Around Town

Central Park on Father's Day, 2014. Photo by Michele.

Every time I look at the Archive column on the right side of this blog and see that the numbers are down from what they normally are I feel a bit guilty. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about; on the contrary, I’m doing a lot of writing at the moment, just not anything I can share on the blog (at least for now). I will do my best though to post as often as possible.

In the meantime, I encourage you to follow me on Instagram and Twitter (I just joined) where you can see daily images of New York and other objects (usually gardens and buildings with nuggets of historical information thrown in) and find out about events around town that may never make it onto the blog like this past weekend's screening of Mary Pickford's Amarilly of Clothesline Alley at the Silent Clowns Film Series or the Portugal Day NY event in Central Park (both of which I enjoyed). And do let me know your thoughts on the posts, images, tweets, favourite cocktails, whatever. I love hearing from you.

Animal Selfies

I am appalled at how little I’ve posted in the past few weeks. All I can say is that I’ve been swamped with some projects and promise new posts soon. In the meantime, I came across this brilliant ad campaign and couldn't resist sharing some of the images.

Diomedia, a Brazilian stock photo agency, decided to promote their new National Geographic collection by creating animal selfies with the slogan “There are lots of terrible animal pictures out there. National Geographic Collection. The best nature images are here.” They are cute, witty, and current. 

Diomedia even created some selfies specifically for their Instagram account. This one of a meerkat is one of my favourites.

To see the rest of the ads and learn about the making of them, visit here. To check out more Instagram images, visit their account here.

Drink Champagne

"Coco Chanel (Reclining)" Horst P Horst (1937)

"I drink champagne on two occasions—when I'm in love, and when I'm not."—Coco Chanel

I wish I could say that being busy drinking champagne was my excuse for my acting like a slacker recently when it comes to this blog. Unfortunately, the excuses are all too common and boring (work and other commitments and yes, just a wee bit of champagne). Really, not worth spending time discussing. But, I will try and do better. So look for more posts soon. In the meantime, please make sure and follow me on Instagram and Pinterest (where I waste way too much time), and if you don't already, follow my blog with Bloglovin. Back soon.

Instagrams

Soho Fire escape. Photo: Michele

This week I finally joined Instagram. I've been putting it off because I normally shoot with my Canon and think of my phone as a secondary choice. But it is a good way for me to share shots from around the city with you that I don't necessarily want to post about. So please be sure and check them out here. And speaking of photos, I plan on shooting a lot this weekend as the weather promises to be nice. Have a lovely weekend, everyone!