Thursday, May 16, 2013

First Avenue and 10th Street

Quite enough wandering round in the woods - so back to the city.


It's odd how very parochial and local one gets - so the East Side seems an exotic country to me where they decorate the corners of buildngs and door frames.


Abstracy and psychedelic.


How few people make their own clothes nowadays...


Another decorated door frame. Here bits of old china and other porcelain stuff...



Here a lot of shattered plates.


Very traditional Italian pastry shop..


and other good things to eat.


Such lovely old signs.



I end up eating one of the chocolate doughnuts at Taralluci.




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14 comments:

  1. LeslieMay 16, 2013 at 9:45 AM

    love the gerber daisies in the glass vase in your last shot. what an interesting and colorful series - i particularly like the doorframe decorated with a mosaic of broken plates and pottery.

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  2. bea's blogMay 16, 2013 at 12:12 PM

    Lovely sights of NY again; you provide the best snaps.
    ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
    Beatrice

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  3. angryparsnipMay 16, 2013 at 12:16 PM

    Love when I can tag along on your walks through the city.

    cheers, parsnip

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  4. AnonymousMay 16, 2013 at 12:53 PM

    Good things to eat, indeed. I love the signs.

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  5. Linda SueMay 16, 2013 at 1:22 PM

    this is such a fun trip through town! Some town (?) Very entertaining- so LOVE the old signs- the plastered walls- odds and sodds, are, um, curious.

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  6. dianasfaria.comMay 16, 2013 at 1:31 PM

    oh gosh - yummy!
    & I love how you frame your shots Elizabeth. You're so talented.
    You also made me remember my mom making me clothes with Butterick patterns.
    : )

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  7. willMay 16, 2013 at 2:31 PM

    Mmmm. The painted building corner reminds me of a different time and place ... San Francisco, 1965 or so.

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  8. ElizabethMay 17, 2013 at 6:55 AM

    Bill Stankus: I have been shut out from reading your blog! Help!

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  9. FrancesMay 17, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    Elizabeth, I haven't been over to that side of town in so long. Thank you for reminding me of its joys!

    xo

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  10. LeenieMay 17, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    How fun to be able to go just a few blocks and be in a different village. Such amazing and cheerful decorations on the shop corners and what a bounty of varieties of food. Still, nothing beats a chocolate donut.

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  11. Rose ~ from OzMay 17, 2013 at 7:19 PM

    Mmmm, the bakeries!
    My favourite pic is the neon signs - I wonder if they work?

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  12. moonstruckcreationsMay 18, 2013 at 4:42 AM

    New York looks truly amazing!

    Helenxx

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  13. willMay 18, 2013 at 8:51 AM

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  14. Em ParkinsonJune 4, 2013 at 6:40 AM

    I missed this one for some reason.....such beautiful signs. Thanks for another fabulous tour!

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