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One afternoon when I was in Rome this past May, I encountered four bridal parties—but there were five brides! |
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Later that night, I passed by a wedding reception in full swing and a 6th bride—who knows how to party (and pose). [To see more ABC posts, go here.] |
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Those young women were there for the same reason I was: to pay homage and snap a picture for posterity of the sign the city placed at the corner of 5th Avenue and 57th Street. Bill Cunningham was the New York Times's "roving fashion photographer" and this corner was one of his favorite spots for catching candid shots of NYC's fashionable women. His photos could be seen in the Sunday Times Style section every week. He will be missed! [To see more ABC shots, go here.] |
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Why I choose my seat carefully when booking a flight back home from Virginia: the hope of getting this view. That's the Brooklyn Bridge (my daily commute) on the left, the Manhattan Bridge on the right. [To see more ABC posts, go here.] |
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. . . who likes to tag along when I travel (elle adore Paris, naturellement). Last September, she got to attend the opera in Budapest . . . |
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where she enjoyed the performance along with Teddy, Oskar, and Bunny —the special friends of my special friends (you see, I'm not the only one). [To see more ABC posts, go here.] |
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| . . . where you'll find the Colonne de Juillet, put here where the Bastille once stood to commemorate the July 1830 Revolution. It's topped by "The Spirit of Freedom"— in one hand he holds a torch, in the other the remains of his broken chains. I was surprised to learn that there is a columbarium in the base of the column that holds the remains of 615 victims of the revolution. [To see more ABC posts, go here.] |
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| I'm not a big coffee drinker, but sometimes Starbucks is just the perfect convenient place to hang out when you have to kill some time. This one, on the Upper West Side, has a very warm neighborhood-y vibe. [To see more ABC posts, go here.] |
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| Our friend Dena got married this past Saturday. She looked gorgeous in a silvery raw silk dress with a purple sash. And on her feet: what you see. I thought she'd taken her shoes off after the ceremony, but she informed me that she had been sans footwear for the entire evening, ceremony and all. Hey, the dress was long, no one knew—and just because you're getting married is no reason to be uncomfortable. Right? [To see more ABC Wednesday, go here.] |
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| Been saving this one since I got back from the Galapagos (we were up to the letter M then). The males attract females by doing a courtship dance with their big blue feet—if the female is impressed, then she joins in. [To see more ABC posts, go here.] |
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| All the children crossing the Pont des Arts in Paris were drawn like little magnets to these huge bubbles. I love the look of sheer wonder on those kids in the background. [To see more of the letter B, go here.] |
