Santacon & My First Tree Trimming Party

Santacon at 8th Avenue So every year a couple of days before Christmas half of New York decides to get into  a Santa costume and get t...

NY style Xmas gift

A solution for a real New York kind of problem- getting your toe nails done in winter. Something I have been struggling with for a few weeks...

Stuck on the 6 train...

So I had a New York experience yesterday that I may well have skipped: we got stuck in the subway. Getting onto an overcrowded 6 train at 5...

Vowing to avoid Rockefeller Center during the holidays

The colorful light installation at the Helmsley, in front of the MetLife building  Saks Fifth Avenue definitley got some attention wi...

More fashion impressions

Jean Paul was inspired by the punk movement in London in the 1970's Björk wore one of these outfits - amazing fashion inspired b...

Brooklyn museum - Jean Paul Goultier

The new exhibition in the Brooklyn Museum is well worth it amazing installation, superimposing the faces onto the mannequins My f...

Window shopping on 5th avenue

Gorgeous decoration of the shop windows in some of the department stores...

Rockefeller plaza and the tree

Since I didn't make it last year I really wanted to see the tree this year but I have to say, was more impressed by the dancing and enth...

Black or rather clean up Friday

Black Friday or the busiest shopping day of the year... Apparently still draws quite a crowd. These kids must have shopped since Than...

Thanksgiving aka turkey day

Delicious pumpkin and corn bread to be had at this stall Frying lots of meat - but have to say was a little jelaous of the warmth...

Turkey & Thyme or preparing for the big dinner...

Since I don't eat the real turkey - this was pretty good :-) Some of the big birds... I think they were preparing about 70 of the...

A Stroll Around the Art Galleries in Chelsea

My favorite piece - price tag - around 100,000 USD... Amazing piece, combining the words and images...  So in line with my determin...

This is America Latina too

Came across a mexican bull fight on Costa Rican tv yesterday - very cruel but I guess part of the conquistador inspired culture... The torer...

Samara & Playa Carillo

Brillant holiday destination I have to say. Even though Costa Rica is not as cheap as panama or Nicaragua I think it's certainly well wo...

Samara- endless beaches and growler monkeys

After a bit of a bumpy trip we made it to the pacific coast in samara- a beautiful place. Staying at a great hotel called the 'hideaway...