Love the dog photo. Thanks for sharing. I love NYC, been there twice and hope to go back soon.

We really need to go back. We had our honeymoon there, and it was so much fun. Yeah, not typical for a HM, but for great for people who like theater, music, art, and museums.

What a lovely thing to wake up to see on a dreary Saturday morning! You are an amazing photographer. I adored the cathedral shot, as well as the dog walker with his charges! Such a great assortment of photos...you must make a photo book of your trip for your coffee table!

Ah Saturday in NY. Memories the green market in union square and the flea markets in Chelsea !

You have taken these wonderful photos with what can only be described as a "loving" eye! Glad you enjoyed the city, Ida. Come back in Spring or Fall next time, and see Brooklyn too!

Wonderful photos!! They capture what I love about going to different places - just seeing what's different and how people live - not the tourist traps. I haven't been to NYC in a long time and your photos make me want to get another trip planned.

Excellent photos. I can tell you’re having a great time.

You covered a lot in a few days. Love the bride. I seem to see brides in every country I visit. When I go to nyc it’s usually for one specific thing like a play or a museum, I really need to spend more time. Thanks for posting these

Lovely shots - you're a natural. Did you use a camera or are they from your cell phone? I know this will be a memorable experience and I hope your final day is everything you want.

Great pics! So glad you are enjoying the city. I miss it. Have to take a trip in this summer.

Ida, you've captured some wonderful NYC scenes that make that city so special. Thank you for bringing us all some enjoyment. Beautiful photography!

Great pictures.....thanks for posting! So glad you enjoyed your visit.

Very nice photos that seem to capture every small and large experience of your trip. Glad you were able to extend your business trip and enjoy it.

Great pictures! I'm glad you had a good time.

Thank you for taking us with you on your trip. I so enjoyed your photos.

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm waiting on my flight home and sitting here absolutely physically spent but so satisfied that I got to do and see even more than I anticipated, and am particularly pondering the way I was instantly smitten with this city -- definitely an unexpected twist. I feel like in a very short time I became a part of it and it became a part of me. I even found myself annoyed with the "darn tourists" who would stop in the middle of the pedestrian traffic flow as I found my pace was very fast (had miles of ground to cover), and in what I presume to be typical NY fashion, I had no time to dilly dally!

I'll leave you with a few final pics (all were taken with my Samsung S8) from today. So long, Manhattan. Hope to see you again soon.

Ida, you are one her of a great photographer. So much emotion and movement in your pictures. I love them all. I am so glad you had a ball in NYC. There is something about the energy of that town that makes it totally invigorating to me.

You really immersed yourself in the city! I am going again in April and am looking forward to some unencumbered time to explore and take it all in. The last few times I've been lately have been about getting my daughter settled at Columbia or with friends for shows, etc. I miss being able to just "be there". Your photographs are wonderful and I hope you do make a nice photo book of your trip as suggested above. Safe travels!

Wonderful photos! Thank you for sharing! I recognized a few from my short visits in November and a whirlwind "3-hour tour" by my husband between flights.

Except for a couple of things I did with friends, I experienced the city all by myself, and that's something that hasn't happened for me in many years. While I treasure the many trips I've taken to various places with loved ones, there's something wonderfully satisfying for an introvert such as myself to be able to see a place for the first time with only one set of eyes. That's largely what I enjoyed so much about these past few days ... having nobody's agenda but my own was such a pleasure. I highly recommend it.

I like NYC - it's not one of my top five favorites, but I still like it although I would never go back in the winter again. I would consider living there if the climate weren't so horrible. Your photos remind me of how drab and gray it looks, especially when coming from Los Angeles. What I do love about NYC is the people, and I have lots of friends who live there or are from there. I like the museums as well. Food I've had there did not impress me, but I do relate better to the people in NYC than I do with the people here. My designs have also sold better in NY than anywhere else.

I love your photos! Thanks for posting them. I'm going to a tropical beach next week myself, to celebrate my brother's birthday.

That Union Jack teapot is so you! Your photos are so evocative and well done.

Well that was fun! Thank you for sharing Ida. I keep going back to the wedding dress photo ( there’s a story there) but there are many of your photos to love.

Great photos! I've never been there, and never had a real desire to go. I do now! I wonder if we can go there by boat. Hmmm.....

So glad you had a wonderful time...looks like you covered a *lot* of ground. Thanks for the great pics!

So glad that you decided to take the few extra days. Your pictures are fabulous! Even as a native, who loves the city, , you made me appreciate it even more.

Like you, I love traveling with DH. However, if I'm being honest, I prefer NYC alone. Well, I like NYC with him too. So I need to go twice as often....

Great photos -- you really got around!

Hooray! I’m so happy that you had a wonderful vacation!

I've been wondering about the horns honking in traffic. Gosh, there's so much of that going on and it's completely pointless! Why do drivers in Manhattan bother to DO that? Are they just expressing their near apoplexy impatience, or do they think it's actually helping? Cars are bumper to bumper and there's a reason things are at a standstill. Honking won't help. That's one thing that would drive me nuts if I lived there. (I just heard someone on NPR mention this phenomenon, so thought I'd bring it up here and ask ... WHY?)

Didn't you freeze your buns off on the boat tour? Or is it mostly covered?

Great pics. I miss the city so much....

(Thank you, also for the reminder to resist the Reverend Jenny M. Mcdevitt....She's a tricky one...)

You saw so much and your pictures are great. Thanks for sharing your time New York.

Really good pics and fun to see!

Love, love, loved all of your wonderful photos!!! I’ve traveled to many places in my life, but NYC is still on my bucket list to see. The week after Thanksgiving, actually. I thoroughly enjoyed all of your informative posts and pics. Thank you so much for sharing them with us! I’m glad that you had such a lovely time.

Wonderful photos! tfs!

Thanks so much for your kind words!

Pinkmountain, the day of the cruise actually turned out to be fairly mild and sunny. OK, it was only in the mid to high 40s by the time we set sail, but I still stood out on the deck without my coat. I guess you'd say it was "brisk." ;-) It was a definite relief compared to a couple of days prior, when the low had been 14 degrees, and combined with the wind chill it was an absolute misery.

The wind can really whip through those streets channeled by all the tall buildings!

OMG, I loved every picture, IdaClaire!! Thank you so much for sharing. You're a talented photographer. As others suggested, I hope you make a keepsake book of your photos. Too often, we forget to PRINT our travel pictures and maybe it's just me but enjoying digital travel memories doesn't warm my heart that much.

I'm so glad you enjoyed Manhattan and totally related to your solo discovery. One of my favourite lifetime experiences. Couldn't help but smile at your recollection of the honking drivers.

I'd like to go there! DW & DD have been there 3? times, for concerts, Cher, EJ.

I'm more of an open-spaces Guy, but I'd be looking for hot sports-cars there!!!! I think I'd pass-out in Beverly-Hills......;-)

Is there a exotic-car rental place in NYC? Probably have to have an AR-15 with me! ;-)

Faron

IdaClair, I always think of it as the unique 'taxicab patois of NYC'. ;-)

Ida, regarding the horns honking -- it does the drivers no good but it's part of the music of the city. My daughter lives in NYC -- UES (Upper East Side) & she has a hard time sleeping at my house in the suburbs because it's "too quiet".

When I moved here...(from the east coast) I couldn't believe that NOBODY honks...I still can't deal with it. How do you tell someone to go because the light's green? How do tell someone to turn first if you're both at an intersection? How do you warn people that there's a dog about to cross the street? Or that they need to get the he!! out of the passing lane? Or that they can't go 30 in a 55 mph zone? Or ANYTHING?