This story starts from day 2 because we didn't do much on day 1 apart from queueing to be chit-chatted to and finger printed by incompetent, half-witted officers at the JFK airport. Honestly. It took about two hours to get out of the airport.
Day 2 started on a good note, though. Just a short walk from our hotel on Broome Street near Little Italy, soon after the beautifully graffiti-decorated furniture shop -
...lovely breakfast at Cafe Habana.
BTW, there will be loads of fisheye photos. I chipped my Sigma 10-20mm lens some time ago; sent it to Sigma for them to replace the front element, and it didn't come back in time for our trip, so I used the fisheye a lot instead. (Miles lent his wide angle Sigma every now and then, though.)
After a short subway ride...
...resurfaced at Macy's.
After 10 long minutes of shopping at Macy's, Miles spotted a Wig Salon on the 5th floor. The next 30 minutes flew by!
Back on street level...
...and higher up.
A closer-up.
Towards the other direction.
The Empire State from the bottom up.
Times Square, looking quite surreal through the fisheye lens.
I think we managed to find the most expensive bar in Manhattan (well, not quite - but still).
Subway back to downtown.
...to meet Marc in an Irish Pub.
Had a good time chatting with Marc, after which he escorted us to his recommended pizza restaurant, Lombardi. Miles has some photos from there, but I don't. Pizza was delicious. :-)
Thursday 4 December 2008
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2 comments:
Katariina,
Good to see your photos again. I bookmarked your website and will read and explore longer.
i LOVE your fish eye images. They are so artistic and do show huge scale and intensity of a city life.
Stan Pustylnik
The pizza in question can be seen here.
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