One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years. ~ Tom Wolfe

Spending a couple of days acclimating to being on the other side of the world can be a joy. An infamous skyline, leaves changing colour, layered collages of buildings old and new, freshly carved pumpkins on doorsteps. Hello, New York.

Manhattan skyline

Columbus Circle to Central Park

Tom Fruin’s famous plexiglass house, Kolonihavehus, against the Brooklyn Bridge

freshly carved pumpkin, West Village