Third Anniversary in New York City

The Boy and I celebrated our three year anniversary this year which happened to coincide with a trip to New York City that we had planned. Though I have been visiting NYC regularly since I was a kid, the Boy had never been and so I was dying to show him to the Strand, the MoMA and Radio City Music Hall which are my favourite things about NYC.

Among other things, we had anniversary drinks at the infamous Algonquin Hotel, famous for its round table which sat the Viscous Circle (of which Dorothy Parker was a member), stopped by Tom's Restaurant (the one you see in Seinfeld) for coffee, hot chocolate and a delicious apple fritter and had the biggest, most delicious potato pancakes at a restaurant called Bloom's Deli.

Generally, I really hate NYC and this trip only reinforced my hatred for that city. It's dirty, rude and pompous, and far too hectic for its own good. I would hate to live there and so when we returned to clean, calm happy Toronto, both the Boy and I really felt true love for our home city.

Despite my negative feelings for the city, I cannot deny that it makes for some gorgeous photos every now and then, so here are some film, iPhone and digital shots from our recent visit to the Big Apple.

(All photos of me were taken by the Boy, obviously.)

We had amazing potato pancakes at this place. They were so huge that the Boy still can't hear "Potato Pancakes" without getting sick!

We found this guy dancing his ass off at 10am in the middle of Times Square on New Year's Day.

Christmastime in the Carolinas

This year, my mum and I decided to head down South to spend Christmas with my kid brother and his new in-laws. They reside in a little town in North Carolina, but were sweet enough to drive us around to show us various cities in the state as well as some in South Carolina.

Most of my time was spent gushing over the fact that I was actually in the South about which I had read so many books and when I was taking photos, it was of Catherine's back and beautiful hair in various areas in the states. Nevertheless, I got a number of decent shots of the cities and nature of North Carolina and even though I realised I could never actually happily live in the South, I will definitely be returning for visits in future.

Here are some film, iPhone and digital shots of our trip various cities in North and South Carolina including WIlmington, Southport, Myrtle Beach and Charleston.

iPhone

Film

Myrtle Beach

Charleston

Poplar Grove Plantation - Wilmington, N.C.

Bellamy Mansion - Wilmington, N.C.