Big and small

We’ve done New York. This morning we wandered through ultra-trendy Soho, enjoying a pumpkin praline muffin at the Once Upon a Tart cafe. From there we made our way down Broadway and across to the Hudson River. This took us past Ground Zero, where they’re getting on speedily with reconstruction, and onto the bank by the Statue of Liberty.

Kath phoned to say that she’d finished work for the day (giving tours to VIPs around the Armoury art show – she’s so in with the celebs!) so we caught the subway back and went out for brunch, which seems to be food anytime between 8am and 3pm.

In the afternoon we went to a fair for up-and-coming artists, which included a silver man lying under a feather umbrella and a woman walking around with a television plugged into her tummy button. Kath did more schmoozing and we followed behind in confusion, although I did buy a sculpture for $2 from a man sat in a tiny house.

Rob and Kath are both out at various parties tonight so Hannah and I have had a night in. Falafel and red wine have been on the menu. Tomorrow includes more art and lunch at a posh restaurant called The Modern.

Fire escapes in West Village



Overlooking the World Trade Centre site



Hannah and the Hudson River



Self-portrait, like in the film Green Card



Seagull of Liberty



Impromptu New York street scene...



...OK, it was Rob and Kath



And now me and Hannah



Chandeliers in the New York Opera (until a security guard told me "there are no pictures in the house")



David collects his art from the man in the tiny house



Kath studies an installation



Central Park



New York by night



And here's my art! A genuine sculpture by someone called Jason Metcalf