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Checking out the Lady

Chris and I spent Thanksgiving morning doing something I've always wanted to do -- see the Statue of Liberty. Real New Yorkers rarely if ever make this trip, and since we've only lived here just under three months, I still consider ourselves little more than tourists, so it felt like now or never.

It was kind of a pain (getting out there, the two security screenings, the waiting for the ferry) but a wonderful experience. We had to be at Battery Park at Castle Clinton before 8:00 AM to catch the first ferry, otherwise we wouldn't make our afternoon dinner reservations. It was cold as hell, but we are from Chicago and can take it.

 



 

Chris at MOAF exhibition "Trading on the Street"

We went to the Museum of American Finance on Wall St. last night for the opening reception of the new exhibition Trading on the Street. Chris was the exhibit preparator for this show, a job he was contracted to do and has been working on for the past 4 weeks. It all came together, and media outlets were there last night, so it's getting attention. It was great to be there and hear the museum's president thank the staff and crew, including Chris. I was proud!

Car engulfed in flames

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Thursday morning, Nov. 13.

I'm in the New York Times today

Photo originally uploaded by NY Times.

Ok, I'm a just a tiny speck, having lunch. That's me on the right, behind the guy in the white cable sweater.

Article (NY Times, 11.19.08):

Contemplating Heaven, but Drilling Deep Down

A Visit to Trinity Churchyard

Here's an image I took yesterday that I thought was appropriately post-Halloween-ish, the beautiful and spooky Trinity Churchyard on ghoulish, haunted Wall St. It's the final resting place of many dignitaries including the first U.S. treasurer Alexander Hamilton, who died in 1804 after being shot in a duel. The Gothic Revival-style Trinity Church designed by Richard Upjohn is to the right.