30/31

tonight we had a delicious mushroom risotto with asparagus
while the rain continued to fall outside.

good night!

29/31

another rainy day, it feels like we'll all be swimming away soon.
finding the new yorker with it's bunny cover in the mailbox brightened my day.

28/31

rainy day, tired tulips.
some sewing, not much leaving the house.
great sunday!

27/31 + lincoln center

on saturday we took a guided tour of lincoln center.
it was very interesting, I had no idea how many great buildings are part of it.

sadly, photography wasn't allowed inside any of them,
and it was very cold, which is why I didn't take very many of the outside.
I'll have to go back sometime soon.

26/31

finishing this book on friday night led to confused dreams about timetravel and rebirth.
I really liked it though, and would definitely recommend it.

T gave me this book last year after a man in a bookstore in London introduced himself
as the author and offered to sign a copy of the book if T wanted to buy it.
when we later googled him we found out that he does this a lot.
I really like this story, and I'm glad I read this book which I otherwise never would have done!

25/31 + perfect spring day

today was sunny and mild again.
I left work at 5:30 (which is actually an acceptable time at my new job - I love it!)
and it was still light when I got home.

the last picture shows the magnolia tree next door, it's starting to look so pretty.

24/31

preparing our favorite muesli with apple and grapefruit for breakfast
(the only picture I managed to take all day).

23/31

T's parents arrived in NYC last night.
we met for dinner and walked them back to their hotel in midtown.
this was one of the windows we passed.

22/31

the first day at work was not bad, everybody was very nice
and I actually managed to get a little bit of work done already.

rain has been raining on our newly cleaned windows all day,
but spring is definitely in the air and there are huge buds
on the magnolia tree next door. I can't wait!

21/31

on sunday I rode my bike to a brooklyn burdastyle sewing club meeting.
T and I did part one of our spring cleaning (part two will need to wait til next weekend)
and then rode our bikes to meet a friend for a delicious dinner here.

20/31

on saturday I helped T and his team take pictures of a model
and enjoyed the view from the 24th floor and the sunshine.

thank you all so much for the birthday wishes,
and all the other nice comments you leave here, they always make my day!

19/31

I'm 29 today! can't believe another year has gone by.
I'm off now for drinks and dinner and look forward to more nice weather this weekend.

I wish you a nice one, too!

18/31

another sunny day, a haircut, a walk around town, a run in the park.
and now a bowl of soup and another episode of one foot in the grave (the best bbc series ever)

17/31

yesterday was another bright and mild day, it seems that spring really has arrived.
I enjoyed one of my last afternoons before I go back to work next week
by taking a walk in prospect park.

16/31

after not having seen the sun in about a week, today was perfect spring.
I visited my new office for a few hours to meet my new colleagues and get an introduction to the job.
everyone there was incredibly nice, and I've got a good feeling about it.
then I took a little walk around midtown. people were sitting in the sun in t-shirts!

the picture above was the view from our window at 7:30 pm.
here in the US the clocks changed last sunday already, and it's amazing how late it gets dark now.

I'm about to go grocery shopping to make this tonight.
I hope it is spring where you are!

15/31 + good news

this morning started with a plumber finally fixing the dripping tap
in our pretty (in an old-lady kind of way) pink-tiled bathroom.

I also want to share some happy news since it is now offical:
I am starting a new job here next Monday!
it will be more interior design than architecture,
and I'm very much looking forward to this change.

phew, I still can't believe that it's finally happened!

14/31

sunday morning blueberry pancakes in newport. mmh!

13/31

day two was spent mostly in the car in and around newport
after we'd gotten pretty wet in the morning.
it was also a lot of fun.

beinecke library

one of the main reasons to stop in new haven was to see yale university's beinecke rare book and manuscript library.

it was built by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1963 and is basically an outer hull of concrete profiles and thin marble panels
that sits on only four incredibly small corner points, plus an internal cube full of books.
there was no way I could get interior shots with my 50 mm lens, so check out this wide-angle picture I found on flickr.

In sunny weather the light will shine through the marble panels, which must be an incredible sight.
Since it was a pretty gray day we could only imagine what it could look like,
but still, the building was absolutely stunning.

here's some more information + pictures.

concrete, wire + lines

lots of beautiful concrete at the yale university art gallery, (built by louis kahn in 1953),
and a nice detail on a work of sol leWitt (last picture, and I wrote about him before here).

new haven, last friday.

12/31

on day one of our little trip last weekend we stopped at new haven, ct
and mystic, ct on the way to newport, ri.
I took this picture in the yale university art gallery.

11/31

tonight feels like friday.

tomorrow morning we'll be heading out of town for a weekend in Newport, RI.
and: tomorrow we'll be married for a whole year already!

I'll see you back here on sunday or monday,
have a great weekend!

10/31

knees. in my favorite gray tights.

still not sure whether this is a new low in this month's pictures,
or somehow quite beautiful?

9/31

still sending out applications.
also knitting (almost done!) and sewing (will show you soon).

8/31

taking a little walk around downtown manhattan today.
we watched woody allen's annie hall tonight. very nice.

7/31

winter's almost over, and my scarf is almost finished!

6/31

today felt like springtime, the sun was shining
and everyone in our neighborhood was out in the streets.

5/31

I spent my free day jobhunting,
sorting out my various paypal accounts into one that I actually know the password for,
knitting a scarf that I have unraveled four times already (but I think I'm on the right way now)
grocery shopping and a little walk around the neighborhood
and preparing dessert for dinner at a friend's place tonight.

I wish you a nice weekend!

4/31

jewels on my wall.
I'm looking forward to spring!

3/31

grey rainy uninspired day. not the most exciting picture. oh dear.
on my way to cook dinner, which will hopefully improve things!

remembering spaces

this is a photography project I did in university a couple of years ago.
the theme was "miniatures".
I called my miniseries "farewell", because that was something I felt I could express well
with the placement of the miniature people (despite their lack of variety in facial expressions)
I really love little model people, especially the woman with the pleated skirt.
and I think the guy in my pictures has a mustache!

I took pictures of my rooms,
stretched all the perspective shots into rectangles (in photoshop)
and built a little model in scale 1:50.
I really like how by doing this 2d and 3d get mixed up.

I was thinking of this today, not so much for the resulting pictures (above)
but for the pictures of the actual model (below),
which will always make me remember these two rooms (in a flat shared with three very nice people)
that I loved so much.
they were north-facing, had great light and were heated with coal ovens
(which wasn't that convenient, but very cheap),
and having two rooms made me feel like I had my own little apartment.

I regret not having done this for the other rooms and apartments that I've lived in.
such nice memories.