Sunday, October 16, 2005
UN, U2 and lots and lots of rain
Its been quite a while since I did a posting so theres a bit to say and lots of pictures!
Last weekend the rain started here in New York. Really raining. This weekend the rain has stopped. Yes, a whole week of torrential rain. People say the weather in England is always wet but i've never seen anything like last week here!
Last weekend we had a nice day out on Saturday. We went on a tour of the United Nations building on the shores of the East River stretching down from 46th to 42nd St. It was build in the 50s as you'd expect and has some of the most wonderful architecture. Its due for a complete refurbishment at the beginning of 2006 so we had to get there before it was all changed!
Here are some of the pictures;
Outside the UN (Carrie is the one with the umbrella by the statue!}
The meeting room of the UN security council
The meeting room of the UN General Assembly
...and while we were there we were lucky enough to meet one of the very important international delegates to the UN.....
This is the rain on way home!
A drowned rat..
We were really lucky last week too and managed to get hold of tickets to one night of the sold out U2 world tour at Madison Square Garden. It was a great concert, fantastic light shows etc. The people here love U2 so the crowd was really amazing as well. They made a lot of noise! They were supported by Keane, who were alright I suppose!
We've been checking some of the independent picture houses too. Last night we saw 'Masculine, Feminine', a Jean Luc Godard film at a cinema called the 'Film Forum' in SoHo. This week 'Harakiri', a Japanese samurai film is on at the Lincoln Center Film Society. We can walk there from our apartment, so we'll definitely be going to that!
Whilst we were down in the village this weekend we spotted a great record player in a window of a record shop, so we bought it! Its got a fantastic name, its a Planetron 2000! Made in 1968 and shaped like a spaceship - how can it get much better ?
It also has a radio so we can listen to KROC New York, and a knackered 8-track which is really no loss to us. [Ralph - theres a project for you when you come over!?]
Here are some pictures of the fantastic futuristic Planetron 2000! It also sounds pretty good too....
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Last weekend the rain started here in New York. Really raining. This weekend the rain has stopped. Yes, a whole week of torrential rain. People say the weather in England is always wet but i've never seen anything like last week here!
Last weekend we had a nice day out on Saturday. We went on a tour of the United Nations building on the shores of the East River stretching down from 46th to 42nd St. It was build in the 50s as you'd expect and has some of the most wonderful architecture. Its due for a complete refurbishment at the beginning of 2006 so we had to get there before it was all changed!
Here are some of the pictures;
Outside the UN (Carrie is the one with the umbrella by the statue!}
The meeting room of the UN security council
The meeting room of the UN General Assembly
...and while we were there we were lucky enough to meet one of the very important international delegates to the UN.....
This is the rain on way home!
A drowned rat..
We were really lucky last week too and managed to get hold of tickets to one night of the sold out U2 world tour at Madison Square Garden. It was a great concert, fantastic light shows etc. The people here love U2 so the crowd was really amazing as well. They made a lot of noise! They were supported by Keane, who were alright I suppose!
We've been checking some of the independent picture houses too. Last night we saw 'Masculine, Feminine', a Jean Luc Godard film at a cinema called the 'Film Forum' in SoHo. This week 'Harakiri', a Japanese samurai film is on at the Lincoln Center Film Society. We can walk there from our apartment, so we'll definitely be going to that!
Whilst we were down in the village this weekend we spotted a great record player in a window of a record shop, so we bought it! Its got a fantastic name, its a Planetron 2000! Made in 1968 and shaped like a spaceship - how can it get much better ?
It also has a radio so we can listen to KROC New York, and a knackered 8-track which is really no loss to us. [Ralph - theres a project for you when you come over!?]
Here are some pictures of the fantastic futuristic Planetron 2000! It also sounds pretty good too....
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