blue hour

we usually arrived back at the hotel just as the sun went down,
with enough light to imagine how nice it must be there during summer.
it was definitely too chilly to use the pool.

our Italian colleagues were incredibly nice, and made us eat incredible amounts of food.
we would usually go for lunch and dinner
with at least two courses per meal (we would try to only have one course,
but somehow they would always trick us into eating at least two!).

apart from eating we visited all the factories and different showrooms,
it was so nice to see where all the furniture is made
(kitchens and wardrobes in a pretty big factory with clever machines and amazingly few people,
sofa covers in a small backyard shed that used to house the founders' small carpentry company back in the 60s).
it felt great to see how much the production is still rooted in the area.

we also had a chance to see a bit of Como,
and spent an afternoon in Milan.
pictures soon, and I wish you a lovely rest of the weekend.

hello!

hello again after two weeks of absence, it's good to be back!
the first week, as you know, I spent in Italy,
the second week was full of too many problems at work, being very sleepy by 8pm,
resentment of all the noise and stress of NYC, dreams of moving back to Europe,
and the greatest sunny and warm fall weather (clearly NYC trying to get me to love it again).

today the weather is cooler but very sunny, and it's impossible to not love this city.
and in a minute we will take our weekend neighborhood walk to pick up dry cleaning (T), films I dropped off two weeks ago (me) and maybe a coffee or some fancy-food shopping, and definitely some picture taking.

above you can see the hotel that me and my three colleagues
stayed at during our time in Italy (first two pictures).
I will show you more soon.

Thank you so much for all the nice comments on my last post,
and see you soon!

off

after a busy week with lots of work and the parents in town I'm off to Italy:
work is sending me to the factory and headquarters
(somewhere between Como and Milan) for a week of training,
and I'm very excited (especially about not seeing my own desk for a week)!

I'll see you soon, have a great weekend and next week!

concert in central park

more lomo pictures from july:
we met some friends for a free ny philharmonics concert
and a picnic in central park.
we arrived just before it started so we ended up far from the stage
put close to the speakers.
as the sun went down the light was amazing
most people were lying on their backs, perfectly quiet,
listening to the music,
looking into the sky or falling asleep for a little while (I did).

usually T does not like to show his face here so much,
but he made an exception for this picture
because I love the light and the colors and all the detail in it so much.
thank you T!

manhattan from LIC

a very dramatic looking manhattan skyline
as seen by my lomo from long island city in july.

july

fall has definitely started in NYC this last week,
with way too much rain in all shapes and sizes
and way too few clear skies.

I like looking at summer pictures,
those hot NY summer nights seem so distant already.
The three above were taken in july
at one of the celebrate brooklyn concerts
in prospect park.

adjaye on lomo

I have always admired david adjaye's work
and there is actually one of his houses
not far from where we live.
We passed it on our bikes one hot day this summer
and luckily I had my lomo with its wide angle-lens with me.

I love the alternating matte wood and glossy glass panels,
and the way the sky and the surroundings
are reflected in the glass.