I recently celebrated my 1-year anniversary of living in New York. Sometimes I love it, and sometimes I hate it, but I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. In honor of the big moment, I’ve complied some of my favorite photos that I’ve taken of this crazy city over the past year. Here’s to many more to come.
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Macy’s Art in Bloom
Every year, Macy’s in Herald Square puts on a huge flower exhibition called Art in Bloom. This show has been going on in some form or another since 1946. It first started out as potted plants, but has since expanded to a huge spectacle with millions of flowers and countless local vendors and florists participating to transform Macy’s from a department store into an amazing flower landscape, straight from the whimsical pages of Alice in Wonderland.
This year, the show runs from March 22-April 4. Over the course of the two weeks, there were countless events and classes held at Macy’s. Unfortunately, with a busy spring schedule and regular work hours, I was unable to make it to any of the fun painting and flower arranging classes and had to settle for just wandering around the massive store and looking at all of the beautiful flowers. I headed there one day after work to try and beat the weekend rush (but, really, the world’s largest Macy’s is always crowded).
Randall’s Island
Saturday morning’s weather was beautiful – aside from the six inches of melting slush on the ground. Friday’s disgusting snowfall had left its mark, but fortunately Saturday’s warm weather quickly melted the majority of the snow and made for a nice, if wet, morning. Our friend Chris was coming into the city for a big rugby tournament on Randall’s Island. I know absolutely nothing about rugby, but I couldn’t pass up an excuse to head to Randall’s Island to check out what it had to offer – besides Governor’s Ball – and bask in the first sunny-ish day of spring.
View of upper Manhattan from Randall’s Island