Author: Sheila Loring

My First Visit to New York City

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Visiting New York City had always been a dream of mine. So many of my favorite artists lived there — Rothko, Rauschenberg, Frankenthaler. I dreamed of visiting the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Met to see all of the grand art I’d studied in college. And I admit that my obsession with Sex and the City influenced my travels there.

When one of my favorite Broadway plays hit the scene in 2014, I could no longer procrastinate. I booked an AirBNB special in the hip artsy Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn off Varet and Bogart. It was fine for $60/night. Perfect location, close to the metro, quiet, and relatively safe.

Here are a few of my favorite photos. Visit flickr.com for more.

 

Reflections from the Lisa Perry store on Madison Ave.
Ralph Lauren store display
Running to work
Businessman
Drama student in Washington Square Park
The Cellar at Beecher’s Handmade Cheese
Front porch
Dandy menswear
Lichtenstein at the MOMA
Zoe Leonard’s camera obscura at the Whitney museum
Poster for Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Bellagio
Zoe Leonard's camera obscura
Zoe Leonard exhibit at the Whitney
High Line walkway in Chelsea
Taken from the High Line walkway in Chelsea
High Line walkway in Chelsea
On the High Line
High Line walkway in Chelsea
On the High Line walkway in Chelsea
Times Square
The ubiquitous Times Square pic
Mom's motto
Mom’s motto (and quickly becoming mine)
Graffiti in Brooklyn
I’d rather be birding in Brooklyn