1st of January 2012

Its Sunday the 1st of January 2012 and aptly we are in the USA as this is where we will be for most of this year all being well!
We spent yesterday doing a bit of tourist type stuff in New York.  Breakfast of Bagel and Lox in a diner then we spent the rest of the morning in the International Photography Centre http://www.icp.org/
There were 3 very contrasting exhibitions on;
Signs of Life by Peter Sekaer, photographs of different people getting by in the 1930's Great Depression in the USA.
Harpers Bazaar: A Decade of Style, a selection of photos from the magazine including unusual and striking portraits of celebrities like Julianne Moore and Lady Gaga.
Remembering 9/11, a sombre and moving collection of visual images of the aftermath of September 11th.

In the afternoon we took the subway down to the World Trade Centre and then gradually strolled back uptown via Battery Park, Financial District, Chinatown, SoHo and Greenwich just taking in the atmosphere.  We stopped at an Irish bar for a cold beer and later at a cafe called Landmark which was immediately between    China Town and Little Italy and appropriately served a mixture of american, oriental and italian food!

Back to our room before heading out for New Year's Eve.  We spent the evening in the Mexican we went to the other day but it was a little disappointing and rather lacking in atmosphere.  They handed out hats and rattles but the party never really got going.

Back to bed about 1am...........

Rather hungover today but made it out for breakfast before coming back to get ready for the New Years Day party at the Robinsons on Van Buren Street, Brooklyn.