Merry Christmas 2020

I think can safely say 2020 has been a year like no other (and hopefully NEVER again). Thank goodness this is just a temporary issue, and I am already looking online for NYC hotels to book in 2021. I realize for many of you, this will be a holiday without your family and friends, and that can be hard. But we should be grateful we have the ability to visit with them via face chat. This will be my first time in 4 years not spending it in the city, and waking up Christmas morning to those gorgeous views.  For those of you having a difficult time, know that you are loved and thought of each day. It will get better. I wish you all the best Christmas, appreciate you reading this blog of my favorite city, and look forward to sharing more with you in 2021. NYC will be back better than ever. 

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You are all the most wonderful people and I am so grateful for you! 

All my best, 

Rosemary 

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas Tree

As you know, the Met is one of my most favorite museums in the city. I have been visiting since I was a little girl, and am so glad I did. As an adult, I am still amazed by the place, and still get lost at times (thank god for the folks who work there) due to it's size. I was in the city right before Thanksgiving, which is a great time to check out the exhibits. I was so thrilled to see the tree was up as I hadn't seen it in quite a long while. It is so lovely and such a great tradition for the Met. I hope you enjoy some of the photos I took while admiring it's beauty! 

From the Met's website: 

Exhibition Overview

The Met continues a longstanding holiday tradition with the presentation of its Christmas tree and 18th-century Neapolitan crèche, a favorite of both New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. The installation is set in front of the 18th-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall (gallery 305). Recorded Christmas music and daily lighting events add to the enjoyment of the holiday display.

The magnificently lit, 20-foot blue spruce is gracefully adorned with 19 cherubs and 59 angels, while at the base an additional 71 figures represent the three elements of Nativity scenes that were traditional to 18th-century Naples: adoring shepherds and their flocks, the procession of the three Magi, and spirited peasants and townspeople. The display is enhanced by nearly 50 charming animals and by background pieces that create a dramatic setting for the Nativity; these include the ruins of a Roman temple, several quaint houses, and a typical Italian fountain.

Tree-lighting ceremonies take place at 4:30 pm daily, with additional ceremonies on Fridays and Saturdays at 5:30 and 6:30 pm.

If you have never visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, be sure it is on your to do list for 2020. You will not be disappointed!

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Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas Tree

As you know, the Met is one of my most favorite museums in the city. I have been visiting since I was a little girl, and am so glad I did. As an adult, I am still amazed by the place, and still get lost at times (thank god for the folks who work there) due to it's size. It is so lovely and such a great tradition for the Met. I hope you enjoy some of the photos I took while admiring it's beauty! 

From the Met's website: 

Exhibition Overview

The Met continues a longstanding holiday tradition with the presentation of its Christmas tree and 18th-century Neapolitan crèche, a favorite of both New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. The installation is set in front of the 18th-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall (gallery 305). Recorded Christmas music and daily lighting events add to the enjoyment of the holiday display.

The magnificently lit, 20-foot blue spruce is gracefully adorned with 19 cherubs and 59 angels, while at the base an additional 71 figures represent the three elements of Nativity scenes that were traditional to 18th-century Naples: adoring shepherds and their flocks, the procession of the three Magi, and spirited peasants and townspeople. The display is enhanced by nearly 50 charming animals and by background pieces that create a dramatic setting for the Nativity; these include the ruins of a Roman temple, several quaint houses, and a typical Italian fountain.

Tree-lighting ceremonies take place at 4:30 pm daily, with additional ceremonies on Fridays and Saturdays at 5:30 and 6:30 pm.

If you have never visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, be sure it is on your to do list for 2018. You will not be disappointed!

On View November 20, 2018 to January 6, 2019 

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas Tree

As you know, the Met is one of my most favorite museums in the city. I have been visiting since I was a little girl, and am so glad I did. As an adult, I am still amazed by the place, and still get lost at times (thank god for the folks who work there) due to it's size. It is so lovely and such a great tradition for the Met. I hope you enjoy some of the photos I took while admiring it's beauty! 

From the Met's website: 

Exhibition Overview

The Met continues a longstanding holiday tradition with the presentation of its Christmas tree and 18th-century Neapolitan crèche, a favorite of both New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. The installation is set in front of the 18th-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall (gallery 305). Recorded Christmas music and daily lighting events add to the enjoyment of the holiday display.

The magnificently lit, 20-foot blue spruce is gracefully adorned with 19 cherubs and 59 angels, while at the base an additional 71 figures represent the three elements of Nativity scenes that were traditional to 18th-century Naples: adoring shepherds and their flocks, the procession of the three Magi, and spirited peasants and townspeople. The display is enhanced by nearly 50 charming animals and by background pieces that create a dramatic setting for the Nativity; these include the ruins of a Roman temple, several quaint houses, and a typical Italian fountain.

Tree-lighting ceremonies take place at 4:30 pm daily, with additional ceremonies on Fridays and Saturdays at 5:30 and 6:30 pm.

If you have never visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, be sure it is on your to do list for 2018. You will not be disappointed!

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The 86th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Has Arrived

This past Saturday a very special delivery came to Rockefeller Center! The 75-foot-tall Norway spruce arrived by truck in midtown Manhattan early Saturday and was lifted into place by a giant crane to its seat of honor next to the iconic ice rink at Rockefeller Plaza. 

• The 75-foot tall, 12-plus ton Norway spruce comes from the home of Jason Perrin in State College, Pennsylvania
• The tree arrived at the Plaza on Saturday and will be illuminated on live TV in a special on Wednesday, November 29
• The first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was put up in 1931 by workers building the complex during the Great Depression

You can see more pictures of the tree's journey here . I am so proud it is a Pennsylvania tree!! 

The tree, which weighs more than 12 tons, comes from the home of Jason Perrin in State College, Pennsylvania. It was cut down Thursday morning before a horde of camera-ready spectators.

It is the 86th to grace the Plaza for the annual weeks-long display and the third from Pennsylvania.

"It's amazing, we've seen it just on TV and pictures of it, so to see it stand up is kind of a surreal moment," Darren Dickey, of Vancouver, said. 

Erika Pauze, the head gardener for Rockefeller Center, said Thursday that she saw this year's tree while driving nearly seven years ago and was quick to ask if the owner was interested in making his backyard evergreen the most famous Christmas tree in the world. 

"It's hard to find a tree that's nice and full that doesn't have any storm damage or is growing crooked or anything," she said. 

After being adorned with more than 50,000 multi-colored lights and crowned with the iconic Swarovski star, the tree will be illuminated for the first time during a live television broadcast on Wednesday, November 29. 

It'll be on display until Jan. 7, 2018.

Last year's tree, a 94-foot Norway spruce from Angie and Graig Eichler in Oneonta, was the second largest ever chosen for the holiday celebration. 

The first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was put up in 1931 by workers building the complex during the Great Depression. The first official tree lighting was in 1933.

After the holiday season, the Rockefeller trees are cut into boards and donated to Habitat for Humanity. What a great way to use the tree after everyone has had the chance to enjoy it for the holiday season! 

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Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche Metropolitan Museum of Art

As you know, the Met is one of my most favorite museums in the city. I have been visiting since I was a little girl, and am so glad I did. As an adult, I am still amazed by the place, and still get lost at times (thank god for the folks who work there) due to it's size. I was in the city right before Thanksgiving, and my friend and I visited for the new fashion exhibit which will be shown here shortly. I was so thrilled to see the tree was up as I hadn't seen it in quite a long while. It is so lovely and such a great tradition for the Met. I hope you enjoy some of the photos I took while admiring it's beauty! 

From the Met's website: 

Exhibition Overview

The Met continues a longstanding holiday tradition with the presentation of its Christmas tree and 18th-century Neapolitan crèche, a favorite of both New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. The installation is set in front of the 18th-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall (gallery 305). Recorded Christmas music and daily lighting events add to the enjoyment of the holiday display.

The magnificently lit, 20-foot blue spruce is gracefully adorned with 19 cherubs and 59 angels, while at the base an additional 71 figures represent the three elements of Nativity scenes that were traditional to 18th-century Naples: adoring shepherds and their flocks, the procession of the three Magi, and spirited peasants and townspeople. The display is enhanced by nearly 50 charming animals and by background pieces that create a dramatic setting for the Nativity; these include the ruins of a Roman temple, several quaint houses, and a typical Italian fountain.

Tree-lighting ceremonies take place at 4:30 pm daily, with additional ceremonies on Fridays and Saturdays at 5:30 and 6:30 pm.

If you have never visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, be sure it is on your to do list for 2017. You will not be disappointed!

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Tree Lighting Skate-tacular At Bank of America Winter Village

DANNY AIELLO, NANCY KERRIGAN, BRIAN BOITANO 

AND JOHNNY WEIR STAR IN FIRST-EVER TREE LIGHTING SKATE-TACULAR

AT BANK OF AMERICA WINTER VILLAGE AT BRYANT PARK 

WHAT: New to the annual Tree Lighting, Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park presents an original theatrical ice skating show, narrated by Danny Aiello and starring Olympic skating greats: Nancy Kerrigan, Brian Boitano, Johnny Weir and Davis & White.

The Tree Lighting Skate-tacular is a holiday tale about a very special family on the night before Christmas, written for Bryant Park by New York playwright Jon Caren. The show features music from Big Band Holidays, a new album by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The public can skate to live music curated by Jazz at Lincoln Center after the tree is lit.

The event, which coincides with Giving Tuesday and World AIDS Day, sustains the season of giving at Bryant Park by spotlighting Bank of America’s support of (RED). On this day, Bank of America is contributing $.30, the cost of a full day of life-changing medication, to (RED)’s fight against AIDS for every purchase made at participating Winter Village merchants with a Bank of America credit or debit card.

WHO:
• Danny Aiello—Academy Award nominated actor and native New Yorker
• Nancy Kerrigan—Two-time Olympic medalist and US National Champion
• Brian Boitano—1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, two-time World Champion and the first American skater to land a triple axel
• Johnny Weir—Two-time Olympian and three-time US Champion
• Meryl Davis and Charlie White—2014 Olympic Gold Medalists, two-time World Champions, and competitors on Dancing with the Stars
• The Haydenettes—synchronized skating team and 2015 National Gold Medalists
• Representatives from Bank of America and Bryant Park Corporation

WHEN: Tuesday, December 1, 2015

• 6:00 p.m. Skate-tacular begins
• 6:35 p.m. (approx.) Tree Lighting

The Bank of America Winter Village is one of my favorite places in the city during the holiday season! This sounds like a great event to see the fabulous tree lighting this year! 

Here are some cool items I found in the shops this year: 

This looked to die for! From Mr Puffin NYC , just one of the "many" items that are very drool worthy ! Nutella and bananas are such a great combo! 

The infinity lights were really pretty neat and I was having a hard time not purchasing one! I love color and these are for sure colorful! This is a great place to shop for unique gifts during the holiday season. 

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