I left New York City to visit family and friends in Houston (heading to Tucson tomorrow to see the rest of the family). We arrived yesterday morning, and really came just to see our family. We weren't quite sure what to do with ourselves (they came in from nearby, but don't live here - it was just a convenient place to meet up), we ended up at a mall (of all places, the Saturday before Christmas - and we didn't even shop!). While there we saw something rather unusual...reindeer. Very large reindeer, playing and being goofy on the ice. Here are a few videos to share the entertaining experience.
Yesterday I posted a variety of pictures from around the city that I took so far this December. I have several more (which I took with a regular digital camera, so hopefully better quality). Also, someone brought to my attention that people often wonder how New Yorkers shop for Christmas trees - and I have that answer as well.
Basically, Christmas Tree vendors come from a variety of locations, particularly Canada, bringing truckloads of trees and set up on street corners and along blocks. They often come with a small RV of sorts and pretty much 'live' on the spot (otherwise I think being here would be far too expensive). Kind of makes one wonder about their, um, hygiene for the month that they are here from Thanksgiving to Christmas. It's a funny thing too...you wake up the day after Thanksgiving and they are all over the city - they come in the dark of the night, ready to sell on Black Friday.
This one if from today (12/19)- and it's only been snowing for about 2 hours! Will be a fun trip to school tonight...
These were taken the day before yesterday, showing the street level view. If you want a tree you go talk to the guy in charge, they help you pick one out and after cutting it open to show it to you, the re-wrap it for you if you want. Then people just carry them home usually - kind of like in the movie "When Harry Met Sally".
A new one of Rockefeller center. Really like this shot.
I've been all over the city this month, in all kinds of weather - from freezing rain to the 70s to whipping winds in the low 30s. December is like that in NYC sometimes. Anyway, I have a few pictures to share from some of those excursions, pictures of things people might enjoy...like the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in the freezing rain, the ice skating rink in Central Park, the lights around Tavern on the Green, and what it looks like to buy a Christmas Tree near my apartment (right on the corner, actually). The pictures are taken with my cell phone, so the quality is not the best, but the holiday beauty of the city is still there. Enjoy.
This is Park Avenue near 85th Street - every block has two of these trees lit up - as far as the eye can see.
Macy's 4 or 5 story light tree from the side. Macy's is on 34th St and the crossing of 6th Ave and Broadway. This picture was taken from about 38th St looking down Broadway.
This one's a little blurry - and perhaps self explanatory...just in case, a horse and carriage headed out of the park (going South), with a few buildings in the background.
This is a shot over the lake in Central Park as it was getting dark. A cold and windy Saturday night, but really beautiful.
Times Square at the crossing of 7th Ave and Broadway - this picture was taken from about 48th Street looking south. The center building is where the ball drops on New Year's eve.
And, the holiday lights at Tavern on the Green in Central Park.
The interview covered some of the interesting discoveries I have made as I have built my business. Everything from outsourcing work to learning how to give yourself space to find your own way of doing things.
On Monday Dec 15 at 12 Noon EST Payson will be interviewed by Coach Deb Bailey for her BlogTalk Radio show "Women Entrepreneurs - The Secrets to Success". Deb is a coach, helping women to find their true passion and embrace it to build the life and business of their dreams. She hosts the "Women Entrepreneurs - The Secrets to Success" radio show at BlogTalk Radio three times per week - Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at noon. A recording of the interview with Payson Cooper, as well as the recordings of all of Coach Deb's other guests, are available at BlogTalk Radio.
Living in NYC I often end up walking by or around film crews working on TV and feature films, as well as ending up on camera (accidentally) walking in or out of delis, down the sidewalk etc of the students who are learning the art of film-making here in the city.
The other day walking away from the jewelry district (my several-time-per-week excursion), I passed a large crowd watching as several actors were filmed on the corner of 46th Street and 5th Avenue. And, just now, while following up on a placement opportunity for my jewelry I figured out what I saw.
It was the new TV show Cupid being filmed - I recognized Bobby Cannavale immediately. Here's a picture and a link to the TV show Cupid...just a fun little tidbit to share about life in the Big Apple.
It is with absolute joy that we announce that the Cold Souls movie, featuring several items from the www.paysonjewelry.com collection has been accepted into the Sundance Film Festival for January 2009! Click to read more about Payson & Co., LLC's jewelry and the Cold Souls film. Through that link you will also find links to a New York Times article discussing Cold Souls and the Sundance Film Festival, as well as a link to a website outlining all of the films that will be featured.
This is the beginning of a synopsis of the film...you can read the rest at pretty-scary.net:
"There's only one feature, actually, that you need to know about at Sundance 2009. Cold Souls, directed and written by Sophie Barthes (Zimove vesilya, Happiness), is the story of a famous American actor who contracts with Soul Storage, a New York lab that offers its world-weary customers relief from the burden of their souls and the Russian mobster keen to extract the soul of this actor. The film stars Paul Giamatti, Dina Korzun, David Strathairn, Emily Watson, Lauren Ambrose, and Oksana Lada...
'This weirdly existential sci-fi film is everything Barthes loves about cinema. “I’m very interested in poetic science fiction, films like Alphaville, that play with philosophical concerns,” he said in an interview in 2007 with Filmmaker Magazine. She describes the film in her own words to Ioncinema.com as "a surreal comedy. Paul Gianelli is an actor in New York acting in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, which is a draining role. His soul is heavy..."
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