I had big bloggy plans for Christmas in New York.  I wanted photos of the famous Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows, the Rockefeller skaters under the Christmas tree, and the giant snowflake that hangs over 5th Ave.

What happened instead was this…

…both haphazardly shot with my iPhone.  My talented husband was only in the city for a few days so I had to fend for myself in all things photographic.  Meow, meow.

SOOOOOOOOOO…I had to do what every modern woman of the blogosphere does and politely steal showcase other people’s photojournalism.

And what I’ve found, continues to amaze me.  As technology advances and people’s desire to document and share their world grows, beautiful photos are in abundance.  In 2009, I looked for a photo of one of the holiday windows on the internet and there were none to be found, not a one.  My only option to see it again was to buy a $500 coffee table book of Bergdorf holiday windows gone by.  Four years later, I now have the luxury to curate which photos from the internet I enjoy the most.

So cuddle up and grab a fancy cocktail with a pretty name like a Blue Blazer or an Old Etonian and let’s take a break from the doldrums of winter with a little stroll down 5th Ave together.

We are officially on the road now with Les Miserables through August of 2013 and while we are thrilled for Michael’s career, excited to be together and can’t wait for the adventure that lies ahead, Michael snapped a few somber photos of the Upper West Side as a little tribute to the past.  These 2 shots are of 73rd (looking west)…

and 74th off of Columbus (looking east)…

These 2 streets look almost exactly the same as they looked 20 years ago.  The shots of these same streets from Broadway show an UWS that has been completely transformed in the last 10 years.  And that’s good…life marches forward…but there’s something so romantic about these untouched brownstones…

Our next stop was Philly.