Lunar New Year

 

I had never been to Chinatown in Chicago. and I really wanted to go there. Enters the Lunar New Year parade!

 

I wasn't in a very good spot to take pictures in the beginning. But it got better. In fact, Greg dragged me in a better place.

 Lots of heads everywhere.

 

No more heads in front of me!!

 

When I pushed the button on my camera to take this picture, I had the feeing I took a perfect timed pic. :p

It is ok. The flag is all there, the dragons are in the back, the crowd on the side... But i'm not super happy :/ 

 

WTF is he doing here???

 

I like this pic.

 

It was a fun day, very beautiful too. I'm glad we got to see it, Ronald McDonald(???) and all...

New York On Film - Time Square, Soho, Chelsea, Chinatown, Central Park

I finally got the rest of the pictures from my trip to New York back. I'm still thrilled that I got to take them on film, and my film camera will be with me in Chicago next September for sure!!

This sign was right by Penn Station where I would arrive in New York every morning from Edison, New Jersey.

These were the flowers on my way from the hotel to Edison train station. They were gorgeous.

This is Soho.

I realize I don't have much to say about my pictures. :p

This was at the Chelsea market. We ate that lobster. I've never liked lobster that much, the thing I like best about it was the mayonnaise until this day! It was delicious! I'm a big fan of seafood. It was heavenly.

This is from my mom and I's walk in Central Park. And what is a walk in Central Park without a Spongebob popsicle?

I already wrote a bit about this statue in a previous entry. It was in the movie Enchanted. I was elated to finally see it in person.

Time Square

Chinatown

I'll always remember this trip to New York because of this moment. I got to meet these two beautiful ladies. Kathleen and her mom. I've known Kathleen for 7 years. But I had never met her in person till this day. We met through Flickr seven years ago when we were both collecting and taking pictures of our Blythe dolls. We kept in touch since. I watched her 'grow up', getting married and having a kid. I could call her a friend even if we never actually met. Well, that is done now, we met, and now I can say she's a very important friend to me. She's exactly what I thought she would be. She's an awesome person (her Mom as well!! ) and I'm so glad I finally met her, I'm so grateful I have her in my life. This moment, meeting her and her Mom, this was one of the most important moment in years.

New York On Film - High Line, Meat Packing District, Brooklyn, Chinatown

Exactly a month ago today, I was in New York. I brought my film camera with me since my reflex was at the repair shop. Today I got back two of the rolls on paper. I'm going to get all of the seven rolls little by little because it's expensive!!! :p 

I'm glad I took those pictures on film. It had been a while since I used this camera. I have to say I'm pretty disapointed with how they turned out on paper. They're not as clear as they used to be. Now it seems that they digitalize them for printing.

The first roll I got back today was from our walk, my mom and I's, on the High Line. I took a complete roll of pictures there! I loved it!

This is the Meat Packing District. I saw the best street art there!

Nice, right?

This building was in Chelsea I think. It was a building all covered in metal. It doesn't show very well on the picture. But I'm glad I got it because it was the end of the roll and I was pretty sure I missed it.

This is the second roll from Brooklyn this time.

We got to Brooklyn by the subway and we decided to walk by the Brooklyn bridge to go back to Manhattan. But we messed up and ended up taking the Manhattan bridge, which was actually great because we got to see the Brooklyn bridge! 

By the end of the bridge there were these rooftops on the streets next to us. Seeing these pictures makes feel so happy! I really want to take more pictures on film. It's such a fun process.

This is the last picture of the roll. The bridge ends in Chinatown. Too bad the picture's cut. Maybe I got it right on the next roll when I loaded up.

Now I cannot wait to get the rest of the pictures back! I'm happy the New York pictures didn't turn out all messed up. I felt so insecure loading up my camera. I don't why I've done that tons of times before. But I was afraid all the pictures would be all black or all white because I didn't put the film correctly or the camera was broken. Oh well, they turned out okay. :p