Unique New York: Scooter Parking

Sometimes I forget how odd things, like this, must seem to others--who are not from around these parts.  But, sometimes I remember.  Gotta love the scooter parking outside one of the private schools on the UWS.

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I'm grateful for good subway & street performers.  When they make good music it makes this city even more fun to live in!

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Broadway & W 72nd St.  You never know what is lurking in the sewer!

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Yes, I know I'm a complete slacker with my New Year's resolution.  But I think of it often and I'm still taking photos; just not as many as I wanted.  I will post them, I will.

But this is one of those things that I LOVE about New York.  My good friend, Roxy, told me about this place years ago.  I enjoy sewing on my old, hand-me-down Singer, but I still haven't quite figured out how to get the button hole attachment to work (without breaking my needles!!).  Projects will often sit, unfinished for months, until I give in and take them to this little store in the Fashion District.

It's called Jonathan's and it is on W 38th St, between 7th & 8th Aves (closer to 8th, on the south side).

 I love that there's a tiny spot to help me finally complete those little projects for just a couple bucks.

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Broadway & W 57th Street

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W 74th Street

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7th Avenue & W 51st Street

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 Yesterday we found ourselves in Union Square where a new playground has recently opened. 

40 degrees + a school holiday = crazy playground!

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Last week my photography goal sat on the back burner while my sweet Isabella was quite sick.  We didn't leave the apartment for days.  Today you get the view out our window.  What you don't see in this photo is the quietness...or maybe you can see that.  We may live in the middle of a bustling metropolis, but you'd never guess it when you are inside our apartment.  It is so quiet!  That quiet solitude may change when the weather turns warm and our neighbors enjoy their patio.  When that time comes, I may just  reach out my window and grab a burger off their fancy grill.

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In an effort to use my camera more and also capture our everyday life here, in New York City, I'm setting a bit of a New Year's resolution.  With wee ones I hesitate setting anything too rigid (if anything at all) other than the necessities (i.e. take a shower).  (I never thought taking a shower could be a resolution...sweet children certainly change life, don't they?!)  I stray...back to my goal.  I'm hoping to photograph and share, here on the blog, 150 New York City moments this year.  I want to focus on things of the everyday--our everyday--that are unique to our lifestyle in Manhattan.  Why 150 photographs?  Well, one per day (365) sounds fun, but unattainable.  And somedays we have lots of fun, unique experiences which might necessitate more than one photo and other days are, well, pretty hum drum (especially during these cold months) when we don't leave the apartment.

Goals (in a nutshell):
1--carry, use, become more familiar with my Nikon D40
2--capture our everyday life in Manhattan

There you have it! 

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Getting keys made for our new apartment at a hole-in-the-wall locksmith shop.  It's a door, a hallway, and a whole lot of keys.

And for the grandparents: