On Exploring, Wizards, and Butchers

Having this new camera has been super rad. I spent one afternoon after work wandering around Brooklyn Bridge Park with my snazzy new camera & Crumpler camera bag in hand. I managed to take a few cool shots of the Brooklyn Bridge and Pier 6, but mostly, I was just interested in getting to know my camera, and testing out how it performed in different light conditions. Note to self. Need to take a camera class ASAP.

Empire State Building off to the right!

<3 This

The tall building is the new Frank Gehry Building. The cranes are for One World Trade.

Love the purple in the glass & the taxi sign

A little Bridge love

Then I spent another day last weekend totally nerding out, and going to the Harry Potter Exhibit at the Discovery Center in Times Square. Being an American Express cardholder, I was also able to snag a free audio tour, which was pretty cool. Unfortunately, no pictures were allowed in the exhibit, and I wasn't spending $17 for an "exhibit book," so I don't have many images to show for my fun trip. I will say however, that this exhibit was super cool, and my favorite part was getting to see all the wands from each of the characters in the movies. You better believe they had a gift shop at the end of the exhibit selling all the wands too. I was THIS CLOSE to buying one. But I told myself, wait, wait. Spend all your bucks when you eventually make it to the Harry Potter world at Universal Studios in Orlando. Perhaps this year over Thanksgiving? I wonder if I can convince the Mister....

Harry Memorabilia

Display case at the gift shop

And in another nerd alert, I got some new glasses finally! I'm psyched about these Modo's with green inside and tortoise shell outside. They look cute on, and after picking them up from the shop, I promptly wore them for the rest of the evening while I read my new cookbook/butcher's guide. The famously humane Fleisher's is opening a branch of their butcher's shop here in Park Slope, literally 4 blocks from my apartment this fall. I could NOT be a happier camper. Local eggs, grass fed and happy meats, and a whole variety of other local cheeses and goods will be right at my finger tips! I'm geeked for my weekly trips to the store.