Showing posts with label Union Square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Union Square. Show all posts
Hello Friends. I hope you're having a good week. Does it feel like spring weather where you live?
Well, in my neck of the woods the weather for March and April have been really crazy!
The month of March was really cold and we had a few really bad Nor'easters. It's April now and we've already had a few snow storms with many inches of snow. We were luckly that the snow melted quickly from the last storm we had.
The month of March was really cold and we had a few really bad Nor'easters. It's April now and we've already had a few snow storms with many inches of snow. We were luckly that the snow melted quickly from the last storm we had.
I usually meet up once a month with friends in Union Square, New York City. I really look forward to this meet up and last week the weather was agreeable. We all decided to meet up, yay!
I did a post back in 2016 about the group of friends that I meet up with once a month. If you would like to read about that you can click HERE.
I decided to take a few photos to share with you since the weather was nice that morning when I arrived at Union Square.
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| Union Squre New York City |
You can see that some of the trees are just starting to bud and will have flowers and green leaves soon.
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| Union Square Park NYC |
I love that the bushes and plants are green. Soon there will be leaves on these trees and you won't be able to see the buildings as clearly as now.
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The sky was still dark and cloudy, but you can see behind the fence the statue and the buildings.
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I was so happy to see the pretty spring flowers and pansies in the planters.
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| Flowers in the Planters - Union Square |
The flowers below will be blooming soon with tulips and daffadils. You can even see the pansies are starting to bloom. I like how green everything looks.
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I will be really happy once it feels like warm spring weather here. I can't wait to not have to wear a scarf and heavy coat anymore. You can even see how green the grass looks.
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There are many statues scattered throughout Union Square Park. There is even a small play ground for children to play in. (No photo).
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Below, if you look you can see the brown building in the middle and that is Barnes & Noble. This bookstore is one of my favorite places to visit.
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| Brown Building is Barnes & Noble |
On this side of the street you can see all of the citibikes parked along the street for people to ride around the city. I have NOT done that as I would not feel comfortable riding a bike in New York City!
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| City Bikes |
Now we are inside of Barnes & Noble. I love browsing and looking at all of the many books on the shelves. I enjoy reading fiction books and I really like looking at the huge assortment of magazines.
Next I went up to meet my friends in the Starbucks cafe. We usually look at magazines, knit and crochet at our leisure, while drinking our Starbucks coffee.
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| Books in Barnes & Noble |
Once I left the book store, I decided to do a little shopping and then I took some more photos of the flowers in the Farmers Market. Have you ever been there? It's such a nice market and they have all kinds of specialty foods, breads, jellies, donuts, fruits, and vegetables.
They have such a huge variety of spring flowers now. If you look closely it had been raining outside and the ground was full of puddles.
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| Spring Flowers in the Farmers Market |
I really enjoyed looking at the colorful pansies and daffadils. Spring flowers are the perfect way to cheer you up on a cold and dreary day!
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| Spring Plants |
Look more plants. Below are some really cute cactus plants. I really liked them but at $15 dollars I thought that I could make my own for a lot less money.
I can't wait to visit a local home improvement store to purchase all of my spring flowers and vegetables. I am really looking forward to some gardening in my yard. Hopefully that will be real soon.
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| Cactus Plants |
What is the weather like in your area and have you done any spring planting yet?
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this little walk through Union Square with me. Enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.
Don't forget to visit Jess and I at our Monday Cooking and Crafting with J & J Link Up!
Hi everyone, I hope you're enjoying the week. I belong to a small group of knitters and crocheters that get together and meet at the Barnes & Noble Cafe in Union Square, New York City, once a month.
I look forward to this meet up, and since I was early, I decided to take a few photos of the area to share with you.
Below is a statue in Union Square Park of Abraham Lincoln, and there are many other statues, trees and benches, with people just sitting and enjoying the park.
Below is a statue in Union Square Park of Abraham Lincoln, and there are many other statues, trees and benches, with people just sitting and enjoying the park.
I just love how pretty the park looks, and there are even tables to sit at and perhaps eat lunch.
There is also the amazing Union Square Greenmarket which has many different vendors selling all kinds of fresh vegetables, fruits, plants, flowers, and food from many farms. This is so fun to visit and shop for various items.
These cute blooming sunflowers are one of my favorite summer flowers.
Finally, I arrive at the Barnes & Noble Cafe and sit with my friends, enjoying coffee, looking at crochet magazines, and crocheting potholders!
Some of you may recognize my crochet potholders from Instagram. You can follow along with me HERE @brklynhousewife. I look forward to becoming new IG friends.
I really enjoy our meetings and it's sometimes fun to see the reaction and smiles on peoples faces when they see us knitting and crocheting together.
Have you ever knitted or crocheted in public?
By the way, while I was in Barnes & Noble, I had some time to look at the books. I was so looking forward to reading a new book, but believe it or not I didn't see any that I wanted to read. If you are reading any good books, and have any recommendations, please let me know in the comments area.
If you would like to make one of these potholders, you can click HERE for the pattern. The cotton yarn I used is Sugar'n Cream, Holly Jolly Prints. The crochet needle is US size I.
Thanks for coming along with me for my little tour of the park, greenmarket, and Barnes & Noble.
If you would like to see more of my crochet creations, click HERE, and my knitting creations, click HERE.
If you are ever in New York City, please take the time to visit this area, as there's a lot of shopping, restaurants, the park, and of course Barnes & Noble Book Store.
I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.
Click HERE to see the great parties I will be linking up to!
Thanks everyone and enjoy!
Julie
Welcome to Makeup Monday on Julie's Lifestyle. Each Monday I will post about a certain type of makeup, nail polish, face or hair product etc. It will be a fun place to come visit about anything to do with beauty.
Don't forget to check back here next Monday to see what I will be sharing with you.
Week 6 - LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics Store
Hi friends, and welcome to another week of Makeup Monday. Today we are going to talk about LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics. LUSH is a store that sells fresh handmade natural cosmetics. They sell a range of natural handmade soaps, bath bombs, bubble bars, shower gels, shampoo and many more products. You can find the link for the US store HERE.
Back in December I went to the store located at 7 East 14th Street, New York, NY in the Union Square area. I did some Christmas shopping for my husband and daughter and they loved everything I picked out for them. You have to visit this store if you haven't yet, this store is amazing!
I would love to share with you some of the photos of my shopping trip, so come take a look with me.
I hope you liked my little tour of this store and that I have inspired you to visit.
Click here to see where I may be partying this week.
Don't forget to check back here next Monday to see what I will be sharing with you.
Julie
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