Nueva York 2011: Time to Enjoy & Refresh (PART 2)

September 25th, 2011

Prospect Park, Brooklyn

It was nice just to sit there, talk for a while, walk around, and watch people enjoy their day off.

September 25th, 2011
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 

  In the year 2008, I also went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This year, from my own point of view, the park has changed as much as my life has changed. Needless to say, I enjoyed as much as I did back then .

 1000 Washington Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11225, Estados Unidos

(718) 623-7200

  

Lilly Pool Terrace

We started here. Pay attention, You will see these lilies below.

Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden

"The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden is one of the oldest and most visited Japanese-inspired gardens outside Japan. It is a blend of the ancient hill-and-pond style and the more recent stroll-garden style, in which various landscape features are gradually revealed along winding paths. The garden features artificial hills contoured around a pond, a waterfall, and an island while carefully placed rocks also play a leading role. Among the major architectural elements of the garden are wooden bridges, stone lanterns, a viewing pavilion, the Torii or gateway, and a Shinto shrine." (http://www.bbg.org/discover/gardens/japanese_garden/)

Cherry Esplanade

Rose Garden Overview

It was so nice to sit here and watch the Rose Garden. This place is very peaceful and refreshing. It's always good to sit for a while, observe, and feel the wind blowing!

Native Flora Garden

This was the gift Life gave me here! This butterfly posed there just to be seen. Previously in this blog, I published what butterflies represent. In addition, people who know why I like butterflies and what they mean to me will understand why I say this one was a gift from Life to me!
 

This was another place... I just don't remember what the name was!!

Lilly Pool Terrace

I mentioned above that you would see these lilies again. When I arrived, these lilies were wide open... And two hours later: 

I liked this chair:

September 28th. 2011

Japanese Food! Yum!!!

September 29th, 2011
Museum of Modern Arts (MoMA)

We were lucky to visit this Museum together with Adrian Gómez who is a very well know artist in Costa Rica. He described every detail of each piece or art and explained the technique used in each sculpture and each painting

Another dream come true!!!

This one was a surprise. I think the painter was thinking about me when he painted this one!

When I was observing this Monet, I just couldn't believe my eyes

 

September 30th, 2011

Brooklyn Bridge

I  decided to leave it all behind here and start all over again...

Greek Food!! Here, I ate the most delicious seafood ever!!!

Bar 4

The perfect way to say good-bye!

Niall Connolly and his band!!!

70,000 words just for myself!! Thanks Niall!!

And then, my second favorite: Sum of Our Parts!!!

What a night!!

What a trip!

Nueva York 2011: Time to Enjoy & Refresh (PART 1)

Well, to start with, basically, most sidewalks and streets in Brooklyn look like this:

In New York, the Subway System is the best means of transportation. I had to use it every single day to go from one place to another.

F Train Station, Ditmas Avenue

F Train Station, Ditmas Avenue

F Train Station, Ditams Avenue

And this is the story...

September 17th, 2011

Meskerem Restaurant: There's nothing like having varied and great food in the company of family and good friends. That made my day. It was the perfect start for this trip!

124 Macdougal St, New York, NY 10012-1247, Estados Unidos

Delicious Ethiopian Food! Yum!!

A walk in Manhattan: It was so good to be back!! 

 

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

The book that I read throughout the trip. A very special gift!!

September 18th, 2011

Coney Island

The view

Walking there was great. On my left, there was the beach. On my right, there were food stands.

In front of me, all sorts of people.

A scene I liked

I liked this scene in particular. The food stand's design and colors and the wheel behind it.

Does anybody know why this kind of wheel is so important for my family?

Rays of light

It was such a nice view! There was a spot where the sunlight came through the clouds and hit the ocean! So nice!

Isn't this one beautiful? 

Nice, isn't it?

Entertainment

eople enjoyed themselves in very different ways

People were relaxed while fishing!

What we could see from the place where we were standing

We were standing here!

And this was the view in front of us (11 o'clock)

And this was the view behind us (7 o´clock)

September 19th, 2011

We took the Subway to Manhattan again and got off on 34th Street stop. We had Japanese food (Shabu-Shabu) at PHO32. I had Sea Food Shabu & Noodles. Here's the recipe:

First, they bring the soup and you need to heat the mini-stove

Mariposas

Para los Malekus, fúfu (mariposa azul, morfo) es el símbolo de la paz, el amor y la buena suerte. Este árbol de la paz está lleno de fúfu marama, que significa mariposas en maleku.

Tomado de: Mariposas, farfalles, papillons!!!!