NYC Day 2

May 22, 2011 Alanna Cavanagh

I forgot to bring my camera along today* so no photos.

Saturday = Essential Downtown shopping (or browsing!)

MUJI 455 Broadway
Housing Works Book store Cafe 126 Crosby
Housing Works Thrift Shop 128 Crosby
Paul Smith (love Paul Smith's Salon wall!!! - is quite to die for) 142 Greene St
J. Crew. Prince St.

Then a great dinner at
Bubby's in Tribeca 120 Hudson St.

* It was actually quite liberating to forget my camera for a day. I believe the art critic + social thinker John Ruskin would have approved! He despised cameras and felt they led to people not looking in the present but rather recording for the future. Agreed.

NYC Day 1

May 20, 2011 Alanna Cavanagh

Here is swiss miss with speaker Maria Popova behind her.

Why is swiss miss looking so happy?
Because.....

She is announcing that Creative Morning has now grown to include London and Chicago!! YAY.

Maria Popova posited that the two most important qualities for a creative person are Curiosity and Choice. I agree whole heartedly.

Me + swiss miss (Tina Roth Eisenberg)

Wonderful friend Scott

Trip to the American Folk Art Museum
(Martin Haake's favourite place in New York :-))
There was a wonderful show on Quilts

Fantastic dinner at the cozy Porsena (21 East 7th Street)

I began my New York adventure early by attending Swiss' miss Creative morning this am at the beautifully designed General Assembly space in the FlatIron district.

The speaker was writer Maria Popova who gave a presentation on her theories of creativity. Her talk included quotes by many of my favourite designers including Paula Scher + Alex Steinweiss plus a very groovy animated film by Nina Paley which proved Popova's main point that nothing is original! It was a very thought provoking talk.