very simple

taken approximately 5 minutes into 2010.

I certainly hope this dog’s owner enjoyed the Magnolia cupcakes that were so important that he had to leave this poor fella sitting outside in the rain.

Maybe it’s an inherent part of being a new yorker, but I totally love water towers.

I’m catching up with uploading 365 project pictures for the last couple of days. They were all taken on the correct day, I just got distracted and a bit lazy about uploading them to the website.

365:115 (rockefeller center)

wandered down to rockefeller center on christmas eve day

365:116 (west side restaurant)

one of the few non-chinese restaurants open christmas day

365:117 (essentials)

365:118 (central park/columbus circle)

part of the massive fountain/sculpture at the entrance to central park

365:119 (lollapalooza 92)

I’ve been to a gazillion concerts in the last however many years, but for some reason, this is the only ticket stub that has survived.

365:120 (nameplate)

Don’t tell anyone, but I stole this nameplate off the door of my office on my last day of work. Of course, what anyone else would do with a nameplate engraved with my full name is anyone’s guess.

and the sun starts going down at 4:20pm on the shortest day of the year.

While not the first official snow of the season, this was the first significant one, leaving me to trudge through a foot of the stuff before people cleaned their sidewalks in order to go see the morning showing of Avatar.

one of the things I love about new york city is the quirky hodgepodge of architectural styles you see just walking around a single neighborhood.

the other day, I was watching “You’ve Got Mail” for the first time in years (and the first time since I moved to the UWS), and realized that Maya Scharper was the store used as meg ryan’s children’s bookstore in the film.

the beating heart of the upper west side.