My Trip to New York Part Two of Three: Unconventional Sight Seeing

For the part two update of my weekend adventure into the Big Apple, I will post a few pictures of the sight seeing. This is my second trip to New York in the past year and last time I was there for a whole week which Stevie and Kyle dedicated to taking me to all the tourist attractions I could fathom. This trip was much shorter and more focused on just being with friends. However, I still had a bit of tourist in me, carrying my camera every second of the trip making sure to miss not one moment. (I did try to stay incognito though and had my camera in my purse, not dangling around my neck.) So my ‘sight seeing’ portion of the trip was short and sweet: merely taking pictures of fascination things we happened to bump into.



First up, the newest art installation at Rockefeller Center: Sky Mirror. It would be confusing for me to explain so I will let Public Art Fund do the talking. “Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirror is a breathtaking, 35-foot-diameter concave mirror made of polished stainless steel. Standing nearly three stories tall at the Fifth Avenue entrance to the Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center, Sky Mirror offers a dazzling experience of light and architecture, presenting viewers with a vivid inversion of the skyline featuring the historic landmark building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.” Source We saw the art piece late at night which was still amazing, but extremely hard to take a picture of. The picture I have posted is not from my own camera, but from the Public Art Fund website. For more info and pictures, click here.



Next, we went to the Apple Store. That doesn’t sound very interesting at all, until you realize the store itself is all underground except for the entrance, which is a 32-foot glass cube in the middle of Manhattan. Again, my picture was taken at night so it doesn’t give the store justice; I have included a picture from Panoramas instead. Source Also, the picture shows the store on opening day – I was able to walk right up.



For my last picture to include from sight seeing, I want to share a picture that displays the ingenuity of New York street vendors. These guys find ways to cut corner with safety disregarded; they live on the edge like that. I witnessed two vending carts hooked together and powered by one generator and a dangling extension cord shared between the two. Amazing. Simply amazing.

My final instalment of this three part update will be posted tomorrow. Rounding off my trip, I will showcase my designer souvenir I splurged on plus my newest obession: Kid Robot Dunnies. Confused? Thinking, "what the hell is a dunny?!" Don't worry, I promise all will be explained in less than 24 hours (with pics!)