to move up and down
Top of the Rock
On November 1st 2005 re-opened the observation deck on top of the GE building at Rockefeller Center A few of days later we went up there and took some photos. While not as high up as the Empire State, it is located right in the heart of Midtown. It also sports an unobstructed view from the upper platform.
Fire Island!
On the July 4th weekend of 2001, we wanted to take advantage of the beautiful beaches around New York for the first time. A colleague recommended Fire Island, so we took the train and a boat to the Pines and spent a blissful day there. We came back many times for day trips, until 2009, when we started renting a share for the summer. Today, we’re kicking off the 2011 season.
Birthday!
Two birthday parties, each year in NYC. This photo is from 2005, when we celebrated at Vasmay Lounge, a bar we hung out more often than in our living room, at least for a while. The cake was pretty good!
Manhattanhenge
Four times a year, the sun is perfectly aligned with the street grid of Manhattan, thus providing the opportunity for some stunning photos. Today, May 30th 2011 is such a day and May 30th 2009 was as well. So Elke and I travelled to Midtown to take some shots - this is one of them
BBQ Buffet
2006 we hosted a Memorial Day BBQ party on our terrace.
Queen Mary 2’s first visit
In April 2004 Queen Mary 2 visited New York for the first time. When she left the city in the evening there was fireworks and a great deal of people watching. We tried to take pictures and bought even a ISO 800 film. With devastating results: this photo is the only one that is not completely blurry.
Moving out!
We’re now in our new place, for almost a year. This photo was taken last year, a few days before our moving date, while exploring our future neighborhood.
The day we met Melissa
Speaking of visitors: This week, another friend stays at our house. This photo was taken in August 2007 at the 14th Street F train stop, the day we met her at another friends party. Which happened two block from where we would move three years later. And we missed a free Blonde Redhead show at the McCarren Park pool that day too.
May 2009, our friend Volkmar was visiting us. Luckily, he’s currently visiting again, hence this picture.
— Elke
The Blue
It wasn’t blue yet, but this is the beginning of the luxury apartment building “The Blue” on Delancey Street in April 2006 as seen from our bedroom window. When we moved to the Lower East Side the first time in 2001 there was not a single high rise building in the neighborhood - now there’s a whole bunch of them.
