I also took a few minutes to poke around City Hall Park.
The fountain:
The lanterns around the fountain are actually gas lit. If you click to make the photo bigger you may be able to see the tiny flames.
Some public art. I don't really care for this piece, but it did make some cool shadows:
More public art (I liked this one):
Closeup of the detail on the Woolworth Building (where Josh's office is. Lucky dog):
Cool skyscraper currently under construction. The cool thing about this is that the facade has some waves. At first I thought it was funky shadow, but when I got closer I realized that the facade itself is wavy:
In knitting news, both the Travel Shawl and the Lettuce Pullover are coming along quite beautifully. I'm vastly enjoying both. Currently the Lettuce is my subway project, as I've been going downtown pretty much every day. The Travel Shawl is my Mad Men project. I still find the show to be a little bit cold, but it's sucking me in.
Also, I splurged a little this afternoon and picked up New England Knits by Cecily Glowik MacDonald and Melissa LaBarre (with a coupon, at Borders. Wow, that feels like a Clue game card: Mrs. Watson, Borders Bookstore, with a coupon):
Mostly because I really want to knit pretty much every single pattern in this book. And I have the yarn for quite a few of them in my stash already. So I think I have my entire winter knitting covered.
I'm exhausted just reading about your conversation:) I didn't know those lamps in City Hall Park were gas lit! Cool.
ReplyDeleteThe statue of the lady reminds me of the lace knitter statue in Puerto Rico. And I love the wavy building.
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally envy your fun afternoon with Josh!
Sounds like a great day, and a interesting two hour company. I like people that are able to discuss, exspecially if they have different opinions than me. I like to hear about things from different angels, feel that I learn a lot from it:-) Lovely shots, and I love the gas lanterns. In my country we use very little gas, mostly we use electrisity. Some new buildings with appartments have gas fireplaces, but that is all. Exept when it comes to barbeque in the garden... Then everyone uses gas. Hm now I suddenly realise, and wonder why :-) I myself use coal, I like my food with a slight burned surface and taste :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, I almost drooled on the screen when you showed that book! It's at the very top of my wishlist right now too, I also seem to want to knit every pattern in it! And as a somewhat obsessed Stephen King reader, I sort of gravitated to the title as well.
ReplyDeleteIt will be so much fun to hear what you think about the book and the patterns!