david's b-day

For David's birthday this year we celebrated with a fabulous meal at Keen's Steakhouse and then wet to Times Square for a cocktail. We sat in the lounge at the Marriott Marquis and got a window seat that overlooks all the action below. Fun!

wind damage

(FYI: I'm writing this quite a while after the fact, but I've dated the post for the correct date that I should have posted it!) The night before these pictures were taken there was a crazy storm with lots of rain and lots of wind. The next morning was clear and sunny, and when we were walking around the neighborhood we came across some damage from the storm. A section of the cornice of a building on 110th street had come off and was dangling from the roof top! Someone had acted quickly and erected scaffolding above the sidewalk below to protect pedestrians (but I still wouldn't walk under it!) It was fascinating to me to see how the cornice was constructed. I think it's wood with a copper facing. The wood must have been rotten and the extra rain and wind from the night before was enough stress on it to break it down.