very simple

wool scarf, run through a high impact HDR filter and some other modifications.

I got hit with a 48 hour bug yesterday. At least I hope it’s a 48 hour bug. I’m now in the sweaty fever-about-to-break-phase, so I’m hoping I’ll make it to work tomorrow. But the old standby robitussin will ensure that I get to sleep tonight. Even though I’ve pretty much slept through the bulk of the day. With periodic soup breaks.

I’ve never been a huge starbucks fan, but the convenience factor has generally outweighed everything else these days. The fact that there’s a starbucks in our building makes it miles more accessible than walking several blocks to the nearest “local” place. Which probably isn’t that local anyway – it’s just a brand that’s less ubiquitous.

In any event – daily short cappuccino.

Not fun: getting stuck at work all day Sunday.
Fun: neon radio city music hall signage without a giant touristy crowd in the way because it’s late on Sunday night.

This was the first building I worked in when I moved to New York City as a lawyer. Back then it was the home of both my first law firm (Thelen, Reid & Priest) and the Howard Stern show. Celebrity guests made for some interesting mornings attempting to get to work – although I do have the experience of literally walking into Ringo Starr in the lobby when he was a surprise guest. As in, not watching where I was going because I was digging around my purse for my building ID, and crashing into him. Only realizing once I looked up to apologize that he was, you know…a Beatle.

In any event, Thelen eventually moved out, I moved on to another firm, and I only pass by when on my way to other things.

playing around some more with some of the new HDR presets I’ve installed. random vase in my apartment. pretty sure I ended up with this after some sort of bar mitzvah/wedding/social event where everyone steals the centerpieces at the end.

Whew. made it through two whole months without much slippage.

I’m playing around with some pre-defined Aperture effects that I downloaded from various sites around the web. This is a super-processed HDR photo of a lampshade in my apartment.

My most recent engagement has me working in the Helmsley Building. Otherwise known as the classic building that sits astride Park Avenue north of Grand Central Terminal that is NOT the horrendously ugly MetLife Building. While I have no view to speak of (sitting in an internal cube), I sometimes sneak into one of the offices to take this view in.

One of my favorite things to note about the grid plan in NYC (and something I learned watching New York: A Documentary History by Ric Burns), is that, despite the tall buildings, we almost never feel claustrophobic in Manhattan because you can stand at almost any intersection and see for miles in at least three, if not all four directions. The prescience of such a decision made over 150 years ago, when few could have foreseen the elevator, much less the skyscraper, is astounding.

Finally caught up with the photos I’ve taken in the past few days. Hello Kitty Pez dispenser. co-worker at my last work engagement would bring in chocolate for everyone on valentines day, but he knew I didn’t like chocolate, so I got this homage to my pending cat-lady spinsterdom instead.

cork from a prosecco bottle. I saved it for the smiley face.