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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Saturday, July 4, 2020
Independence Day
The sun is finally shining.
Kathy's cake is waiting to be eaten.
Happy Fourth of July!
Kathy's cake is waiting to be eaten.
Happy Fourth of July!
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Monday, March 16, 2020
The TWA Hotel at JFK
It was quite an experience, a return to circa 1962, to stay at this amazing property, based on the design of Eero Saarinen, the brilliant Finnish American architect who designed it as the TWA Flight Center Terminal at what was then called Idlewild Airport.
Our room...
Our phone...
A tasty sushi with crunchy rice inside...
A quiet flight home on Alaska Airlines #7 JFK-SEA and an Avis rental to whisk ourselves home...
It’s good to be home. We’re going to hunker down for awhile.
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Saarinen supposedly came up with the bulging roof design after fiddling with a grapefuit one morning at breakfast. "Eero was eating breakfast one morning and using the rind of his grapefruit to describe the terminal shell. He pushed down the centre to mimic the depression that he desired, and the grapefruit bulged. This was the seed for the bulges in the shell."
This is a remarkably similar story to that of the Sydney Opera House architect who envisioned that famous roof while cutting an orange into segments. Should we call it the citrus inspiration effect?
Saarinen supposedly came up with the bulging roof design after fiddling with a grapefuit one morning at breakfast. "Eero was eating breakfast one morning and using the rind of his grapefruit to describe the terminal shell. He pushed down the centre to mimic the depression that he desired, and the grapefruit bulged. This was the seed for the bulges in the shell."
This is a remarkably similar story to that of the Sydney Opera House architect who envisioned that famous roof while cutting an orange into segments. Should we call it the citrus inspiration effect?
Our room...
Our phone...
A tasty sushi with crunchy rice inside...
A quiet flight home on Alaska Airlines #7 JFK-SEA and an Avis rental to whisk ourselves home...
It’s good to be home. We’re going to hunker down for awhile.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
The One World Trade Center
It totaled a hefty $40 each, even with a senior discount, but the views were worth it. The view from 1234 feet on the 100th floor, the 7th-highest building in the world.
Lady Liberty in the distance...
Memorial pool from above...
After descending, we walked through the Oculus, the striking new transportation hub and shopping mall.
Lady Liberty in the distance...
Memorial pool from above...
After descending, we walked through the Oculus, the striking new transportation hub and shopping mall.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Walking the Highline
And so it is... Starting from Edge, the "Staircase to Nowhere.”
We took subways to one end, and wended our way eventually back to our hotel, well over five leisurely miles of walking today.
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