city lights

"the city lights are on

for us, to us, tonight"

- randall mann,"bernal hill" (via the poetry foundation).

photo © anita aguilar

jan 12, 2012

9.11.11: 2753 chairs

at bryant park, nyc

sept 11, 2011

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july 4th: the no- fireworks edition

macy's is only a few blocks away, and the riverside only a few beyond that. but i never considered actually going to see the fireworks "extravaganza." i was happy to celebrate with some white wine and ice cream sandwiches. but i did wonder how other "non-fireworkers" might spend the independence evening, so i zipped over to bryant park and times square to check the scene. it seemed very much like the usual: summer movie mondays in bryant park (cartoons, followed by one flew over the cuckoo's nest) a stop for smoky, charred kebob or dog (i probably should have waited to shower and shampoo my hair. blech), the usual times square hubbub. there was the intermittent crack-boom of fireworks, but they were mostly invisible to the eye.

at least he had the red, white and blue...

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and in the night...

puddles, park chairs.

bryant park, nyc. sept 27, 2010

pretty city: it's oh so quiet

in the park in the morning, but ladies...we still need to watch our bags...

nice boots, though.

bryant park, nyc. april 12, 2010.

good morning

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pretty city: the sun is up (part 2)

a little further downtown...i tried to catch more in the sunshine...i was a just a bit late, but kept snapping...

this little girl was so over getting her picture taken by her dad. and then she caught me...



oh the glare. the color version was unbearable.

but his color is fab.

hers is, too.

he could stop traffic with this amazing jacket...

the metlife tower in madison square park. a puddle shot! i can usually never find a clean one, so this felt lucky.

fuzzy rams jacket+ silver cowboy ankle boots + topshop bag= a real statement

in front of the new york public library...

and behind the new york public library...

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pretty city: the sun is up (part 1)

new yorkers were out today, just like the sun, in full force.

i'm lucky that lunch with my friend allison got me out of my little murray hill cave. and i'm grateful to handsome writer friend for sending a sunlight alert, too. that's good looking out...

i am still working to figure out how to take photos in all the beautiful brightness.

but here's new york today...

it's the pretty red-haired girl...

and the very cool brunette.

adorably bold with prints (click to see the detail her scarf)

this coat was so pretty on her.

the woman in the red coat is...

the lovely miss stella etoile and her friend, who are visiting from hamburg...

looking and longing. on sixth avenue.

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read a good poem: winter trees

bryant park, nyc. feb 19, 2010.
photo © anita aguilar

ok--the last of the winter trees for this year. i promise.

***

Winter Trees

All the complicated details

of the attiring and

the disattiring are completed!

A liquid moon

moves gently among

the long branches.

Thus having prepared their buds

against a sure winter

the wise trees

stand sleeping in the cold.
-William Carlos Williams via the poetry foundation

pretty city: fashion week/here comes a regular

before fashion week fall 2010 left ny and bryant park, i decided to try to play "the sartorialist." i'm not sure why it didn't occur to me head over there earlier in the week--even though it isn't really my scene, i should have known it would be ripe for photo-ops. so many things to catch the eye--color, pattern, contrast. so many surprising and bold no-nos (and laughs), a few real beauties, and many, many people who want more than anything to be photographed and fawned over. (i prefer those who don't want it so badly, yet won't begrudge you the shot.) i found a little of all of that.

i don't have shots of any "famous" types, but russell simmons, tommy hilfiger, and i think hamish bowles, and other industry types walked right by me. meh. there were so many attendees coming from all directions, and the crowd of us could get easily diverted. i was much more interested in the regulars, anyway.

snuggly style

striking in stripes

he's knows he's got it all working. even the snapple matches.

check the wood bangles...

she walks in beauty...

ooh la la! finally, someone looking happy to be here.

a break in pattern

camera ready

star-sighting: the veteran ny times fashion photographer, bill cunningham...he's the original "sartorialist," yes?

i definitely have days like this...

am i supposed to know him?

color/smart

now that's a look. she was actually a very willing subject...

blues and whites and greys

famous?

goth-y glam

"jump around, jump around"

how adorable is she? meet ms kathrin mormann...
she was my favorite model of the day.

next time, lincoln center...

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