Thursday Challenge—"organized"

You string these colorful balls together
over small bulbs to create a light 
garland.  I'd probably mix-and-match
the colors, but must admit that seeing them
organized neatly by hue like this
makes the OCD part of me very happy.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo 
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.] 

Thursday Challenge—"lights"

In the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere,
in Rome, this child's mother gave him 
a coin and told him he could light one candle.
He did put the coin in the offering box, but
he definitely did not stop at one candle.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

Light the Christmas lights!

I love Christmas lights displayed in all kinds of
ways—found these festive lumières at the
Paris boutique Muji, a fun store in the Marais.

[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows
and also to Macro Monday.]

Weekend Reflections

Light from the many globes at the Cité metro station
is reflected all around the white-tiled
walls and ceiling (and white stone platform too.)

[To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.]

The Weekend in Black and White

I think outdoor dining is over until next year. I'll
just have to look forward to the next al fresco meal 
here in the backyard of my favorite neighborhood
place (and eat indoors in the meantime!).

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

New York at Night 21

Seems as though the entire city is trimmed in
lights at this time of year. Lots of visitors enjoying
them—as I walked this block, I heard French,
German, Italian, and Japanese (but no English).

'Tis the season . . .

. . . to put up the tree and fight with those
strings of lights again (if they still work
since you put them away last year, that is).
I finally got a good fake that has the lights already 
installed. Now these old lights live under a glass 
globe year-round and they're all tangled up on purpose!

[To see more Mellow Yellow Monday posts, go here.
To see more Macro Monday pics, visit Lisa's Chaos.]
  

Congrats to the Grads

On this particular night (May 16), the
Empire State Building was lit up with a
pattern of blue/white/blue lights in honor
of the Columbia University commencement.
They're in the process of replacing the 400
standard lights they have now with 1,200
LED fixtures. See here. Now they'll be able
to create even more colors, and patterns too.

[It's Blue Monday. To see more, visit Smiling Sally's meme.]

Thursday Challenge — "light"

I was happy to see a continuation of last week's
challenge.  There's no lack of light here in
NYC, and even more so at this time of year.
Frankly, I wish they'd leave these lights (on
3rd Ave., near where I work) on all year long!


[To see more of this challenge, go here.]

Thursday Challenge — "light"

Well, 'tis the season—so the light I
choose this week is this fabulous modern
chandelier in one of last year's holiday
windows at ABC Carpet and Home.
(I could literally live in that place!)


[To see more of this challenge, go here.]

New York at Night (14)

I'm sure the trees that are looking so festive now remain
wrapped in lights all year (I wouldn't want to do this
more than once, would you?).  I saw this pretty blue
display in the East Village on the night before Thanksgiving
(and the one in the banner shot across the street from my new office).


[Today is Blue Monday. To see more, go here to Sally's meme.]

Thursday Challenge — "lights"

Beaucoup de lumiere here at Sacré Coeur, in Paris.
They just seem to go on forever, n'est-ce pas?

[See more lights here.]