LUNCH WITH THE LOVELY LAURA

 

 

We met at AYZA…….Wine and Chocolate Bar on West 31st street.

Laura and Chrystie…………and a very sweet waitress helped us decide which chocolate is the most divine.  Jacque Torres champagne truffles or ……..

Molten Chocolate cupcake with raspberry sauce.  Good choice.

We paused for water at the garden in the middle of the street in front of the Flatiron Building.

Giant Head sculpture in Madison Square Park by the Spanish artist Jaume Plensa.  Her name is “Echo”………..44 feet tall……inspited by the Greek mythological nymph.

She was having a ball with her chalk.

Stopped for YOGO on the corner of the park.

We picked up a Rustic Tuscan loaf at Eataly food emporium on Fifth Avenue.

Georgia peaches were enticing.

We strolled up Fifth Avenue to 31st street……..toward the Empire State Building

We liked the menu…………but we just ate!  Back later………..for dinner.

We headed for the High Line, the new park built on the railroad tracks along the Hudson River.

Met two really charming students….Rosemary and Brittany…

so cute…..I wanted to take them home with me…………for tea on the terrace.

We stopped in at the BORTOLAMI Gallery on West 20th street.

The current show is by the artist Thilo Heinzman.

Laura met one of her clients………….the director of the gallery.  Cute guy!

 

 

20 New Yorker’s who can FACE IT !

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. PINKY……….just atands there in at middle of Broadway at 39th street.

 

Met her at the Cherry Festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

 

Model on the HIGH LINE………..doing a TV commercial

 

Street clown………..the kiddies love her.

 

Mime in the subway station………he was NOT amusing.

She sells clothes at the Columbus Flea Market………..her shop is called “OFF BROADWAY”.

 

He’s a regular shopper at the Flea……….and lots of fun.

She was on a bus………did her limo break down?

On a poster…..on a bus!

 

Her usual “get-up”………but all her clothes are wild.

 

OK…..she’s not a New Yorker………….a charmer visiting from London.

 

And this sweetie is visiting from Seattle.

 

 

 

It’s the HAT that makes the outfit.

 

Just standing  there on Columbus Ave.

 

Part of a photo show at the Chelsea Market.

 

Writing in his diary…………..resting on his bench on the High Line in Chelsea.

 

This charmer is the manager at the Crosby Street Hotel……….there to fulfill your every desire.

 

My favorite dealer at the local Flea Market.

He called this a 5 day growth……….dying to see 15!

He just sits there on his bench in Central Park………waiting for someone to throw some silver into his shoebox.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE PARK Garden Restaurant

Lunching in a garden paradise………..on 10th avenue and 18th street.

The PARK……….yes, it used to be a garage for autos.

The inside dining room………a vast space……… [with a night club on the roof........opens at midnight].

The Garden room……….open to the sky………..and little sparrows dart in and out.

Bring bird seeds……or collect the crumbs from your bread board.

“O.K. ladies……….have you made up your mind”?

The Crispy  Calamari……..NO….make that Mussels and Chorizo…………wait a second………how’s the Wild Striped Bass?

Pinot…..make that four please.

Our neighbor at the next table…………How did he get that lemon into the bottle?

Railroad ties for walls.

Petunias………oh so pretty

Lior and his charming companion………..waiting for their friends to arrive…….

Friends.

Birdnests?…………..try LAMPS!

Please………do not order Venison!

Stairs to the Night Club.

Yes………this is bizarre………the light over the stairs to the Ladies Room.

These murals are beautifully executed…….but a bit wierd for a Garden Restaurant.

After lunch……….walk the HIGH LINE park………..and marvel at the Frank Gehry office tower