E. Stilker

NYC pics

Some pics of our trip to NYC last June. Less touristy stuff this time, dinner twice in Brooklyn. This time we stayed in a hotel in Queens, room with a view on Manhattan. We're off to Washington DC in a couple of days.

View on the Manhattan bridge from DUMBO.

Brooklyn Bridge

Ice Cream Van

Brownstone in Brooklyn Heights

T. in Cubana Café, BKNY

Slurping that mojito

Our view

The High Line Park (Chelsea/Meatpacking)

High Line Park (next to Chelsea Market, a foodie mecca)

Who said that New Yawkers weren't hospitable?

As city gardeners ourselves we had to visit the community gardens in Greenwich

Downing a caipirinha in Relish, Billyburg (Williamsburg), BKNY. Kelis' 'Milk' vid was shot here.

MOMA. Impressive! So was the gift shop. Bought a Konstantin Slawinski Baking Form

Gay Pride Parade

Stretching before the parade.

Gay Pride Parade

Not Indian Summer

We're enjoying some nice September weather. After our crappy Summer (especially July), I think we've deserved this.
Only recently a Belgian film journalist reporting on the Festival des Films du Monde here in Montreal mentioned the nice Indian Summer. NEWSFLASH: This isn't an Indian Summer, this is STILL Summer.

There is a common misconception (in Europe) about what exactly the Indian Summer is. First of all: it has to be after September 21st (technically Fall), a ground frost must have occurred and you need a couple of days of +21C weather. You never know when the Indian Summer will happen, until it hits you. Sometimes it doesn't come at all.

My first real Indian Summer was 10y ago in Saskatchewan. I was visiting T. around the end of October. One day we were enjoying a nice stroll in the park in tees, the next day we were hit by a blizzard.

So for now we'll continue to enjoy our REAL summer with some homemade Moules-Frites!

Ps: check out the latest issue of Pas Uit Magazine!

Belgium Pics

I am working through a picture back log of 4 months. These pics were taken in April. More to come: another trip to NYC, Summer in Quebec. Next week we're going to Washington DC (I hope Barack is home) and in the Fall we're driving to Boston.