I’m not sure about you, but NYE has always been a let down.  You have Halloween, Thanksgiving and then the weeks of Christmas celebrations filled with parties, shopping, gifting, and travels to see loved ones. Then New Years Eve comes along to rain on me parade and tell me it’s ALL OVER!

This year was different.  I had a beautiful date, dressed in a vintage sequined dress, and a killer place to celebrate 2009 & bring in 2010!  One of my friends threw a great PARTAY on her rooftop, and rented out the lounge at the top of her apartment building, overlooking a new york staple, the beautiful Empire State Building!

We had so much fun with friends, and met some great new friends.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE…on march 11th.

Not.At.ALL I just saw last night on the news that this February was NYC’s “SNOWIEST” on record. EVER. Meaning the city got more snow this February than it’s ever had in any February.  What a way for winter to welcome us to the North.
I joke about it, but I really do love it.  Friday we had so much snow and the city was absolutely beautiful.  Now I know you’re saying, “Didn’t he JUST post about the snow?”.  Yes, I did.  That was the last blizzard….these are from the newest blizzard. And this time I was prepared with a full battery, so no excuses!

NYC is getting back to normal.  The snow has melted into a brown slushy mess and the hidden puddles are no fun to step into (especially if you’re wearing suede boots while on a date with your wife), so I wanted to post these from Friday to remind me of the snowglobe that is the Northeast!

This is just outside of our apartment on Wall Street…looking down at Trinity Church

I’m not a history geek, but I think it’s beyond cool that I get to walk past the spot that George Washington took the oath of office as our first president.

The gates around the cemetery at Trinity Church.

The cemetery has so much history with members of the continental congress, congressmen, members of the Astor family (some who passed away on the Titanic), writers, artistists, and also has the oldest marked grave in New York City dating back to 1681.

We had to take a starbucks break to warm up!

We made it to my favorite spot in the park!

These are the steps that lead down to the Bethesda fountain…everyone just slid down, because of all the snow!

Have I told you how much my wife LOVES THE SNOW?  Her face lights up like a little kid!

I love this one…the reflection on the tiled ceiling

and these two:  love the silhouette and my favorite of the day is the one of Dara on the right!

SNOWFLAKES!

Dara took these of me….It was a cold bench!

I recently purchased the Instax 210 Instant Film camera.  I have been wanting to get an instax for awhile to switch it up a little.  I cannot wait to incorporate the instant film into more of my work and future sessions.

This is a shot that I took yesterday on 34th Street and 8th Ave on my way back to the subway from picking up my business cards (I cannot wait to show you my cards and some other things I’ve been working on).   The sun was setting on the Empire State Building and this is what came out of the Instax.

You can purchase an Instax at Unique Photo

Instax Camera Photo Courtesy of Unique Photo

Front:

We love this song so much and had a gospel choir sing it at our wedding, we wanted to have it on our Christmas Card

Side Two:

Inside Left:

Inside Center:

In front of the LOVE statue on 6th & 55th

Inside Right:

BACK:

You can’t forget our lovable LOLA!

]]> http://trent-bailey.com/personal/merry-christmas-from-trent-dara/feed 0 http://trent-bailey.com/personal/things-i-like-thursday-stumptown-coffee-nyc-lifestyle-photographer http://trent-bailey.com/personal/things-i-like-thursday-stumptown-coffee-nyc-lifestyle-photographer#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:40:23 +0000 Trent Bailey http://trent-bailey.com/?p=167 I absolutely adore, overly enjoy, slightly obsess over Stumptown Coffee.  Many people that know me, know that I am not a huge fan of coffee.  Until recently, the only “coffee” thing I like was a caramel macchiato from starbucks that had to have added raw sugar for a sweeter taste.  I still love the Iced Green Tea from Starbucks, but I have found a new coffee beverage obsession!  It goes a little like this STUMP-TOWN.  A friend of mine and fellow NYC photographer, Spencer Lum, introduced me to the amazing tastes of Stumptown.  It’s new to NYC and shares an uber trendy lobby/ chill out place with the AHHHH-MAZING Ace Hotel.

Located on 29th Street between 5th Ave and Broadway, just a hop, skip and a jump away on the yellow line from our apartment, Dara and I find ourselves getting cravings for this new wave coffee bean.  GQ recently ranked it on “The Most Important Drink of Your Day” as the gold standard of Third Wave espresso.

Below are some images from the stumptown website; love this place!

She has adapted quite well to the city life and loves all of the attention she gets when we walk her, thanks to the bows that her mom LOVES to put in her hair.  Lola is one of a kind.

very entertaining. never a dull moment. loves to play & wag her tail.

If you spot this pup on the streets of NYC, you should note that she loves to be petted and will gladly accept treats.  More to come in Part two of Meet our NEW YORKie.