We arrived with the blizzard of January 2018.

A deeply frigid cold spell gripped NYC - - the worst since 1961.  This was followed by a brief warming trend and rain and quickly became cold again. Despite it all, there was a constant crush of New Yorkers who retained their equanimity with a stylish nonchalance.

 

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Richard Shore exhibit @ MoMA. Never heard of him before. Good stuff.

Independently, Nomi & I considered this our favorite of the Richard Shore photos.

One of the best musicals we've ever seen.

5th Avenue @ 49th Street

Munch found himself very intriguing!

"MEZZROW is a jazz venue, a listening room and lounge in Greenwich Village located in the basement of 163 W. 10th St. We are easy to miss so look carefully!"

The night the blizzard ended. It was a full house and lots of people in line for the late show. Aah, those imperturbable New Yorkers.

Roger Kellaway w/ Jay Leonhart & Roni Ben-Hur. Kellaway – Grammy winner & Oscar nominated Pianist/Composer, has recorded more than 250 albums. Worked w/ everyone from Ellington to Elvis...

Met Breuer - Between The Breuer and the Scandinavian House, they must have cleaned out the Munch Museum in Oslo..

Sleepless Night: Self-Portrait in Inner Turmoil

Despair - 1894

Skyscraper made of rattan, at The Met.

St. Marks Avenue, B'klyn.

Compare & contrast January in B'klyn with next one that was taken in Hualalai, HI in Dec. '17.

B'klyn Museum. From Eisenstein's movies, running about one frame per 6 seconds. Exhibit along with Goya and...

...Rob’t Longo. All graphite. His drawings looked like photographs until you got up close and personal.

Yay. The 5, after a looong wait. Once the 5 became a 4 in the middle of a journey. No one seemed perturbed so we stayed on...

Buzz to be let in. "Joe sent me."

Tomijazz - "Low-key bar & grill featuring Japanese bites & live jazz in a cozy setting with a speakeasy vibe. 239 E 53rd St." Packed.

Red booties protect the doggie's paws from the salt that's spread to melt the snow.

That Fershnitkit egg cream (shot of volka added) enhanced the museum exhibit immensely.

Who knew?!

If becoing a rabbi meant I coiuld wear one of those robes, I would have hit the books.

"An Italian Jew with a French mother, he introduced himself: 'My name is Modigliani. I am Jewish.' As a form of protest, he refused to assimilate."

Better get out before Alternate Side of the Street Parking Regulations are reinstated!

From Prospect Pk. Sta.

The coronet player (middle) is Lee Lorenz. He supports his jazz habit as a New Yorker cartoonist and its former Art Editor.

From Columbus Circle Sept. 2017

And, up we go! Jan. 2018.

Computerized signs have hit the NY subways.

At about 3:30, subways are filled with homeward bound construction workers.

Franklin Avenue, B'klyn

@ The Whitney. We had never heard of her. Great.

Note the catalogues in the benches. Some were tethered and you could lift up. Others were glued in place, but readable.

Several of the guards had bee tie pins made by another guard's wife. The director of the museum has installed an aviary somewhere on the roof. The Whitney has the nicest, guards.

Marin's own Kay Ryan, on a subway car wall.

Toilet in a midtown yakitori restaurant.

Franklin Ave. station, B'klyn.

Valley Stream, L.I. right across the border from Queens and very, very close to JFK. Note the altitude of the jet plane.

David Hockney @ The Met.

The Dakota. Think Woody Allen (or maybe not), John Lennon, Leonard Bernstein...

Chelsea.

"The Cruellest Month"