is it just me or has everybody had enough of my new york snapshots ?
well here are the last shots i took.
this was on my second visit to the culture espresso bar
another genius flat-white, and this time i didn't spill it.
after a business meeting about an upcoming shoot in new york i walked
over to the ace hotel
and joined the queue at the stumptown coffee roaster which is located in the lobby.
here's the view as you go from the dark lobby to the coffee shop
this place had the biggest, slowest queues of any coffee shop i'd ever seen.
still, it was an interesting wait in line. you get to see the baristas at work
and they are an entertaining bunch.
after a while it was time for my flat white to be made
outstanding !
worth the wait too. it was a beauty.
most people were taking away. there are no seats in this place, but there is a bar
where you can stand up and drink. that's the option i chose.
listening to coffees being ordered and made, looking out at yellow cabs, and looking
at my watch counting down the hours til i could make a move to jfk and fly home.
yes, i'd just about had enough of new york and was missing home.
new york is all well and good but it's a well established fact that london is the
greatest city in the world... right ?
i'll tell you what, you wouldn't see this poster in london...
what the what ?!
sausage biscuit ?
in the name of all that's holy !
also what's all this ?
the smaller print posters detailed all the conspiracy theories advertised on
the larger print posters.
my mate gooner jeff used to like the odd conspiracy theory.
moon landing, 911 and all that. nowadays he mainly harps on about
conspiracy theories regarding how arsenal never win any silverware.
the referees are against arsenal, or the f.a. don't like wenger so they make the
fixtures difficult for them or some such nonsense.
my theory is that arsenal don't shoot enough, therefore don't score goals.
also they defend badly which results in goals being conceded and games lost.
but that's just a theory i have.
the new york times
and the new york dolls
i like this shot. quaint little old school new york shops...
being towered over by skyscrapers.
i think my favourite building in new york ( apart from the flatiron building )
is the hearst corporation tower on 8th avenue at 57th street.
designed by sir norman foster.
it stands out a mile from the other buildings
and you can get some really nice shots of it.
i'll bore you at a later stage with some of my efforts.
and around the corner from the hearst tower... back to the hudson hotel.
one last look at the lobby.
this is the bar / nightclub kind of thing just behind the escalators
not the cheapest place for a drink, but you have to try it once.
here's the view from my favourite self-portrait seat looking towards the bar
you know what's coming next don't you ?
just look at that empty chair...
what you you do in a situation like this ?
boom !
and finally, one last shot before jumping down a yellow escalator to a yellow cab.
then it was just a matter of:
checking in with good old british airways.
watching a norman wisdom film on my iphone while eating mexican food.
falling asleep on the plane and missing breakfast.
catching the piccadilly line to holloway road.
jumping on a 271.
back home.
n7.
