The things we are doing

I think our jetlag finally wore off, our feet got used to the pain and we found some amazing coffee. Today is our last day in NYC and up until now we have had great weather (okay, we got caught in the rain yesterday, but huddling under an awning with 8 other people was a fun bonding moment).

On Saturday we discovered Brooklyn Museum and after four hours we decided it was our favourite place. We went Saturday morning and pretty much had a run of the place. The building and collection are amazing. It's top of our new must see list in New York.

We then trained it over to the transit museum. Housed in an old underground station it had an interesting history of the building of the system, which is totally amazing. There was also a cat there.

We then walked over Brooklyn Brudge then trained it out to Williamsburg to check out the Artist and Flea market. It's sort of similar to Rose Street but runs from 10am-7pm. That's a long day for carny folk! Then we found a dive bar and drunk the PBR beer that seems popular in the area.

Yesterday we checked out Grand Central Station, the whispering wall (if you're shouting "is it working??" then you're doing it wrong, and the Public Library. We then went to the Upright Citizens Brigade to see Assscat 3000. Amy Poehler started it years ago and was there performing. It was very funny, very clever and the best value $10 ever.

New York New York

Here are a few more pics from New York.

I'm not sure the order they are in, but we found a cat in a deli, went to the American Museum of Natural History, walked the High Line in Chelsea, saw the Flatiron building and 30 Rock and had a cup of jo in a diner. Check out the mug.

Walking till your feet cry

We woke up this morning feeling tired after our super long flight and decided to cure the jet lag with a day walking till our feet felt faint. We are staying near Prospect Park in Brooklyn (our housemate told us it was designed by the same guy who did Central Park) so we went there first as I read they had a farmer's market. The park is epic, it makes Carlton Gardens look like an apartment balcony garden. We found the market, a whole four stalls (Saturdays are the day...) and got some apples, apple cider and apple cider doughnuts!

We visited Williamsburg, then Wall Street (I just finished American Psycho so I was Bateman spotting) then Tribeca and Soho. Gareth wanted to go to the Ghostbusters HQ (quick question: Will this trip be film/tv locations heavy? Answer: I hope so) so we popped by for a dorky photo. We grabbed some food at La Esquina (I can't hyperlink, this blogger app is badic. Here is the link http://esquinanyc.com/ )after a few recommendations and it was rather yummo. We also visited the Kiosk store ( http://kioskkiosk.com/ ) which was full of amazing stuff.

Here are a few pics of the day including the smaller pond at Prospect Park. Bottles floated on the algae, but it was such a pretty colour.

USA

Off we go to the USA. We'll be mobile blogging and this is our test to see it all works okay. Airplane mode needs to go on.

The Hugument

Gareth and I came up with this concept the other night. We were discussing ways to "improve" arguments and we decided that the HUGUMENT was the way to do it.

This is how it works, during the argument you need to hug the other person at the same time. We figure the body contact will make you happy, making you less likely to get too angry.



Please note this probably wouldn't work if you got into an argument with a stranger on public transport in the middle of summer.

Mum and other things

Mother's Day this Sunday. We've had some fun designing new cards and remembering that our Thanks For The Lift card was why we started this all in the first place. Our Gosh Darn Mum is also available on Etsy.




Eleanor at Kick and Screen has great screenprinting packs available on her Etsy site. Wanted to get into screenprinting but don't want to shell out on a gocco? This would be the way to do it.

Somehow I missed the viral train that is Fenton. I don't know how that happened but maybe you missed it too? If not I'm sure a rewatch will bring a smile to your face.

Did you ever want to be a food blogger just for a day? Now here's your chance.

Speaking of food, have you eaten at Colonel Tan's at Revolver Upstairs? We are doing the monthly market tonight and they have one of our favourite menus in Melbourne.

Hannakin does the Rose Street Market and her stuff is really really lovely. Gareth and I were swooning over it on Sunday (He has a print stuck up in his office). Cute illustrations with a bit of an edge (some had the swears, I love the swears!) Here is an interview with her at the Finders Keepers blog.

I loved this post by Emily from The Black Apple on exercise.  Often when you work from home or for yourself you can get stuck in a bit of a rut. You forget to take time out to do these things because you get "so so busy". It's always nice to hear from others going through the same thing.

Stickygram

Last Friday some magnets we ordered from StickyGram arrived in the post from the UK. I'd heard about them on a blog post I read a while back about different things you could purchase using images from Instagram. I think at the time I wasn't using Instagram so I wasn't that interested in them.

Since joining Instagram (and I have to admit it is now a firm favourite) the magnet idea stuck in my head so I thought I would order some. I got a mix of images I really love and then some funny ones as well as the manditory cat one and they are now stuck up on our fridge. I think they would be a perfect little gift for someone far away (pics of family for Mother's Day) as you can just ship directly to them.

My plan is to get another magnet of the image above (which I uploaded to Instagram) and then start one of those never ending sequences of images within images and blow my tiny mind.