Friday, March 19, 2010

john lennon memorial

today I visited the john lennon memorial in central park.  it is located near the 72nd street entrance on the west side of the park.  the part of the park the memorial is located in was named strawberry fields and is right across the street from where john lennon and yoko lived. when we were there, there were a few musicians playing old Beatles songs on acoustic guitars in memory.  it was a pretty powerful experience to see so many people still stopping by and paying their respects even after john lennon died 30 years ago.  



the part of central park where the memorial is, near the west 72nd entrance

the dakota, the building john lennon lived in and was shot outside of.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

american museum of natural history

what a cool museum !
i finally made it to the natural history museum after wanting to go for quite some time.  they had everything you could ever want out of such a museum.  of course, they had a a huge exhibit of dioramas depicting scenes of ancient life and panoramic landscapes filled with model animals and humans.  that kind of thing didn't really interest me though.  when I go to museums i like to see things you know you can't really see anywhere else.  giant dinosaur skeletons and 

huge tyrannosaurus rex skeleton!

star of india, largest sapphire in the world (golfball-sized)

a huge meteorite, weighing in at 5.5 tons.

life-sized model of a blue whale

a shot of the new planetarium and space center from outside the museum.

central park!

view of midtown from the great lawn






the house where the royal tenenbaums by wes anderson was filmed

located in harlem at 144th street.

momofuku noodle bar

steak, egg, & toast

ramen (what I ordered)


midtown buildings


Monday, March 15, 2010

lombardi's pizza (best in new york) !



a few shots from madison square

shake shack + metlife clock tower

 
flatiron building

metlife clocktower & 1 madison park through the trees

Saturday, March 6, 2010

the modern restaurant at the MoMA


 Koushaw, Chris, Michael, Youhana, and I went to The Modern in celebration.  it was the nicest restaurant i've ever been to and the best food i've ever had.  i ordered the fixed meal and chose the lobster, filet mignon, and chocolate cake (pictured below).  NBD.


three musicians by pablo picasso 

Friday, March 5, 2010

tim burton exhibit at the MoMA

the entrance 



Thursday, March 4, 2010

downtown buildings

Woolworth building



Bleekman Tower: the new Frank Gehry building which has a curved stainless steel exterior.

City Hall


financial district 

paper cutout of new york


A cool piece of art in the NYU lobby of the woolworth building. Paper cutouts of new york landmarks and students.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Ultraviolet Live: NYU's annual talent show

poi, weinstein, 2nd place

the group from hayden, including my suitemate Christian on saxophone

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Chiboucas does standup


Michael Chiboucas at the Gotham comedy club in New York, he was hilarious!

Monday, February 22, 2010

a great speech

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

nyu's first snow day / biggest snowball ever


check out this giant snowball I made during the first snowball fight of the semester.
 washington square park - february 10th

one of my professors said it was the first nyu snow day in more than 30 years! nbd

Thursday, February 11, 2010

new york rangers game at madison square garden


rangers vs. predators at madison square garden



Me, Bobby, Toby, & Aalok