NY Day 13: August 26th 2011

I got up very early for I wanted to go to the Lower East Side & East River Park taking pictures and shooting some movies but I was already too late for the nice morning sun was already too high!

I like the diversity of the picture

Williamsburg Bridge <3

I went to Delcancey Ave to get the J train to Jamaica Centre, yeah I have been to Jamaica, wouldn’t guessed that at all! There I took the R train to get to school. I went with myclass to Coney Island to see the New York Aquarium (I hate Aquariums) but I liked the seahorses!

Then we went to the amusement park and the beach, the others rode the Cyclone, I only watched and took some photographs.

some people forgot to take their photobooth pictures

one <3

I was all alone when I was walking on the shore and even walked the Pier. At this time the lifeguards were already getting people out of the water, for it became too dangerous because of the upcoming hurricane.

Maybe a message in a bottle

My first(!!!) time at the Atlantic Ocean Coast

This stereo on the pier was playing Black Eyed Peas on repeat “whoohoo”

I took the train back to Brooklyn (well I was before, but now I got to my host family), changed and went straight to Manhatten were I waited a long time for the others. When Jenny arrived we went together to Fresh Food Fast and had dinner at 10pm… We also had great shakes- delicious! (Tropical: strawberries with pineapple and yoghurt)

When we met the others at the Counter I got very tired so I just said goodybe to Francesco for he would leave some of the next days (his flight on saturday has been cancelled!), we went to the huge M&M store and got very tired home! And on the subway ride home I made a very very big mistake, I tell you :P

I feel asleep, what was not so good for first, but second I lay my head on a stranger’s shoulder and THIS is a NO GO in a city like New York… Did I tell you, that no one touches another person on the subway in New York or just tries to, no matter how full the train is? If someone accidentally touches someone he instantly excuses or he or she will be in trouble… So when I notice I lay my head down I woke up and excused myself…

Embarassing!

Photo of the Day:

NY Day 05: August 18th 2011

I only had about 3 hours of sleep, but it was ok, ignoring the fact me couldn’t talk any english sentence which makes any sense! (and even this one here makes none!)

So I went to school and had to find out my favorite teacher so far, Nicole, is leaving school =( Besides she loves my essay ;). After school I met the others at the MoMA and we finally visited it!

I joined Jenny to walk across the building for she lost the others before we met. The great thin at the MoMA is: You are allowed tot ake pictures without using the flash! But that’s great… I mean it’s nothing in comparison to the originals but you can remember what you saw and which artists you have to look up again at home.

Picasso’s Girl with Mandoline (I instantly fell in love with)
my favorite: the definition of definition

I saw the Golden Marilyn by Andy Warhol, The Girl With Ball by Roy Lichtenstein, strange things by Joseph Beuys and van Gogh, Dali, Picasso… :) On the 3rd floor was my favorite exhibition “Hello World” the communication between people and technology. On this floor were so many cool things but the best wa: You were able to type into a computer your “Hometown” (actually I think only American or Canadian cities are available….) So I typed in “Homewood” in Illinois and then it began: a video installation with Arcade Fire music in the background began, it was a video with many angles and views but from the same moment and it always changed and switched and so on… And then: I first saw Homewood from up above and then I made a journey through the streets via google streetview… It was awesome and beautiful, especially with the music. And I think if you watch your Hometown with this music, you will definately get goose flesh.

In the sculpture garden played a great band, we could take there a 2 hours rest :) After MoMA we went to the Lower Eastside (one of my favorite areas!!!) to go to the Himalya Café for dinner.

It was so delicious, healthy and feeding me up =) I had something with potatoes and a Mango Lassi. When I wanted to go home (before we watched the streets around there- great place!)

Me: Wow, this tastes like chicken, although it’s Tofu
Francesco: You haven’t eaten chicken for a long time ;) – It doesn’t

I love eating with chopsticks!

The Menu:

I had a real Odyssey… Forgot to get off the train 3(!!!) times so I had to wait and change and so on and in this chaos I think I lost my notebook with all my notes from school! Great! But I have been to Coney Island in the night!!!

Every bad thing has it’s shiny side, more about that the next day!

MJ

Picture of the Day:

(squarish is the new black & white!!!)

(I will definately make an extra post on the MoMA, but after the whole NY diary)