Lichtenstein Barneys NYC

Roy Lichtenstein Barneys NYC

Country Boy and I ventured up Madison Ave to take in the sights of the Rich and Famous.
Along the way, we saw the new Barneys Roy Lichtenstein windows and went inside to take a peak.

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Pop Art..

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The 9th Floor at Barneys is known for it's Amazing Home Collection and this is the new Lichtenstein collection. 

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Perfect for Summer. 

~City Belle

Blog Love

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As a (sometimes (OK, let's face it) practically never) blogger, you aspire to be as great as some of the amazing Bloggers, Designers, Stylists out there.
Enter Mrs Lilien.

She is a talented & uber stylish Author, Graphic Designer, Stylist, Blogger, Extraordinaire

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I love her style and was thrilled when my sister bought me the
Mrs Lilien cocktail swatchbook for Christmas.  

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 I love Design Books and I kind of have a thing for Autographed copies.  

Check out a few of my meet and greets here and here

So, as I was riding the bus to work and I saw this on Twitter 

and it all started...

I was on Cloud 9 at the thought of getting Mrs Lilien to sign my book.  

But, also I was worried she would think I was a little "stalker-ish". 

So, Country Boy and I went to Soho after work to drop off my book.  

Being Southern, I did not want to show up empty handed, so I stopped by 

Baked by Melissa to pick up a little treat for Mrs Lilien.

After we dropped off the book, I received the best tweet!

The next day we went back to retrieve the book and I was amazed at how thoughtful and sweet Mrs Lilien was to take the time to sign my beloved book. 

Although, I didn't get the opportunity to meet her, I was truly flattered!

UPDATE:

Mrs. Lilien was back in NYC last night at Bergdorf Goodman's on 5th Ave for a Restorsea Event. #restorseaatbg

So, I ran to the event after work in hopes of finally meeting her.  

(wow I look really tired) Mrs Lilien looks amazing!

She was so sweet!  So glad, I finally got to meet her! 

~City Belle

Red, Yellow, & Blue

Country Boy and I saw the Giant Rope Art in Madison Square Park. 

 The installation is Orly Genger's Red, Yellow, and Blue. 

 It's pretty cool in person!

Giant Mounds of colorful Rope!

 Rope Backdrop anyone?

All tied up! 

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~City Belle

Parisian Chic, Laduree

Knowing how much we love sweets around here, we finally made it to Maison Laduree on the Upper East Side for their famous French Macarons.  

We went on a Saturday, so there was line to get in, but it was definitely worth the wait. 

 The boutique is so Chic and French in every way.  The Macaron trees were gorgeous. 

Everything was pastel and perfect. 

 Everything was so gorgeous, it was so hard to chose what we wanted.  

Laduree Menu via Facebook 

We bought a small box of these flavors:

Orange Blossom

Melon

Strawberry Candy

Salted Caramel 

Dark Chocolate 

Coffee

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I was tiptoeing through the Tulips on Park Ave with my Laduree bag in tow.  

Have you tried Laduree?  

~City Belle

Grown Up Ice Cream Truck

Van Leeuwen

My grandfather had a General Store and I grew up as a Kid in a Candy Shop.
He had candy and treats and best of all...Ice Cream.
Hence my love for ice cream began.
So now that Spring is here and Summer is approaching I thrive for that
delightful dessert, that makes me feel like a kid again.

In NYC, there are tons of ice cream options, but Van Leeuwen is top on the list.
It's an Ice Cream truck for Grown Ups!

Van Leeuwen

They are an Artisan Ice Cream establishment using only the freshest ingredients and all natural flavors.  The Flavors are absolutely pure and delicious.  

Van Leeuwen

They Van Leeuwen truck was parked outside my office the other day and I ran to get some ice cream, unfortunately it was a private event, so they wouldn't serve me.  :(  

But that's OK, I'm destined to have my ice cream fix very soon. 

Do you love ice cream as much as me?
Have any favorites in the city?
~City Belle

All images via Van Leeuwen

CBCB is not affiliated with Van Leeuwen or profiting from this post

BIKE like a New Yorker

Look! No Hands!   

My friend recently let me borrow his bike so I took it for a spin.  It's insane biking in Gotham, but drivers (sortof) give you space and no one honked at me, so I feel like I did pretty good.  I was really nervous at 1st, but once you get into the flow of traffic it's just balls-to-the-wall and you're OFF! Here are a few of the photographs I took with my iphone.

Straight downhill on the Queensboro Bridge.

(after pedaling uphill of course)

(^__^)

 Overlooking the East River

 Freedom Tower

 √ out the BIKE! 

 Freedom Tower

 34 and 5th Avenue at the Empire State Building

 Jersey City and the Hudson River where Sully landed the plane.

Above is a map of my bike-map.  I used the RunKeeper App, but you can also make it so it keeps track of your bicycling.  I did about 19 miles in 1 hour and 40 minutes.  Not to shabby for my 1st time out. 

until next time,

~Country Boy 

Braves take New York

 My boy who sells tickets owed me a favor.  Favors are an ideal creative force here in Manhattan.  Often leverage or doing things for others will enable you to get more in the long run than charging them money.  Basically what goes around comes right back around.  We've all heard it for years.   

I took the 7 train to the game from Grand Central Terminal for $2.25. 

There's BIGGIE SMALLS on the right flanked by a plethora of random graffiti.

NYC in the background shot from the 7 train. 

The building with the 45 degree angle is the Citigroup Center at  601 Lexington Avenue.

Jamie Kennedy threw the opening pitch.  Ironic considering I'm a Kennedy as well. 

 It was a gorgeous night in Gotham for a baseball game.  The Mets fans were pretty nice considering I had on a bright RED Atlanta Braves jersey at CitiField.  I even met a few North Carolinians who had driven up from Raleigh to watch the 3 game series. (fellow Braves fans)   It was a father and his 9 year old son.  Sorta made my night.

 Jason Heyward

 Left Fielder Atlanta Braves

There's my favorite baseball player of all-time Chipper Jones.

I've seen the Braves play 4 times in NYC.  Twice against the Yankees and twice against the Mets.  And every. single. game. he has gone Oh for whatever.  I have never seen Chipper get a hit or even on base in all the times I have watched him play.  I was literally sitting right next to 3rd base so I watched stalked him all night.  I even screamed at him a few times and called him Larry, his real name,  if you can imagine that.  The Braves lost the game though they had won the 2 games prior.  It sticks, but that's life sometimes.  Ya can't win em' all ya know? 

There's the kid's hat from North Carolina.  He was okay with the loss.  The kid took it in stride. 

"A child shall lead them" so they say....

We got beat. 

:-( 

Roger McDowell- 86' World Champion with the Mets.

and was the winning pitcher in the deciding Game 7. His major league record of decisions was 70 wins and 70 losses.  He's currently the Atlanta Braves Pitching Coach.

After the photo he told me he sucked in his belly on that one.  Made me LMBO.

until next time,

~Country Boy