Only in New York...

Can you get away with calling a German restaurant 'Lederhosen'...

The ghostbusters fire station in my street

And this is what's actually inside...

Meet up - language exchange

Lots of random people meeting up to speak different languages. Was actually fun and I finally got to practise my Spanish again. Will definit...

Just like in the summer in Washington square park..

Old guys playing chess - nice scene...

Sony Center on Madison Ave and 55th St

Interesting concept of an indoor park here- nice and warm place for people to meet up - really liked it!

Finally uptown again- Park Avenue...

Taking a short trip uptown for a meet-up after a nice brunch in the spotted pig in the West Village and a shopping tour in SoHo (quite succe...

didn't think it was this cold in NY...

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It's finally snowing in Manhattan

City hall park on the first snowy evening I have seen in NY apart from the winter storm we had right after Sandy. Let's see if the sno...

Filming in the financial district

Customer service agent

In my next life I am going to become a customer service agent - I just found out that you really have to know nothing for that job. After m...

American cups...

So true...

To have a lot of space in NY you gotta be rich or small ;-) good point actually!

My favourite ads

This one says, people have more to talk about than their kids in NY ;-) nice one!

Setting up for Fashion Week

shame on me- I had no idea but apparently it takes place twice a year- once to present the spring and once the fall collections...

Inside Milk studios

Pretty interesting- a lot of magazine and commercial shoots take place here...

Nice view of the High Line

From above... Gotta love Chelsea...

Subway ride

On our way home from williamsburg to manhattan- typical crowd...

Great invention...

An iphone holder for taking pictures of yourself- can come in handy if your arms are too short and you don't want to bother anyone else....

Interesting gathering at Battery Park...

Congregation from Astoria...

View of Manhattan on a sunny Sunday in January

Brooklyn Bridge Run

Gorgegous weather in the city for the long weekend...

The world famous....

Papaya hot dogs- had no idea it was around here in the west village. Must have passed by here a couple of times before. New York Restauran...

More foggy night views of lower manhattan

It's way too warm for this time of the year too- but I'm not complaining since this means you can jog and walk around the city- nice...

Pier 25 in the winter

I realized I hadn't been back here in a long time- my favorite place is pretty deserted in the winter. But at least they opened it back ...

You can barely see the freedom tower because of the fog today

Huge sales all over the city

Or at least they are pretending to have great sales. This one had a DJ in their shop window - Broadway @SoHo

At first I thought they'd give out free stuff

But there was actually a fire alarm at wholefoods on Houston st.

Have to try these some time

Certainly looked yummy - and another testament to how Jewish this city is. Met some more people yesterday who only eat kosher - apparently n...

Cleanses and clothes swap...

Wanted to write about two pretty 'New York' things today - just came from a clothes swap, a friend invited me to go to one of her f...

Greenmarket @TriBeCa

Perfect opportunity to try some cheese while walking home all starved after yoga class. And this guy was talking about a cleanse with only d...

The lights this morning...

Were pretty amazing again- just love this view. But am wondering whether we're gonna get any kind of winter this year. Not that I need 4...

I like this one - good examples, especially number 11 ;-)

Welcome back to NY

It's cold but very sunny and pleasant. At least it feels a little more like winter here...

Sternsinger in Aufenau

An old tradition, collecting donations for Tansania...