Alice Olive

Pick up sticks

2012-02-01T00:00:00.010-05:00

Battery Park, New York

Show me something beautiful*

2012-01-25T00:00:00.042-05:00

The Solow Building, W 58th Street, New York

* Borrowed from Trombone Shorty

Quiet corner

2012-01-18T00:00:00.049-05:00

Cemetery at Trinity Church, New York

Night mosaic

2012-01-11T00:00:00.008-05:00

Outside my New York window

Contemplation

2012-01-04T00:00:00.030-05:00

Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy, 2001

Sequence

2011-12-28T00:00:00.052-05:00

Tights: Wolford
Shoes: Balenciaga
Speaking of shoes, check out My Year in Shoes... Kittie's incredible year is almost up!

A little luxury

2011-12-21T00:00:00.029-05:00

$5 well spent.

Night lights

2011-12-14T00:00:00.010-05:00

On E 61st Street, New York

Stripped bare

2011-12-07T00:00:00.007-05:00

Central Park, New York

City towers

2011-11-30T00:00:00.038-05:00

Corner of 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York

Grey

2011-11-23T00:00:00.014-05:00

Grey day at Lincoln Center, New York

Autumn in New York

2011-11-16T00:00:00.016-05:00

Central Park, New York

Distance

2011-11-09T00:00:00.012-05:00

The dramatic colour from my New York room with a view

Multiple

2011-11-02T00:00:00.008-04:00

Brooklyn Bridge, New York

Seasonal

2011-10-26T00:00:00.010-04:00

Union Square Greenmarket, New York

Abstraction

2011-10-19T00:00:00.009-04:00

The Cloisters, New York

Afternoon

2011-10-12T00:00:00.008-04:00

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, Central Park, New York

Automatic

2011-10-05T00:00:00.019-04:00

No way to control it.
Barclay Street and W Broadway, New York

Crosswalk

2011-09-28T00:00:00.030-04:00

Vesey Street, New York (Canopy reflection, Goldman Sachs' building, 200 West Street)

Three's a crowd

2011-09-21T00:00:00.002-04:00

Three makes a crowd at the Winter Garden, World Financial Center, New York.

An impression

2011-09-14T00:00:00.009-04:00

A puddle on the corner of W 42nd Street and Broadway, New York

Lot 312

2011-09-07T00:00:00.007-04:00

Guest book from 1939-1952 for Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.'s home, "Westridge".

Part of the Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Auction on September 13, 2011 by Doyle New York.

Taken while shooting for The Trad.

Gridlines

2011-08-31T00:00:00.007-04:00

One United Nations Plaza, New York

On track

2011-08-24T00:00:00.011-04:00

E 60th Street, New York

Red

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Lincoln Center, New York

"Chapter One. He adored New York City."

2011-08-10T00:00:00.046-04:00

Queensboro Bridge from Sutton Place, New York

Late afternoon

2011-08-03T00:00:00.013-04:00

The Frick, Fifth Avenue, New York

Looking back

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My sister, taken in 1989.

Simply irresistible

2011-07-20T07:00:00.003-04:00

South Arcade, Manhattan Municipal Building, New York

A beautiful arch

2011-07-13T07:00:00.017-04:00

Manhattan Municipal Building, New York

Drama in the sky

2011-07-06T07:00:00.009-04:00

One Madison Park, 22 E 23rd Street, New York
Taken while shooting for The Trad.

On the street

2011-06-29T07:00:00.000-04:00

166 Perry Street, New York

Profile

2011-06-22T08:00:00.012-04:00

Cleopatra earrings by Wendy Brandes

Far from the madding crowd

2011-06-15T08:00:00.012-04:00

Tudor City Greens, New York

Iconic elements

2011-06-08T08:00:00.006-04:00

Chelsea Hotel, New York

Her hands

2011-06-01T08:00:00.011-04:00

Background: Evening, Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, 1887

Foreground: Fragilina, Atillio Piccirilli, 1923

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

One fine day

2011-05-25T08:38:00.001-04:00

(We'll fly away...)
Bank of America Tower, Sixth Avenue, New York

Compressed

2011-05-18T08:11:00.003-04:00

Greene Street, New York

Dancer

2011-05-11T08:04:00.001-04:00

My sister, Kathleen, taken in 1989.

Scene and hearst

2011-05-04T08:21:00.001-04:00

Spring scene at the Hearst Building, New York

Elongated

2011-04-27T08:15:00.003-04:00

Downing Street, New York

Mosaic

2011-04-20T08:07:00.002-04:00

The Lipstick Building, 885 Third Avenue, New York

"Boys take a look, see what you can't touch"

2011-04-13T08:11:00.002-04:00

"Seven jeans and a Prada bag
Six inch heels, how ya liking that?"

Courtesy of Ricki-Lee Coulter's Can't Touch It.

Note: Of course, these aren't six inches, more like four. Nevertheless, that's the song I heard when I spotted these Louboutins at The Modern.

Who, what, where, when, why

2011-04-06T08:36:00.002-04:00

Jil Sander

Stripes

Madison Avenue

Spring/Summer

Because it caught my eye

Standing tall

2011-03-30T08:06:00.005-04:00

On E Houston Street, New York

Intricate

2011-03-23T05:57:00.002-04:00

65 Bleecker Street, New York

Park detail

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Winston Churchill Square, New York

His and hers

2011-03-09T08:04:00.005-05:00

His shoes, courtesy of Florsheim's Spring collection, and her (my) legs.

On the bar

2011-03-02T08:10:00.003-05:00

Noticed while drinking one evening at Soni's Newtown, Sydney

No matter how far or how wide I roam

2011-02-23T07:51:00.001-05:00

I still call Australia home.
(View of Sydney taken from Watson's Bay.)

Views: hers and mine

2011-02-16T08:25:00.002-05:00

The pier at Santa Monica

Something different

2011-02-01T17:40:00.004-05:00

It's Wednesday where I am and it's Summer. I'm taking a day off... however for your viewing pleasure, please click here and view my friend's amazing year in shoes.

Photo for this post by Alice Olive.

Blue eyes

2011-01-26T14:35:00.006-05:00

My sister in 1988. Another series Mum wasn't too fond of. Taken at my bedroom window (the room became Kathleen's later). I loved the natural light.

Park Avenue swirls

2011-01-19T08:17:00.001-05:00

690 Park Avenue, New York

Dream a little dream

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Columbus monument, Columbus Circle, New York

I'm still standing after all this time*

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Just like this lone snowman in Central Park, New York.
* Borrowed from Sir Elton (1983). Clarifying in case another artist has used those words since then.

10 for '10

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1. Light and shadow: High Line, New York

2. Red, white and blue: The Standard Hotel, New York

3. The front gate: 54 Bond Street, New York

4. What I wore this Summer: Mud Flap Jill necklace by Wendy Brandes.

5. Time out: Central Park, New York

6. When did it become Fall? Central Park, New York

7. Detail: W 54th Street, New York

8. Colourful read: The Strand Bookstore, New York

9. Lit: Cooper Square Hotel, New York

10. Untitled: Me

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

2010-12-22T08:28:00.005-05:00

(Breaks my heart every time.) Rockefeller Center, New York

Choosing a path

2010-12-15T08:26:00.002-05:00

rue de la Commune, Montreal

Outlined

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rue Saint-Urbain, Montreal

Repetition

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W 12th Street, New York

Stacked up

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Chairs at Bryant Park, New York

Landmark

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54 Bond Street, New York

Take flight

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Washington Square Park, New York

Detailed exterior

2010-11-03T09:38:00.003-04:00

Corner of Broome and Orchard Streets, New York

Distracted

2010-10-27T07:46:00.006-04:00

On W 54th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, New York

Cluster

2010-10-20T08:37:00.003-04:00

On W 13th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, New York

Lined up

2010-10-13T07:54:00.001-04:00

The High Line, New York

"I'm talking about liquid."

2010-10-06T08:38:00.003-04:00

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Nassau Street

A private audience

2010-09-29T08:03:00.001-04:00

A moment in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, taken in October 2004.

Where or when

2010-09-22T08:40:00.010-04:00

We know where, but we can't remember when. My sister at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay. Sometime before 2006...

Words are cheap

2010-09-15T08:11:00.003-04:00

The $1 specials at The Strand bookstore, New York

Riverside

2010-09-08T08:53:00.002-04:00

Riverside Park South, New York

Sheer stripes

2010-09-01T08:42:00.002-04:00

I saw, and just liked.

Trap

2010-08-25T10:21:00.003-04:00

Lobster Trap and Fish Tail by Alexander Calder at MoMA, New York

Summer afternoon

2010-08-18T12:18:00.002-04:00

A bike on Bleecker

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On Bleecker Street, New York

Freshly scrubbed

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The former Carson Pirie Scott building, designed by Louis Sullivan, at 1 South State Street, Chicago

Eye spy

2010-07-28T08:18:00.003-04:00

Eyeball sculpture by Tony Tasset at Pritzker Park, State and Van Buren Streets, Chicago

Movement

2010-07-21T08:29:00.002-04:00

Bloomberg New York, 731 Lexington Avenue

Rough surface

2010-07-14T08:29:00.003-04:00

Corner of W 19th Street and 11th Avenue, New York

Evening

2010-07-07T07:36:00.002-04:00

A favourite. The IAC Building, 555 W 18th Street, New York

Wood is good

2010-06-30T08:11:00.002-04:00

The quote is from Seinfeld. The wood belongs to the Peoples Gas Education Pavilion, designed by Studio Gang, and part of the Nature Boardwalk in Lincoln Park, Chicago.

Black and white

2010-06-23T08:13:00.003-04:00

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A gallery

2010-06-16T13:52:00.003-04:00

The sculpture gallery at Philip Johnson's Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Faccia

2010-06-09T08:38:00.002-04:00

Kathleen, May 2010

In the distance

2010-06-02T06:49:00.000-04:00

The Chrysler Building, New York

Not hard to look at

2010-05-26T08:16:00.005-04:00

The view from our table at Doyle's, Watsons Bay, Sydney

Singular sensation

2010-05-19T06:12:00.003-04:00

Sydney Opera House, Australia

Reflect

2010-05-05T07:04:00.003-04:00

Museum of Modern Art, taken on W 54th Street, New York

Time out

2010-04-21T08:27:00.003-04:00

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, Central Park, New York

Another corner (II)

2010-04-14T08:13:00.003-04:00

Corner of W 29th Street and Broadway, New York

Spring sets in

2010-04-07T07:38:00.002-04:00

Central Park, New York

A little bit of Spring

2010-03-31T07:52:00.001-04:00

W 12 Street, New York

Busy

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W 14th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, New York

Another corner

2010-03-17T08:50:00.003-04:00

The Grace Building, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York

City campus

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Baruch College, corner of E 25th Street and Lexington Avenue, New York

New

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New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York

Red, white and blue

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Corner of W 24th Street and 10th Avenue, New York

Drama in the park

2010-02-17T08:40:00.002-05:00

Central Park, near Bethesda Terrace, New York