Brooklyn Botanical Garden on a Rainy Day

Hanging Plants with Tightly Woven Roots

Pond with Tropical Bamboos and Other Plants

A visit to Brooklyn Botanical Garden on a rainy Friday: It was cold and rainy, but magnolias were all in bloom and cherry blossoms were about to be. Beautiful contrast. Had to go indoor to draw though. It was a little too freezing to stand and draw outside. Would love to make another trip soon when cherry blossoms are all in bloom.

Finally at Katz's Deli!

location drawing @ Katz's Delicatessen

I have never felt any urge to go visit famous restaurants in NYC, but I did want to go to this Katz's Deli for quite awhile, maybe for about three years since I saw THE movie When Harry Met Sally. After all these years, I finally went. Friday morning, 11am, it was right before a crowd came for pastrami sandwiches.  The store was still quite crowded with merchants buying meat and people who came for late breakfast/ early lunch.