We had an easy day cruising round the garment district, calling into shops at random, and occasionally buying a frippery. One such shop was Pacific Trimming which was so full of things that I walked around with my mouth open, I swear! This is velcro. Look at those amazing colours! I’m sure I’ve never seen […]
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I wasn’t going to do a whole post on this iconic Philip Johnson house, but as I started looking at the photos I decided it definitely needed a dedicated story. The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, was conceived as a pavilion for viewing the landscape. Philip Johnson began the project with five acres and […]
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Our lovely son, Archie, organised a weekend away in The Hamptons and it was so memorable. It’s not far from New York city, but it took more than three hours because of the traffic. The Hamptons are part of the East End of Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York. They comprise a group of small villages and […]
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One of the places I had on my list to visit was Coney Island, and then we got to New York and I looked it up and didn’t fancy it any more. Then on a whim we decided to jump on the train and go, just to cross it off the list and I’m so […]
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Whilst we were in New York we thought we’d pay a quick visit to our friend Hélène in Montréal, so we organised train tickets and braced ourselves for the eleven hour trip. The scenery is picture perfect and I was pleased to see Bannerman Castle. It’s built on an Island on the Hudson River and […]
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The most exciting part of any trip are the friends I can catch up with en route. New York has been no exception and it was so cool to catch up with the very stylish Blanca who made the trip into the city just to see me. Blanca is another sewist that I met on […]
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I think I’ve said before that we wanted to stay in Brooklyn this time in order to facilitate easier exploration, and Archie wanted to do a bit too, so we planned a short walking tour of Brooklyn Heights. Our first stop was the Transit Museum, which displays historical artifacts of the New York City subway, […]
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We visited Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow twice as we loved it so much and the second time we took in Irvington which is clearly named for Washington Irving, who is the most famous and favourite son of the area. We took the train from Grand Central Station and it’s a lovely ride as it follows […]
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We’ve never managed to get to Governors Island on previous visits as it’s closed in the winter months, so it was definitely on the list for this time. By the way, if you think, as I did, that Governors should have an apostrophe – it should, but it doesn’t! I’ve seen the ferry terminal from […]
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One of the reasons for staying in Brooklyn was to facilitate easier exploration of the area. I don’t think I realised quite how big the area is, so there may be a few posts as we explore. We had a day with no particular aims so thought we’d spend a bit more time in Prospect […]
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