Highlights of NYC.

Outside of the Today show, they were filming a piece on the children's book Corduroy. I couldn't get too close, nor did I see Matt Lauer or anyone else on that show but I found it highly coincidental that this was going on while I happened to BE in NYC and trying to break into the children's book industry. This was very exciting for me!



While walking through Central Park, I saw this mother and son walking arm and arm and I found it so endearing I just had to take a photo of them. One day I hope to be able to stroll along with my own son, our arms hooked into one another's. Bliss.



The Flatiron building.
The building owes its name to the triangular plot of land upon which it sits, which was called the Flatiron block. Contrary to urban mythology, this name predates the building's construction. It was officially the Fuller Building, but from the beginning it became popularly known as the Flatiron. One of the city's oldest existing skyscrapers (22 stories, 285 feet tall), it was built in 1902, designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style. The exterior is a rusticated limestone with glazed terra-cotta.
On its own island block, it is circumscribed by 23rd Street, Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 22nd Street, diagonally across Madison Square Park. The area neighboring it is known as the Flatiron District.



A cool metal box outside of a restaurant.



The Manhatten Bridge.


The Brooklyn Bridge.




Sunday's Gratitude:
I am so grateful for all the lovely artwork at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Monday's Gratitude:
I am so grateful for public transportation!