“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
I love to travel and experience new cultures. For that reason, I took a day trip to New York for a mini vacation. My purpose in going was to visit all the places I didn’t get a chance to visit during new years. With that being said, I still didn’t get a chance to visit all the places I wanted to. Regardless, I had a wonderful time and I plan on going back soon to finish my list. Below are a few pictures I took while I was there.
Before I went to the Brooklyn bridge I stopped by Duke’s cafe located in Soho no too far from H&M.
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The M&M store has an aroma. It’s terrible if you’re poor and can’t afford those high prices.
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Thank you!
Yes…these are awesome!
I absolutely love that last picture! I would honestly pay money for a photo of that quality =)
Thanks I really appreciate that!
It really is a well done photo.
Beautiful images. I appreciate that you’ve captured the traditional as well as the less touristy, more unique aspects of this incredible city. LOVE that last pic!!
Thank you soooo much!
GREAT SNAPSHOTS! Especially the last one – i feel like I am standing in the midst of NYC! How were you able to get the tall building heights in?
THANK YOU!!! I used the stock 18-55mm lens and tilted it vertically to capture the height.
I was just thinking of writing the exact same as Zoetic! Thanks for the beautiful photo!
Amazing pics man! Glad to see you enjoyed NYC.
Thanks!!
These are some really great photos. I live here in NYC and every day I swear I find a new nook and cranny to take in–and document. Thanks for sharing your photos!
Thank you! I really appreciate you comment!
I plan on going to New York next year for the first time next year and Im super excited, and a bit nervous. I heard NY can be overwhelming to a newcomer. Great pics and congrats on becoming freshly pressed!
wow !
I live in India and I absolutely love New York!
I must say, you’ve got some really really good pictures there 😀
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Love your photos! They almost speak out the energy and vibrance of the city! Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
I esp. like the burger pic and the BQE…I just blogged about some fun and offbeat places to enjoy the city; may I share that link?
http://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/coming-to-new-york-go-here/
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last pic looks so good:)
Try walking from Brooklyn across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan at sunset. It’s one of my favorite things to see in NYC. Allow forty minutes with stops for photos.
I used to live in NY and am moving back in July. This makes me very eager to return!
wow gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing =)
Awesome stuff – some great and really original shots 🙂
Excellent work and that’s coming from a fellow New Yorker. Even i who have lived here all my life have not been able to see everything or every view New York has to offer. My latest article is about something like this and sometimes i wonder how i take this place for granted. I tell you this much i plan on changing that soon this summer and fourth, good work -,o
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Great photos! Makes me want to take a trip.
That door art was cool. Nice obscurities you found and looks like you had fun doing so
Great blog, love the pics and love New York!
Beautifully captured!!
Your photos and blog are very inspiring!
Hi! nice pics! New York style….
34 years since I was in NY – the shots brought back great memories. Dean.
Awesome pics! Makes me miss NY….
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Love that first shot of NYC. I’d like to go back one day soon.
I love all your photos. New York is definitely an inspiration for me as well.
Great pictures! It’s a lot of things about new york. You say it’s a modern city then you meet those “cultural” corner and surprised by many traditional in the middle of modernity 🙂 Love new york so much! Thanks for sharing the pictures! Beautiful!
Have yet to visit New York, but would have to say that it is on the top of my list.
I really enjoyed looking at your photos of NYC. They’re very good! I would love to go to NY one day!
This is totally awesome! I’m from Australia and am planning a trip to New York in September as a birthday present to myself! This just got me super excited – I can’t wait!
Wow…super images! 🙂
nice articla
I liked the eclectic mix of images. I used to live in the city so it’s always nice to see a different perspective on it.
“city of inspiration” right on with the title. Love that city, and plan to move there one day.
Awesome photo’s, you have an eye for interest.
I love NY – on your next visit check out the High Line (photos on my blog) – its a gem.
Sounds great. Will do!
Love the photos! And yeah, New York is on my to go list as well, but it seems a little harder for me to get there.
Yeah I understand that but try to make it when you can. NY is a beautiful city!
I surely will! Thanks!
Excellent pictures of the City,keep up the good work!!
Thank you!! I will do that!
Great snaps! I also wanna go there sometime, and spend New Year’s eve. Though, I also like to spend an ordinary day like what you did. Anyway, New York is always my dream city to visit. However, I need to save more to pay a visit to this city (since I’m from the Philippines). 🙂
Yes, you definitely have to visit. It’s a wonderful city with tons of inspiration!
Great pics! The M&M Store at Times Square is one of my favorite places in NYC to just stand and drool. Enjoy yourself!
lol thank you. will do
Absolutely fantastic pictures, and you even captured one of my favorites, the M&M Store at Times Square. Enjoy yourself, and have a great time in NYC!
Wow Beautiful photos! No matter where I go, I am always drawn back home to NYC and I love seeing it through the eyes of another, Thank you for sharing!
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Great shots of NYC. With all the times I have visited NYC, there are STILL places I would like to see. You Matter! Smiles, Nancy
I just went to NYC for the first time, and absolutely fell in love! Your pics captured its spirit well. I actually started my blog because of my trip to NYC, gave me the push I’d been looking for. So yes, definitely a city of inspiration. 🙂
Yes it is! Thank you!
My husband and I take short vacations in NYC even though we live only one hour away. There are just endless things to do and see. We explore one neighborhood at a time–a good way to experience the city, I think. Recently we had a great time exploring the area around Lexington and the 20s. Wonderful Indian restaurants and markets http://sweetpaprika.wordpress.com/archives/kick-it-up-a-notch-
at-kalustyans/ I plan to blog about places that especially appeal to me.
Happy traveling, Matt.
Happy traveling, Matt.
Thank you! I’ll have to check out those Indian restaurants and markets when I go back.
Nice post!!
Thanks so much!
nice post..I’m also very intrigued by new york city, here is my post about my trip,
http://brianandrekirton.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/new-york-city/
Nice pictures!
Okay, this is going to sound super lame but I was about to start studying but needed some sort of inspiration and motivation so thought “Hey! Let’s go to WordPress and try and find a blog on New York” (because I REALLY want to go there someday). Clicked on WordPress and what do I find? ‘New York, a City of Inspiration’ on Freshly Pressed 😀
Thank you so much!
Amazing pic’s.. i like new york very much
Great job, Matt! Love the photos! Keep up the excellent work 🙂
I want to live in Chelsea one day. That would be so cool.
This one is js awsome, Thx fr shaing 🙂
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Beautiful post, very inspiring. Looking at your pictures makes me seriously want to visit New York again.
Love the pictures. The next destination I’m planning to explore overseas from my homebase in Brisbane Australia…is New York! I also love the last photo you’ve posted. Absolutely stunning if in Sepa or B&W also.
Fantastic . The city looks so busy and beautiful as well 🙂 Great pictures !
Absolutely love this entry. I love New York and miss it pretty much every day. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face on a rainy Wednesday morning.
Beautiful photos!
wooowww!! gorgeous pictures!! i love them!! 😀
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I am an Indonesian and live there. I have a dream to around the world especially New York.
to be young and living in New York is the ultimate aphrodisiac-and to be older and living in New York is close-it is a city of infinite possibilities-and the only place where I would be content to live in a hotel room and the only city I find painful to leave
Great pics! The pictures had some old town NYC feel to it. Good job!
The last pic is my favorite. Simply awesome!
i’ll be going there this summer for my bday…alone… Can’t wait! 🙂
Awesome pictures.
Thanks for the add. I’m not sure if you ever heard the song “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z (featuring Alicia Keys), but it is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard about New York and really puts over just how special the city is and now dreams can come true there. Definitely sounds like a city of inspiration.
Even if you don’t care much for hip-hop music, I’m sure you will enjoy the song.
I think that inspiration is a little exaggerated. It is in people rather than places. But your photos are amazing!:)
Wow! I’m from Georgia and have only been to the airport in New York. Everything seems so larger than life there. Great pics!
Gorgeous photos! Makes me remember my trip to New York several years ago… which only left me wanting to see more! You’ve captured the city beautifully
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Like your photos! 🙂 Really want to go to New York myself someday, too bad it’s so far away
I understand that. It’s a beautiful city!
I love the city. Nice photos.
I want to dive into the photos with out even packing a bag! Just jump in and explore! Great piece!
lol Thank you! You’re not too far if your in DC
I love NYC, Beautiful pictures!
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Great post. Congrats on being freshly pressed.
I’m a native NY’er and it’s great here, but only in small increments. lol Your photos are very nice too!
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lol Thank you! Cool blog by the way!
thank you very much!
I love NYC and Brooklyn …. your photos truly caught NYC as she truly is! Beautiful! I adore the vitality, diversity, 24/7 crazy busy, the subways, the characters that make up this amazing city!
lol you’re right about that! thank you!
I really like how you captured the different aspects of New York; I’ve never been before, so it was nice to see the little things as well as the big, like the food and the street art photos. Nice work and congratulations on being selected for Freshly Pressed! 🙂
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Thanks! nice blog by the way
Thank you! 🙂
I’ve always wanted to go to New York and your pics have made me want to go even more. Thanks for sharing your pics 🙂
Thank you! you should take a trip soon it’s beautiful!
That M&M’s store, in my opinion, is capitalistic horror at it’s best (a HUGE store devoted to a candy??). I love these shots and I agree with what someone above said–they do have an old-time feel.
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You have some wonderful perspectives in the collection. My favorite is definitely the bridge
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fantastic! I want to go there too! 🙂
Awesome photos! I’ve always wanted to go to New York, and see the state for myself. 😉
I agree, its a fantastic city and being from Edinburgh, I especially like your Robert Louis Stevenson quote 🙂
Unas fotos estupendas de una cuidad fantastica.
Lovely shots of the city!
What a great city ! To visit! this will be my next target!
Yes, it’s a very exciting city!
Yes, it’s a very exciting city! You should go soon!
It seems like everything is bigger in new York city …I just absolutely love the architecture the picture of the buildings really put things in perspective ….. you see how small we really are. Can’t wait to see the next trips pics 🙂
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You’re making me miss NYC! I am working on a post about the the city in pictures, too. Excellent! & congrats on being Freshly Pressed! Cheers:)
Thank you! I would like to see the post when it comes out! 🙂
Congrats on being featured on Freshly Pressed. These are such amazing photos, like Mikalee Byerman says it captures both the classic tourist sites and images that are more under-the-radar but still recognisable as New York. I’ve been to New York for a few days but only saw a tiny fraction of New York City, let alone the state. I hope I get to visit again soon and discover all the famous places and secret gems. Looking forward to hearing more about your travels.
Thanks! I plan to go back soon along with traveling to other cities.
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A great post about New York. Although a Chicago native, Mk Americana beautifully captures the culture of the Big Apple. I am now going for a stroll around the Windy City after work…
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Intresting Blog…
Thank you soo much!
Nice pictures! Hope some day I’ll visit NY too…
Thank you! You should visit soon. I heard summer is the best time to go.
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