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A quote from the Buddha:
Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow, come and go like the wind.
To be happy, rest like a giant tree, in the midst of them all.
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This week I discovered a place that, while it is a business, functions as a sanctuary and haven from the tumult of Midtown. I spoke at length with the owner, who very kindly allowed me to take photos of his statues and artifacts, with permission to post here. He burns a great deal of incense, both indoors and out, and plays music that is peaceful and lyrical...the combined effect: a balm for the soul. I have never visited another place like it--anywhere.
He explained to me that this was an ancient Chinese statue of Guanyin, who is known as the Goddess of Mercy. I am used to seeing modern ceramic manifestations of the Goddess; this one is carved wood, which was painted with polychrome in the distant past. Only traces of it survive here, but those traces are very eye-catching. I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful face on a Buddhist statue... Such serenity!
Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Tenth Avenue, Hell's Kitchen. #hellskitchen #manhattan #nyc #newyorkcity #tenthavenue #10thavenue #streetview #street #streetphotography #vsco #vscocam #vscogood #vscogrid #vscophile #vscogram #vscodaily #cities #building
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A bit of the 9Ave - 39 street Hell's Kitchen flea marker. Next to ramps of the Port Authority Bus Terminal and access highway (down below) to the Lincoln Tunnel.
Some fashion items and knick-knacks and no great finds. maybe early goers get them.
May 14, 2016.
"Who really cares?
Who really cares
When I talk?
What I feel?
What I say?
Nobody not really.
Who wants to take the time to understand?
I would like someone to heal me with some empathy
That I can't find.
Nobody not really.
Maybe I'm invisible to the world,
Does anyone in the world even think of me
As more than just a hopeless cause?
Maybe the world is not my block,
My stoop,
My life,
My dreams,
My anything. Anything.
Who wants to help?
Momma but she's so tired.
Papa, but you're not here.
I'm alone in a big empty space with
Nobody not really." -- Alicia Keys
Everyone wants someone in the world to understand them. I used to get so frustrated with The Ex for not knowing me the way I thought he should. I've always felt like someday I would meet someone who would just get me. Someone who said the words that I wanted to hear.
I wrote a short essay on my old blog about how The Ex and I broke up in the Greyhound Bus Station in Boston after traveling for 24 hours straight from Thailand to New York to Maine. We were exhausted and hungry and the only thing open was McDonald's and I asked him to get me an iced tea, but he got me a Hi-C and I started crying because I just knew that it was over because how could someone who is supposed to be my partner in life not know that I would never drink Hi-C orange drink at 5 in the morning while waiting for a bus.
Perhaps we expect too much from the people we choose to love.
I just want someone to choose me.
I decided to eat the cheesecake I got from D'Aiuto while sitting at Little Pie Company.
CHEESECAKE OF DOOM! Actually, it was fine. Except for the doom, which was the presence of alcohol in the chocolate mousse. I know mousse usually has alcohol in it, but sometimes it doesn't! I mean, I've had mousse cakes with no alcohol. I was so unaware of the alcohol that at first I thought the cake had gone bad but I KNEW it hadn't gone bad though because...well, that didn't make any sense. Despite it tasting awful, I kept eating it. Yup. nothing will stop me from eating cake, almost. (Seriously, I thought, "Why the hell am I still eating this?")
At some point I wondered aloud, "Is there alcohol in this?" after I scraped off the chocolate sauce thinking it was the culprit and Jesse remarked, "Oh yeah, it smells like alcohol." *DING DING*...wow, I hate alcohol. It was like eaten Satan. I took the mousse part off and Carol said there was very little alcohol in it after trying a little bit. OKKKAY!
...oh, the white part was really yummy! Soft and not heavy. There was NO SATAN in it.
kyotofu sundae. soy ice cream: pumpkin swirled with sesame. Berries and some whipped cream on the side.
Hudson Yards at night. #hudsonyards #hellskitchen #nyc #newyorkcity #newyork #manhattan #night #architecture #priime
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