New York sights

One of my favourite things to do in New York
is to simply walk 5th Avenue...............
from the small Park past 44th Street to the
main Central Park which everyone knows, at The Plaza and The Pierre end
where the horse drawn carriages take visitors around the block
in style

along the walk are many famous landmarks for me to enjoy.........
The University Club on 54th where I stayed previously..Rockefeller Centre
in bloom, at this time of year...where I lunched on the 65th floor at The Rockefeller Club,
a favourite City lunchtime place with amazing views from Central Park to the Statue...
in the winter a fantastic icy skating scene..the Cathedral..Saint Regis Hotel..
until past the gleaming Trump building you can see the open spaces of the Park ahead..
and the Sherry Netherland at the right hand corner of that wonderful green space in the City

June 2009 was so eventful Biarritz again

We had lunch at the White House Hotel with the

statue opposite to the Victoria Surf apartments which face the beach and sea

An excellent day with a sunny aspect as it so often is

I have now an enlarging portfolio of drawings and

many photographs.........

some of me,

not just my look at others although that is interesting too

I decided this time, after my meetings with

M Michel Postel at his Musee Asiatica to become a tourist...........

and travel on the little bus which goes around town past the market

and even to ride the train from the beach around the headland through the town an back

this time with it seemed like a whole school of

spanish children and so I was able to practise spanish too

just one of the delights of this town

which has a fascinating history

The Harvard Club

MY HOME THIS TIME IN NEW YORK
The imposing front of The Harvard Club
gives way to the elegant interior,
with its extraordinary Hall, high ceilinged and dark panelled,
a wonderful place to enjoy morning coffee with The Wall Street Journal
I cannot ignore the banking sector, having been Consultant to two,
and as I read The New York Times each day, online, it is nice to have the
paper to unfold.
I find Clubs to be so comfortable, and welcoming,
however The Harvard Club is now my choice,
The University Club, where I stayed previously, is on 5th Avenue a short distance away

Victoria in New York

I always feel that I must visit the Rockefeller Centre
read the inscriptions,
and, as this time it was summer, sit outside to watch the
visitors from all parts of the world simply enjoying the
atmosphere which the whole plaza seems to encourage
This year, brilliant with flowers, a contrast to the
winter skaters who I have watched before,
it appears to be more relaxed than usual

Victoria's lazy Sunday afternoon in New York

New York Philippines Exhibition

Other paintings from the 5th Avenue
Embassy to the United Nations Exhibition
of the young Philippines artist

New York Philippines Exhibition

I was invited to the Exhibition at

The Philippines Embassy to The United Nations
on 5th Avenue, to see the works of a young artist from the
Philippines.
The abstract work was quite imaginative and colourful,
I spent time with the Organiser, and visitors
in this 5th Avenue showcase

We talked about the country and its developments in tourism
and promotion,
I said that I would ensure that my

Philippines friends in the Embassy,

and in businesses,

in London would be able to see the exhibit for themselves
through my Diary, which, I find, is read in many different parts of the world
as shown by the languages of the comments, which I now receive

New York Harvard Club

I visited New York on 4th May
staying at The Harvard Club
each time I visit New York, I think how nice it would be to visit more regularly
as I find America to be so welcoming, and interested
in my work
This time, I had some special arrangements to see a very good friend,
and to visit, for the first time in New York Bonhams
the fine arts valuers and auctioneers, who recommend my Talks and Exhibitions