Elizabethwix

LATEST ARTICLES ( 859 )

• My Spring Haircut!

  

  Dear People-who-Have-Been-Waiting-for-my-Blog-Post-for-a-Long Time,As you know, they said I had to get a hair cut.I think I look perfectly fine like I look... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Easter

  

  Days getting longerspring flowers ranunculous and hyacinthoverblown parrot tulipsthe rabbit -ever the symbol of springpussy willow up at Union Squarewhere we... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Signs of Spring!

  

  The windowsill with the best light and lovely miniature daffodils.Bright clear sunshine on the closed up astrology shop. Did they forsee this? Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Vivian Swift: Author, Blogger and All Around Cool Person

  

  Books, gardens, art, blogs, London, Morocco, witty people, friends...How everything is wonderfully combined inVivian Swift's new book coming out on March 1st. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The New Whitney

  

  We walked down The High Line to the new Whitney Museum on Wednesday. It has been open since last April and really it was pretty lazy of us not to have got... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Happy Valentine's Day, Winter Weather and I Need a Haircut by Buster

  

  It finally snowed...and it was a blizzard.I am not looking sad because I am cold, but rather that I am bored with having my photo taken.Anyway it snowed so... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Columbus Circle

  

  I had never been to a shopping mall in New York before - department stores, little stores, markets - bu never an actual mall. Anyway, recently went up to the... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Snow Day

  

  Great excitement - it finally snowed.I like snow so much I got up in the night to see if it had started...Early in the morning a person is walking a dog. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Local

  

  The Empire State Building is on 5th Avenue and about 32nd Street.Obviously it is the best known landmark in the city - I wonder what it was before that? Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Work

  

  To my great delight, the other day I walked outside to discovera work crew replacing the totally bashed in concrete surround of one of the three tree pits in... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• MY BIRTHDAY and CHRISTMAS Too

  

  Today is my 7th birthday and the Winter Solstice which means it is dark a lot.Elly and Knutty came over on Saturday and we had apple and cookies but we had to... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Quieter Christmas

  

  I think my last post gave rather a garish view of the city in December. Very over the top and bright. So herewith another mood... Walking up the steps to The... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Holiday Fun

  

  Christmas and holiday cheer...takes many and various forms - some of them pretty hideous - but fun at the same time. I wonder who thought of the ugly holiday... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• New York Public Library

  

  Frances invited me to join her at the New York Public Library Open House on Sunday afternoon and it was such fun.The splendid building was all decked out for a... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Sere and Yellow Leaf....and a Winner

  

  Almost Thanksgiving and the leaves are hanging on - well at least some of them...Here on The High Line they are positively technicolored.You can sort of see 21s... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Florence: File Under "Sometimes Other Places"

  

  One of the things one goes to Italy for is to eat - and also to look at things to eat...Herewith my first hot chocolate at Milan Station - with all the frisson... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• October and Halloween Coming...

  

  Me and Knuttyhad our pictures taken like in the olden days...they did not have much color then except in real life - not in photos.This is me near the diner... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Round Up of Trivia on Columbus Day

  

  First a photograph without a single leaf in it. Quintessentially New York - a brilliant blue sky without a cloud in it. I think the grim looking buildings on th... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• What's Been Going On...

  

  Quite a lot - since I have been neglecting this blog... anywayPope Francis came to New York and made a lot of people very happy.They lined up for the mass at... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Tour Guide Mode

  

  I never really explore the city except when we have guests -So this week I headed north on The High Line for the first time this year and was astounded at the... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL