The Whole Family

Okay, one more

Samuel and grandma

Wrong side of the tracks

Dee and I took the F train opposite ways to do our own shopping.

Eureka

After passing up one French bistro near our hotel, Dee and I walked far and wide through the village for a place that served French onion soup. Finally, we found the West 10th St Eatery at 10th and 4th.

Little Beer

We got rid of our post-museum haze by drinking a little beer at the Heartland Brewery.

Life in Chocolate

This was painted using chocolate. Mmmm.... Art.

Sculptures

Psychadelic Pointillism

MoMA

After a terrible experience at the worst designed coat check ever, and a guard who accused me of touching a painting , our experience at the newly reopened MoMA was great. This is a viw down from one of the upper levels.

Waterwall

Cool Architecture at Astor Place

Veselka

We had brunch at our favorite Ukranian diner in the East Village.

Weird subway sculpture

Party Crashers

My favorite poster in our hotel.

Self Picture

After a long day of walking around Manhattan and killer pizza at Lombardi's in SoHo, Dee and I are exhausted.

We found Nemo!

In a bar in Little Italy while waiting to be seated at Lombardi's.

Christmas Dee

Greely Square

More Christmas cheer near 33rd St and 6th Avenue.

Empire State Building

In full Christmas colors.

Christmas in Manhattan

Central Park

The north side of the park is well manicured and has cool courtyards like this.

Central Park

My friend Kyle took this picture of us and some geese on the north end of Central Park.

The Duke Abides

This statue with grand piano is to commemorate Duke Ellington and the fact that he used to play in this square in Harlem on the north end of Central Park.

Tasti D-Lite

Mr Toast

We didn't eat lunch here, but we liked the sign of the toast carrying the baguette.

Kim Novak

A Sample of the soft porn in our room, the Kim Novak room.

hotel view

The view of the back patio from our room at the Chelsea Pines.

Flight 151

We spent quite a bit of time in this great bar. They had Trivial Pursuit questions that we tried to answer, and the bartender, Andrea, kicked our asses. She bought us two rounds of Jaeger shots, though, so we forgive her. Heard from the bathroom: " This is your captain speaking. Welcome to Flight 151. You're currently cruising at an altitude of 2 to 3 feet, with a visibility of several yards. In case of emergency, please remember to put your head between your legs, so you can kiss your ass goodbye."

drunk

Me and Dee after a drunken evening with Brad at a great tapas place in Chelsea called Tia Pol and a bar called Flight 151.

Swiss House

Library?

It looks like a cool church, but it's apparently a New York public library in the Village.

Chelsea Pines

We'r staying in Manhattan for four days in this cute and very gay hotel.

Dinner

What do Swiss people eat for Thanksgiving? Raclette, of course!

Pie!

Our one traditional food item today is pumpkin pie for lunch. Mmmm... pumpkin pie.

Samuel bundled up

Thanksgiving brunch

Due to the baby, we're not having the regular Thanksgiving meal. Our new tradition is bagels, lox, and cream cheese.

Katz's Deli

Best pastrami sandwich ever! And I didn't have to tell them no mayo. I
love New York. Thanks for the recommendation, Arshad. By the way, Dee and I split this, and I'm still full.

Close-up

Holy spiraling recursion, Batman!

Broccoli Romanesco

I love this stuff. Look at how fractal it is. It makes me happy every
time I see it - this is in a farmer's market in Union Square.

Rainy Dee

My lovely fiancée Dennise bundled up waiting for the Q to Manhattan.

And More

More Samuel

Tree Growth

This tree has somehow grown around the metal fence. Amazing!

Leaves and Jamie

My brother's crazy dog Jamie made it into this picture of autumn leaves.

Fall in Broolyn

I love fall on the east coast. Cool, crisp air and beautifully colored
leaves.

Samuel Jacob Reinfried

Uncle!

I'm an uncle! My nephew is 5 days old and he's *really* cute.