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NYC Street Art and Tour

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Happy Tuesday everyone.  What a crazy morning.  I am staying with my friend Sue while in NY and we were up until almost 2am in her craft room.  Me - preparing the kits for the baby mini album I am doing this Saturday and next week.  And Sue - working on some ideas for her Etsy shop.  Today it is rainy and gross so it will be back to Sue's craft room for most of the day. Just wanted to share some more photos from this weekend's traipse around lower Manhattan.  On Friday night, after the Chinese food at Wo Hop, I noticed lots of cool street art on buildings and told Justin that Sunday would be Little Italy day to get these shots in the daytime. We took the train down to the new Cortlandt Subway station.  This was one of the stations that was closed for a long time after 9-11.  Found some amazing tiled art on the wall that just mesmerized me. Then we started to walk towards Little Italy, through Chinatown again.  ...

NYC on a Beautiful Night

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Hey everyone.  Just wanted to share some fun photos from yesterday.  After working all day at The Ink Pad, it was time to have some fun as a "tourist".  Started by heading over to Warby Parker for some new glasses.  After trying on a few styles and asking both stramgers and friends for their advice, I went way out of my comfort zone and settled on these.   If you need glasses with amazing prices and unbelievable customer service, check them out at www.warbyparker.com ! Then we  walked around the meatpacking area where I found this cool piece on the wall of an old butcher.   Then we started to walk downtown along The Hudson River path.  Got some really nice photos of the sun setting as well as lower Manhattan and the new Freedom Tower. Got to the Financial District (cause I got us lost) but took this cool photo of The New York Stock Exchange. Even though my feet were killing me, I was a troo...