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Louis's pictures from 3-31-2001

This weekend, Michelle and her friends Jocele and Carolyn came to visit me in White Plains. Since Jocele and Carolyn had never been to New York before, we spent the weekend exploring New York City.

Michelle, Jocele, and Carolyn arrived on Friday night. I picked them up from Newark airport, and everyone spent the night in my apartment in White Plains. Saturday, we rode the train in from White Plains to New York City (Grand Central Station) at 11:00am. We grabbed a bagel at Grand Central, then walked up Fifth Avenue to the Museum of Modern Art, where we met Jeremy and Tam at noon. I particularly liked the "workspheres" exibit, which was mostly an exhibit containing all sorts of new-age office equipment. They also had a neat photography exhibit.

From there, we left Jeremy and Tam and set out to explore the city and hopefully catch a show. First, we went to Rockafeller Plaza.

Rockafeller Plaza is always a great place to get a group picture. Here (left to right) are Michelle, Carolyn, and Jocele.
Here is another group picture, which also shows shows some of the national flags surrounding the plaza for a bit more atmosphere.
I always thought this was a really neat set of fountains. It looks to me like they are statues of merpeople having a race, riding on different sea creatuers, like a shark and a dolphin. Plus, tulips have just been planted in the flower beds so the fountains look really nice. However, it's just not possible to take a picture of this place without tourists in it! :)
Seeing the photography exhibit at MoMA reminded me how much fun photography can be. So, here's an attempt at an artistic picture: green leaves and pink tulips, in fresh soil.
Here are Carolyn, Jocele, and Michelle watching the ice skaters at Rockafeller Plaza.
Not as many ice skaters as usual this time. We must be aproaching the end of ice skating season. It is spring, after all, and it hasn't snowed for a week! The Prometheus scuplture is still being renovated, as you can see.
Here's the GE building again. I figured a picture of it in the day time would contrast well with my earlier night time picture.
From Rockafeller, we headed to Times Square. Here are Michelle, Jocele, and Carlyn, taking in the sights. We had no luck getting tickets for our show at T.K.T.S., becuase the booth didn't open for another half hour and the line was already miles long.
I just had to take another picture showing how many taxis there are in NYC.

We took the subway down to the Orpheus Theater in East Village to see if we could get tickets to see Stomp. No luck with that, unfortunately, but we did get entertained by all the people with purple hair and extensive body piercings. We also found some excellent looking restaurants, including a tapas bar called La Paella (on East 9th between 2nd and 3rd Ave).

Next we rode the subway down to the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Here are Carolyn, Jocele, and Michelle, waiting in the subway station. Did you this is the first time Jocele has ridden a subway? Stand clear of the closing doors, Jocele! (Ouch!)
We rode the Staten Island Ferry to Staten Island and back because it has such a good view and because it's free! Here are Carolyn and Michelle looking at the Manhatten coastline. In the background (on the right) are the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. (panorama)
The ferry went past the famous Ellis Island, through which so many people immigrated to the US.
We also got a great view of Lady Liberty.
Here are Michelle and I, with the Statue of Liberty in the background.
This is another picture of the Manhattan skyline, looking across the bay.
More art photography! This is the ferry pier at Staten Island. Lines in contrasting directions, shadows, and liquid green distortion.
While waiting for the ferry to begin the return trip, we watched this huge orange ship pass by. We were not sure what type of cargo it was transporting, since, while it seems to have some boxes on top, it does not look like a container ship.
My guess from the huge ramp on the back of the ship is that it must be carrying cars. Since this is the East Coast, I guess those would be European imports instead of Japanese imports like in Seattle. :)
After the ferry ride, we went to see the World Trade Center. We decided not to go up to the top. Instead we just looked at it from the outside, looking straight up over a hundred stories.
Here's another view, from even closer to the base of the building. Whee, vanishing points!
This is a fun picture of Carolyn, Michelle, and Jocele looking at the World Trade Center.

From the World Trade Center, we went back to La Paella and had tapas (basically, Spanish appetizers) for dinner. It was really good. The restaurant also had a very neat decor, with a Spanish flavor and dried roses hanging from the ceiling. The food was so good, I forgot to take a picture! Oh, well. After that, we went back to Times Square to see it at night. You have to see it at night to get the full effect, after all!

Here I am, duded up in my New York outfit that I got for Christmas. Dashing, no?
With flash or without? Oh, I just can't decide. Here is the picture again, with a flash.
Times Square at night. Wow!
Look, the cup-o-noodles is steaming! Hmm. Can you say "foreshortened"? The blue spots are either aliens or lens flare; I'm not sure which.
I just thought this was a cool picture of the New Years Ball, even if it is just an image on a video screen.
Here they are! Jocele, Michelle, and Carolyn in Times Square.

In Times Square, we had Häagen-Dazs ice cream for dessert, and then caught the traing back home from Grand Central to White Plains. No one had any problems falling asleep that evening!

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