{"id":2838,"date":"2010-05-01T16:06:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T20:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2010-05-01T16:06:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T20:06:32","slug":"trip-to-ny-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/05\/trip-to-ny-2\/","title":{"rendered":"trip to NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben and I went down to NY on the <a href=\"http:\/\/us.megabus.com\/\">Megabus<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Wifi, a table- I swear, the light was better then in my studio. I&#8217;d prepared some projects to work on during the way down (about 4 hours). Coming home was crowded and we didn&#8217;t get the table, but really, it is a very relaxing way to get to NY.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bus.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2839\" title=\"bus\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went to an opening party at the new<a href=\"http:\/\/www.purlsoho.com\/purl\"> Purl<\/a> location. Yes, it is amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/purl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2840\" title=\"purl\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/purl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The display window-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/window.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2841\" title=\"window\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/window.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The felt- love it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/felt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2842\" title=\"felt\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/felt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>btw- they have bolts of felt at the store if you are looking for larger amounts.<\/p>\n<p>Color is all at Purl. It is intoxicating. Even the refreshments were beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/yum.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2843\" title=\"yum\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/yum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Going back to the hotel- all the lights at night-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/night.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2844\" title=\"night\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/night.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stayed down by Wall Street and the hole in the ground that was the World Trade Center. This promenade was just a few blocks from the hotel. Lovely. The weather was perfect which I must say is a unique experience for me in NY- usually we are there in pouring rain, no matter what the season!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/river.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2845\" title=\"river\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/river.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday we went to the Museum of the City of New York and saw a show of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcny.org\/exhibitions\/current\/charles-addams-new-york.html\">Chas Addams artwork<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But really, let&#8217;s get back to the party. I met <a href=\"http:\/\/heatherross.squarespace.com\/journal\/\">Heather Ross<\/a> (yes, I gushed and told her I was a big fan),\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/disdressed.blogspot.com\/\">Liesl<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/tmogy.com\/homep.html\">Tamar Mogendorff<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/fashionnerd.com\/\">Diana Eng<\/a> was there but I didn&#8217;t have a chance embarrass myself with her- I would have told her that I stopped watching Project Runway after they bumped her&#8230; but probably, that would have been weird. There was a big crowd and I can&#8217;t even say how thrilled I was to be there.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I will post some crafty aspects of the trip, but that&#8217;s enough for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben and I went down to NY on the Megabus.\u00c2\u00a0 Wifi, a table- I swear, the light was better then in my studio. I&#8217;d prepared some projects to work on during the way down (about 4 hours). Coming home was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/05\/trip-to-ny-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2846,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions\/2846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}