2 posts tagged “nyc”

These are photos from the Handbag Award show.  On the left is my bag, with all the other handmade finalists.  The bottom right is a photo of Debbie Stoller (Stitch n' Bitch, Bust) presenting the award for the Best Handmade Handbag category. 

I love New York, and all its craziness, but I could never live there.  You have to fight for everything: parking spaces, food, seats, road, bathrooms... THERE IS NOWHERE TO PEE IN MANHATTAN.  I came back to Ohio appreciating very basic things, like the grass in my front yard, parking spaces, the freedom to buy a backyard pool, or have a barbecue.  What if you want to go to a pumpkin patch in the fall?  Or pick your own strawberries? 

I was beyond impressed with New York, despite my homesickness.  It's a marvel of American ambition, for sure.  Just don't drink too much while you're out and about, because as I mentioned, there is nowhere to pee.

We got back from our New York trip on Saturday.  The Handbag awards were on June 18, and while I didn't win, the show was still fantastic, and my bag had an appearance on the CBS Early show on June 19.  

We had such a good time in New York.  I got some stellar photos of the Statue of Liberty, ate soup dumplings with my friend Kate Black, and swam at Coney Island.  We also ate hot dogs and frog's legs at Nathan's, and found out that they get their tartar sauce from Marzetti's, which is about 2 miles from my house.  

Oh, and Ellis Island.  I spent a lot of time in that museum.  Everyone should go there.