I obviously loooove New York since I keep coming back every chance I get. I again went to the MoMa to check if the Starry Night is back. Unfortunately, it's still on loan! Well, another visit perhaps. The pictures from MoMa were taken by Joseph Laban (thanks Joseph!).
Most of the other pictures here were taken on board a double decker bus. My friend's mom wanted to experience being a tourist for a day (although she's lived in NYC for over 18 years) so we hopped on a bus and took the downtown tour :)
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ReplyDeleteEthel, kapatid, totoong Kahlo ba ito? Kakainis!!! Inggit ako :-( I hate you! :-( hahahaha mwah! you are so lucky Ethel!!!! :-) Happy ako for you. Inggit lang ako.
ReplyDeletemaliit lang pala itong dali na ito! Pwede ka magpapicture beside artworks?! Wow!!! Nakakainis na ikaw talaga. I am dying of envy!
ReplyDeleteLa Damoiselle d' Avignon ito ni Picasso, di ba? Or something similar to that yung title? This was one of the artworks that shocked the precepts of what art was. Ethel, you are so lucky talaga!
ReplyDeletehaaaayyyyyy
ReplyDeleteano to, McMoulin Rouge?! :-) hahaha
ReplyDeletewow! anong mga tv series na ito nag-appear? parang ang dami dami na... napaka iconic nitong building na ito!
ReplyDeleteang ganda Ethel!
ReplyDeletewow! pretty!!!
ReplyDeletetruly, kapatid! ang ganda! I love seeing New York through your eyes.
ReplyDeletewow!
ReplyDeletewow! were you at Central Park when you took this shot?
ReplyDeletecool naman!
ReplyDeletehay naku, yan din ang reaction ko when I saw this the first time! can you just imagine how i felt when I saw my favorite art work- Van Gogh's Starry Night?
ReplyDeletecarved ba ito, o moulded?
ReplyDeleteI never wanted to go to America until I saw New York through your eyes. Ethel, kasalanan mo kung pumunta ako sa US soon!
ReplyDeletesige pa, mang-inggit ka pa! As if I am not dying of envy right now! hmp! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh yes it is! The frame next to it is a mirror. I am not sure if she intended for people to see themselves in the mirror and feel like they had their portrait too. But that's what most people seem to be doing. Ang cool no?
ReplyDeletedi, Ethel... you will have to wait... may lalabas pang isang kahlo image dun hahahahaha :-) winner!
ReplyDeleteThis is Henri Matisse's The Dance (I). Kakatuwa kasi ang lalaki ng mga artworks and unlike most museums, you're allowed to take pictures in most galleries!
ReplyDeleteay oo nga! Matisse! sana makapunta rin ako diyan :-)
ReplyDeletepunta ka na kasi dito eh! Better apply to that AAM fellowship na!
ReplyDeleteparang sadako ba? hahaha
ReplyDeleteI was also surpirsed na maliit lang tong work na ito. Pero very interesting yung mga details niya. Don't die kapatid, madaming malulungkot at iiyak!
ReplyDeleteisipin mo na lang ang sangkatutak na museums na i'm sure you will love!!! Aba bilis bilisan mo, baka naman umabot ka pa when I'm in DC. Magpapaltos ang paa mo kakalibot ng Smithsonian!
ReplyDeleteTama ka, Wikee: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso.
ReplyDeleteSabi ni Edsel, ito daw ang pinaka malaking McDo branch sa US in terms of floor area. Like most buildings in Times Square super marami rin syang ilaw!
ReplyDeletei loooove calder mobiles!
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, first time ko nakita in person ang building na yan hehehe
ReplyDeletewhat I love about this are the opposing yet complimentary lines and how the red jumps out at you!
ReplyDeletei took a picture of this kasi mukhang naiiba siya sa mga katabing buildings niya... it's like an old building in the midst of the new ones!
ReplyDeletesalamat, wikee. may katuturan pala ang pagpipicture ko. When you're on the bus, there's really not much you can do but look and take pictures. Sayang nga it was very cloudy that day kaya dull ang mga photos.
ReplyDeletenaku, I dont even remember! The tour was about two hours and we went around some famous places in Manhattan. The guide pointed out places like where celebrities lived, the "apartment" of Carrie in Sex in the City, window where Demi Moore spoke to Whoopi Goldberg when Patrick Swayzee asked her to, and other hollywood tidbits. I wish there were more historical info, but I guess regular tourists are not that interested in those :)
ReplyDeleteDi ko alam kasi wala info provided. Pero natuwa ako sa details! I suspect na moulded ito rather than carved.
ReplyDeleteAccording to our tour guide, back in the days pwede daw mag-order ng mga facade ng buildings and have the old one taken down and the new one installed in a matter of weeks. So pag bored na sila sa facade nila, they'd order a new one! I think she said na nirerecycle din yung mga facade- I cannot remember how though.
truly! ang galing ni Ethelee!!! gifted!
ReplyDeletegawa sana ng ganyan dito :-) para magmukha namang may order ang Metro Manila hahaha
ReplyDeleteAs early as now?
ReplyDeleteI am not sure kung nag-update ng lighting ang MoMa kasi yung mga pictures ko with these art works noon eh ang didilim (see my other album entitle scrap book). Halos di mo makita ang vibrancy ng colors! Baka mas magaganda na lang rin talaga ang mga camera now. Or both. Plus ang kumuha ng pictures eh award-winning journalist who use to be part of Probe! A fellow Fulbrighter taking his Master's in film documentaries (?) at NYU. Saka hi-tech rin camera niya syempre!
ReplyDeleteWell baka gusto mo magpresent ng paper? Sa Sept ata deadline. Fellowships will probably be opened by end of the year. I will remind you since I plan to apply rin.
ReplyDeleteHello, nagsalita! Eh kaya nga ako nainspire magtake ng mga unusual angles eh dahil sa mga pictures mo!
ReplyDeletemeron naman dati di ba? Kaya lang unfortunately some public officials put more value on malls than historic buildings!
ReplyDeletewinner na tour!!! this is your second time there, di ba, pero first time to tour? :-) ang saya naman ng tour na yan!!! ok lang na walang historical info. That is for you to find out haha!
ReplyDeleteYes, second visit this year. Although I was in and our of NYC for over five months seven years ago, I never really did a "tour" that most visitors in NYC would do. I was mostly interested in seeing museums kasi hehehe. Kaya nga it's really nice to revisit and see another side of NYC everytime I go there Pero syempre may mga binabalikbalikan.
ReplyDeleteI think I will apply for an internship in summer 2010 in NYC. I still don't know which museum, I still have half a year to think about it naman :)
ang galing ng photographer. ;)
ReplyDeleteethel, napunta ka na sa Dali museum sa Tampa? kung hindi ay dapat pumunta ka, ang ganda ng collection nila. maski akong hindi-gaano-type-si-Dali ay na-amaze...
ReplyDeletefrida kahlo, yahoooo. dream kong mabisita ang bahay niya : )
ReplyDeleteHi Machel, oo nakapunta na ako sa Dali Museum. We went the day after Moe's baby shower. And you're right I didn't use to like his work kasi nga masyadong weird (eh surrealist kasi) but after going to the museum- I came to respect him as an artist. Malalim ang kanyang works!
ReplyDeleteAba syempre, professional na awrad-winning pa! :)
ReplyDeleteIntersting siguro ang bahay niya :)
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