Weekend explorations: The NoMad

The beautifully restored NoMad Hotel in Manhattan is full of lush interiors and moody lighting. Its airy atrium offers award-winning cocktails.

Vintage

Via Mr. L (who isn't featured here enough): A vintage Ford car, doesn't look too bad for its age! I'll be taking a break for visitors + work travels. Enjoy your weekend, see you soon!

Two towns, one color family

I'm still between London and Princeton time, so here's a bright 'duet' from both places: classic letterbox in London ("VR" = Victoria Regina, it was placed during Queen Victoria's reign), and classic locker from a Princeton high school (Mr. L, resident Brit, exclaimed: "I've never seen American school lockers up close.").

Weekend explorations: ABC Carpet & Home, Manhattan

Manhattan's ABC Carpet & Home is 7 floors of home decor fantasy. Randomly, we ran into one of Mr. L's former London coworkers there (the coworker had relocated to New York). Top left shot by Mr. L.

Stage design

Giant piano parts for Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, McCarter Theatre - sorry it's a dim point-and-shoot. NY Times rave review here (it mistakenly says the theatre is on Princeton University campus, it is not).

CDP Theme Day: Creative Artisan | P for Peruvian

Rich textiles and a handcrafted llama grace my favorite Peruvian restaurant, El Tule, in neighboring Lambertville, just a 20-30 minute drive away. (My first post-work-travel stop, ceviche does wonders:)

More 'Creative Artisan' entries at City Daily Photo!

More 'P' entries at ABC Wednesday!

O for Old-Timey Ornament

On a 1950 Pontiac Silver Streak Chieftain - the same kind of car that Rolling Stone guitarist, Keith Richards, once drove (he's also a classic old-timer, some might say). More at ABC Wednesday!

I'll be taking a break for work travels. Be well, see you soon!

Design-minded

A quirky bench at the Architecture School, all those angular pieces made curvaceous.