Last summer, my family and I headed to NYC, third time for me, first time for my daughter. We had so much fun showing her the Statue of Liberty, walking on the High Line, watching a basketball game at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn between The NY Liberties and Connecticut Wise (NY lost but Susan Sarandon was there!), watching Wicked on Broadway, and enjoyed a full day at Coney Island.
As for me, I totally enjoyed the food, the shopping, and the artistic and painting opportunities. Speaking of which, I signed up for a sketching session with a small group at the Grand Central Terminal. It was quite fun, but also tiring having to stand up for hours.
On the way there, we flew Air France, as usual and had a blast on the Business Class cabin watching Dune and enjoying the meal, the wine, the champagne, the reclining seat and the huge leg room. The service was always very good.
We stayed at SIXTY LES, our favorite hotel in NYC and we got the nicest view of the Manhattan Skyline on the corner suite of the 17th floor. It was so nice to see this view first thing in the morning and last thing at night, especially when the Empire State Building twinkles every hour after dusk, like the Eiffel Tower. I don’t remember seeing this before in my previous visits.
Anyway, I had some nice painting opportunities from the view in our bedroom, and also did some shopping at Blick Art Materials in Soho. I was so happy to find a big discount on Daniel Smith and Holbein watercolor pigments, and that the watercolor paper I bought in SFO and very much liked was available there! Oh, and we also went to the MET. 🙂
More of the fun on my Youtube video:
Next time, I’ll be writing about my Yoga and Watercolor Art Retreat in Lanzarote, Canary Islands!
Thanks for dropping by! Keep shining! 🙂
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