[6/365] Turtle, Chelsea Market, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Cute turtle. :)

[1/365] Globe, Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Welcome, 2011! Hope you'll be a great one! Hoping to travel even more this year... I WANT TO SEE THE WORLD. Who wants to join me?

[290/365] Dinosaur Origami Ornaments, Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

What cool origami ornaments!

[283/365] Wall Mural, Chelsea Market, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

A great mural on a red brick wall.

[282/365] Lion & Giraffe Stuffed Animals, Chelsea Market, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Cute and soft!

[281/365] Autumn in Central Park, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Lovely seeing all the colorful fallen leaves.

[273/365] Vincent, Limelight Market, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Talk about random. The Limelight Market is a collection of shops housed in what used to be a church. In 1975, it became deconsecrated and was sold to another organization because of the merging of some other churches in the area. From the outside, you would have no idea that there was shopping inside. Before it was these shops, it used to be the site of a night club as well. It was cool, but also a little weird. Anyway, this is my friend, Vincent, inside the market.

[271/365] Empire State Building View from the Me Bar, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

From atop the 14th floor of the La Quinta Inn's Me Bar is this spectacular view of the Empire State Building! The top of the building was lit up white and blue in honor of Chanukah!

[270/365] Walking through Central Park, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

We left the Museum of Natural History and decided to walk through Central Park to get to the east side of town. Somehow it got dark really quick, or maybe we just made too many stops to take pictures. Anyway, at this point, we were nearing the exit. Good thing because I wouldn't want to be in Central Park too late!

[268/365] Chairs, High Line Park, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Colors.

[267/365] Christmas Market, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

My first Christmas Market experience was 2 years ago in Europe. Ever since then, I've loved going to them! Each booth sells all kinds of items from jewelry to artwork to clothing. In addition, there's always a food section that sells a variety of items - sausages, hot chocolate, pastries, etc. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

[266/365] Buildings, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

New York city is full of fascinating architecture. As we walked through Highline Park, we passed by many buildings on both sides of us.

[265/265] Electricity Set-Up, Christmas Tree, Chelsea Market, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

This was the set-up to power the lights for a moderate sized tree in Chelsea Market. Can you imagine what it takes to power the huge tree at Rockefeller Center?!

[264/365] Reflection of the Skyscrapers, Central Park, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

Lovely view of skyscrapers as we strolled through Central Park!

[263/365] Dinosaur, Theodor Roosevelt Memorial Hall, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA

What a grand hall!

Overall, the museum is four floors of fascinating exhibits.

[261/365] Couple outside of Faiccos Italian Specialties, New York, New York, USA

Just like something out of the movies, this couple stood in front of the store talking to each other. Their outfits don't look like they are of this decade - cool!

[260/365] Brown Bear, Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA

The animal exhibits at the Museum of Natural History Museum are so realistic! Looks like a Bruin!

[259/365] New York Subway, New York, New York, USA

I love NY. :) Subway system is so efficient! No wonder people don't really have cars. It's fun being somewhere for a few days and getting a hang of the public transportation system. In this case, I was relearning the NYC system.

Power House, Boldt Castle, Heart Island, Alexandria Bay, New York, USA

Over 1,700 islands, both big and small, make up the Thousand Islands archipelago of islands along the St. Lawrence River between the US and Canada. This photo is of the Power House at the Boldt Castle complex located on Heart Island. Although we just took a cruise tour throughout the Thousand Islands, we were able to see the many islands and this one in particular stood out. Boldst Castle was built by George C. Boldt for his wife, Louise. Sadly, she passed away suddenly in 1904 and construction of monuments on the island ceased. The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority acquired the island in 1977 and began restoration. The island is now a tourist attraction. This particular part - the Power House - was built to store a generator to supply power to the island, but it is now a museum dedicated to electric power.

The Thousand Islands is in fact the reason for the naming of Thousand Island dressing as it was served and popularized in this area. My summer adventures on the East Coast brought me to many interesting sights throughout the Eastern US and Canada and this was no exception. The cruise gave us a nice tour of this area and insight into the history of many of the different islands throughout this region.

George Washington Bridge, New York City, New York, USA

This was the George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson River in New York City. We had to walk through snow and icy pathways to get this close, but it was definitely worth it. The surrounding areas were isolated and there were a number of stairs that led to roads that were littered with stray clothes and objects, and were covered with graffiti. The area right below the bridge was covered in snow and lined with trees though.