New York, New York Adventures

A few weeks ago, Treasure Seeker Colleen and I found out we won a trip to New York, from the Toronto Star Wonderlist! The trip was hosted by Warner Brothers Canada and included tickets to see the global premiere of the new Going in Style movie! We arrived the evening before the premiere and decided to stay a few days after as well. 

The Going in Style premiere was fantastic! All of the stars were there including director Zach Braff, Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin, Michael Caine, and Ann-Margret, to name a few! Zach gave an introduction to the film and all of the stars before the screening. The movie was hilarious, and we would definitely recommend it for a good laugh! 

Treasure Seeker Colleen had never visited the Statue of Liberty, so we ventured out there on a beautiful, but cold, sunny day. Our hotel was in beautiful Chelsea, so naturally, we decided to visit the Sunday Chelsea flea market. So much to see, including the fabulous Sue Kreitzman! Her outfit was fantastic and she was so friendly and happy to meet us. We even took pictures with her! 

We also stumbled upon the Brooklyn food event called Smorgasburg in Williamsburg and visited the William Vale Rooftop, which was phenomenal and worth the wait! 

Colleen and I also sported some talented designers' wear on our adventures. We wore Carolyn Bruce Designs Jewelry and Green Embassy and Chloe Angus designs clothing. 

This is our third trip to New York together, and there are always new things to see and do. We always have adventures and meet fantastic people along the way. Thanks to the Toronto Star Wonderlist and Warner Brothers Canada for this amazing trip! 

Special thanks to the Toronto Star Wonderlist and Warner Brothers Canada teams for organizing and being so helpful. We loved the Hampton Inn Manhattan Chelsea hotel. The staff were fantastic and went out of their way to make our stay special. Bravo! 

Carolyn Bruce Designs ring!

Washington Square Park

Ladies who lunch

Wearing Carolyn Bruce Designs necklace and Chloe Angus Designs jacket

Going in Style Premiere!

Here we are!

Visiting MOMA. Despite the dreary day, this is one of my favorite

spaces in New York

Sue Kreitzman wearing Carolyn Bruce Designs ring! 

Colleen and Sue Kreitzman

The three of us!

Colleen wearing Green Embassy 

Colleen wearing Green Embassy 

At the William Vale

Colleen wearing Uniqlo top, Champion jacket and shoes by Fluevog

Manus X Machina at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York - Must See Before September 5th!

On our last visit to New York we saw the fantastic Manus X Machina exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! Exhibits are always exquisite and we were lucky enough to be in New York at the time this fabulous exhibit was on display.

The exhibition focuses on the reconciliation of handmade and machine-made clothes in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear. It features over 150 outfits from the early 20th century to the present and aims to highlight the relationship between hand design creation vs. machine design creation.

The exhibit also features 3D printing fashion, computer modeling, bonding and laminating, laser cutting, and ultrasonic welding. Some of the haute couture labels incorporating 3D printing into their collections in the MET exhibit are Chanel’s 2015-2016 collection and Iris Van Herpen’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection.

This was a joy to see! I also purchased the exhibit book, which was worth it as I will now always be able to go back and look at the images, in addition to those I took! It is also a great coffee table book. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Chanel wedding

Dior

Hussein Chalayan

Treasure Seeker Colleen with Dior

Gareth Pugh

Iris Van Herpen

Iris Van Herpen

Noa Raviv

Junko Koshino

Junya Watanabe and Pierre Cardin

Junya Watanabe

Iris Van Herpen

Iris Van Herpen

Iris Van Herpen

threeASFOUR

Dior

Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

Treasure Seeker Colleen with Issey Miyake

Wearing Vanti scarf, Jord Wood Watch and Carolyn Bruce Designs

Treasure Seeker Colleen Vists Boston and New York

Oh what an adventure we had a few weeks back! Treasure Seeker Colleen met me in Boston for a week and then we traveled via Amtrak to New York for the weekend. After the weekend in New York, I went back to Toronto and she stayed on for a week. She managed to interview the wonderful Viktor Luna, see all of the great museums, visit the apple store and have a wonderful time! Oh what fun!

Here are a few photos from our adventure. It was great to be able to share Boston and New York with my fabulous Mum!

Treasure Seeker Colleen at Harvard

She fits right in!

With John Harvard!

I learned later that you're supposed to rub his foot for good luck!

We took a trolley tour that included a harbor cruise

The weather turned from stormy to beautiful sun just in time!

Treasure Seeker Colleen always brings the color!

After Boston, we visited New Haven and Yale campus!

I insisted she buy this fabulous Yale hat. We took a pic during lunch at a fabulous cafe!

At the Yale campus library

Having a cocktail at the Plaza!

Wearing Carolyn Bruce earrings and necklace

Wearing a beautiful Vanti scarf outside the Met before visiting the Manux x Machina exhibit!