I wandered around, stopping in little shops and high-end clothing boutiques. I wore a sweater today for the first time since I was in Fargo. I was talking with my friend today who lives in Phoenix about the weather and she was pretty jealous. Apparently Phoenix doesn't have seasons. She wanted to live vicariously through me, so she wanted a picture of me enjoying the fall. This is what I got:
That's the pumpkin spice latte Starbucks just got back again. Can't get much more 'fall' than that, huh? After finishing my latte I did a couple sudoku puzzles and called a couple friends back in Fargo to catch up.A great day!
...now for a couple photos. I took these back on September 11th on the way to the train from work. This is Grace Church on Broadway. The church was built in 1843 in the Gothic Revival style and is open to the public for a while every day. Sometimes I'll duck in there on my way to work and say a little prayer or two. It's a nice place to relax and have some quiet in a busy city. It was cloudy that night and the moon looked pretty cool. I was really glad I had my camera!
This second photo was taken looking toward ground zero from Union Square. I had seen those lights on TV before, but it's such a different experience seeing them from within the city. It was strange to be standing somewhere I am all the time in the city, then realizing that pre-2001 there would have been those towers in the skyline. Whoever thought of those lights was a genius. For a person who had never been to NYC before 9-11-01 and had never seen the buildings in person, it brought a reality that I never felt seeing images on TV.
So, why are all of these photos blurry? I didn't use a flash. My bad.
3 comments:
Great pics. Right down there by Ground Zero is FDNY's Ten House, and there's an amazing 9/11 memorial wall sculpture there.
Pumpkin spice latte sounds yummy. One of my friends was just telling me how good it is the other day; I've never tried it. Definitely a fall beverage.
Hi Nate, thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. It was fun checking out your home remodel blog. My grandparents were from Bismarck, ND before they moved out West here to WA.
Best of luck in NYC. Spent a couple weeks there in '02 and loved it! You're going to have tons of fun. Pretty people and amazing architecture there.
Hi, Nate! Beautiful pictures (don't care if they are "blurry")! The lights are truly phenominal.
Before I forget to ask you again, are you related to Richard & Lorraine Larson that now live in Arizona? He is a Lutheran pastor.
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