Two stores in one (or one store in two...) downstairs is 'Trash' - very English inspired punk gear & upstairs is 'Vaudeville' - glamGoth gear, lots of velvet, spikes & PVC.
Alex, Adam & I already own utili-kilts from here (which I live in). Today Alex purchased a fab pair of cherry Doc's and I bought a groovy skirt. We actually only went in to get me trousers, however...
Any way, lovely day was had & many piccys taken. I will leave it to Alex to wow you with images taken today that are actually in focus & straight.
Best wishes to all,
Rach.
2 comments:
I caught the Staten Island ferry in 1999 when I was a tourist in New York.
Ahem pssst "Manhattan"
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