Monday, May 2, 2011

New York Diary 4

I ate out almost every day. But in that time I had a stomach ache.
Because every food was completely large for me, but it was too deliscious.
I couldn't eat all.
Therefor I often bought some items for lunch or dinner in organic superstores.
There were tons of organic superstores, I've never seen normal one.
Birdbath Bakery was amazing! It was better than City Bakery. Every bread was organic.

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The yoghurt is no fat at Wholefoods.
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Good-bye New York for a while.

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My New York Diary 3

I wanted to go to see SNL at 30 Rock.But I gave up standing line due to traffic problem.
So I often went to NBC store. I am kind of a comedy geek girl, this place makes me feel very happy.
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Next time I hope to meet my fav comedians!

Highline.
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Empir bldg is here!
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She was smiling me.
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Lower Manhattan.
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Near my hotel in Brooklyn.
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Near PS1.
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My New York Diary 2

The B&B and the hotel I stayed were in central Brooklyn near Borough Hall.
I can easy to access Manhattan.

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Night
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The tote bag by fieldguided was very useful!
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Do you see the tiny squirrel in Central Park?
I saw them other areas in NY, they were so adorable.
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Rainy day in Bryant Park. It became my fav place.
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I hung out many museums, the American Museum of Natural Hisotary was my best one. It was extremely huge, you never believe it!
I was too tired to walk.

Please see the film "Night Museum 1", if you interested in it. That's funny.
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The NEW MUSEUM in BOWERY was not so good for me, PS1 is better than it.
But I enjoyed there. It designed by architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA.
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While I was in NY, it rained all the time.
Williamsburg.
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Spoonbill & Sugartown was my best bookstore.I bought Patti Smith's photo book.
I really like Williamsburg. I hope I could live there.
Many restaurants I wanted to visit were so crowded, even though on a weekday.
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Friday, April 29, 2011

MY NEW YORK DIARY 1

3月の終わりからニューヨークに行っていました。
私にとっては初の北米で何もかも初めてのことばかりでした。
街の土地勘も無いし、初めは迷ったり色んなシステムがどうなってるのか分からず落ち込んだりしましたが、ニューヨーカーの親切な人たちがいつも助けてくれてとても楽しく過ごすことができました。

子供のときは毎日のいろんな出来事が初めてだけど大人になるとそうはいかなくなります。
初めてのことにびっくりしたり、慌てたり、他の言葉をしゃべる人と少しでも同じ感情をシェアしたり、そういうことがしたくて私はいつも旅に出ます。
アメリカが凋落していることは皆が知っていても、ニューヨークはそれとは違う次元にいる様な感じがしました。経済危機や9.11等沢山のことがこの街に起こったけれど、ゆるくてポジティブな雰囲気に溢れている。それが私の印象でした。

For a couple of years ago I met some interesting stuff of American culture.
So I've been thinking of it, Especially New York city.
Luckily at the end of February I got the ticket of LCD SOUNDSYSTEM show.
I booked 2 hotels and an airplane ticket.

But later the big quake hit Japan. It caused very serious situation in our country.
Being very depressed, I was out of my mind what was happening here.
I didn't want to give up my trip to NY, although there are a lot of problems like planning blackouts, traffic trouble, radiation. It was sure that I had a strong will.

I chose Continental Airlines, because it has widely seats and tons of movies.
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My choice was true. I enjoyed my flight and saw BLACK SWAN, TRUE GRID, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL(so funny), THE FIGHTER, MARY & MAX(only 30minutes), LITTLE FOCKERS.

Maybe these pics were across the North Pole. How amazing!
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Arriving Newark Airport, I lost to my hotel in Brooklyn because I never knew New York huge city.
But a very very kind black woman who is a gospel singer took me to the B&B.
The B&B I stayed was very cozy, and all staff was very friendly.
I mean most Newyorker were like that.

My cozy room.
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