Writings on the wall

I love love love graffitis. Always had! (In the past I even had one in my bedroom, my very own pink flamingo!) So it doesn't come as a shock to anyone that one of the biggest posts so far in this blog (at least the most illustrated) is exactly about graffitis. There you go some of the street art I found in New York:

1- This post-its were left on the wall of the The Times Square Museum & Visitor Center and some of the messages were real pieces of art (pure literature). Plus, the idea and the effect they all create is also really cool!

2 - This is not actually street art, is a mural inside the lobby of the Rockefeller Building, but I think that it fits pretty well in here...

3 - A graffiti spotted last saturday in Williamsburg (in Brooklyn). A little bit spooky but very interesting as well. 

4 - Kids writing on the black wall at the market in Meatpacking. 

5 - When walls are not enough we always have vans!!!

6 - Graffitis are not always for fun, they can also work perfectly as ads.

7 - This one, in 21st St. (between 10th & 9th Ave.) is from Os Gemeos.

8 - Four streets up north (between 10th & 11th Ave.) is this mural from Kobra that features different subjects but all with New York City as a scenario. 

9 - This was in Houston St. Beautiful and an ode to love, in all its forms!

10 - Color blocks. And the proof that simplicity and perfection go hand by hand!

11 - A perfect way to cover a construction site on The Bowery. They call it the Bowery Arts District for a reason!

12 - While looking for a Banksy graffiti in Allen St. (between Canal & Division, in Chinatown) I found this hopeful message. 

13 - And what about this second-hand shop in Spring St.?! Doesn't it look great and modern?!

14 - When I saw this lovely Japanese (or was it Corean?! :S) restaurant in 10th Ave. I not only felt in love by the drawings but also by the open stairwell that, as this book I bought (I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York) says, although "they are an efficient way for businesses to load and unload goods from trucks in the streets", they're also "an efficient way to fall into a huge effing hole right in the middle of the damn sidewalk". But, I don't care... Despite all the rational arguments against them, I love them and they picture beautifully. 

15 - Another graffiti from Os Gemeos, this time in Stillwell Ave. in Coney Island.

16 - And to finish New York graffiti tour some details from the Coney Island Aquarium wall. At a certain point of the sidewalk that goes all the way from Coney Island to Brigthon Beach (or should I say Russian Beach?!) is this wall that "tells" us a little bit more about the Coney Island fun parks and the Aquarium, as well as some always-nice-to-know-more information about life under the sea...

The sweetest thing

I seriously don't know why they call it the Big Apple... New York doesn't "taste" like apples at all, it tastes like sweets! If you don't believe me keep scrolling; you don't imagine the quantity and variety of sweets' shops & bakeries this city has. Not to mention the Starbucks (that you can find every step you take, and I'm not kidding, every new step there's one) and Dunkin Donuts, both also packed with amazing pasteries and hands full of other yammy things. And... I had them all!!! From the Bomboloni donut (187 Columbus Ave. - between 68th and 69th - and apparently one of the best in town) to the Banana Pudding from Magnolia Bakery, and with two-just-to-know-what-they-are fried Oreos in the between, as said before: I had it all!!! And surprisingly haven't gained a kg. Not one!!! But on the other hand I have been dealing with this annoying tooth ache that until today, when I started putting together all my "sweetest" pictures, didn't realize where might have came from...

 Baked by Melissa is all over town and has some amazing mini-cupckaes.

Amazing!!! 

 The orange ones are from carrot and are the best, but all and all they were delicious and because they're so little you can taste several and get the "big picture". 

In the m&m megastore in Times Square you can buy the colorful chocolates directly from the source. 

And in the US they not only have a lot of different colors, they also have different stuffing and flavors.  

In this store there's also a m&m color scan that tells you which is your m&m color, according to your personality and profile... Mine turned out to be GOLD!!!

 Eleni's is a bakery inside the Chelsea Market that, as you can see, is all set and ready for Halloween. 

And although the cupcakes are also very good in here it is best known for it's cookies. This NYC box is just and example of what they can create. The fashion (with stilettos, shades, a little and very cute purse and a lipstick) and the typical girly (with nail polish, a brush, a hair dryer, a mascara and two different sets of eye shadows) are the ones that made this place famous.

 The ceiling from Dylan's Candy Bar (the sweets' shop from Ralph Lauren's daughter) resembles the lollipops with which this store is stuffed...

 Like this one!

 In here you also can buy personalized chocolate bars. Of course I couldn't find my name!!!

And non-personalized ones... 

 And more candy!!!

 And letters made out of jelly!

Chupa-chups directly from Barcelona to NYC! 

Typical american jelly beans with a lot of different tastes... some very unexpected and not so pleasant.
But I love them anyway! 

Of course the stairs had also to be stuffed with sweets!

I hope that after this post your sugar levels didn't spike... And that you can take just a little bit more of sweetness. Friends at the other side of the world, have a sweet sweet monday! Love you all!!!