Kirk and I took a little trip to the other side of the tracks to visit a place called 5 pointz. It is a building that has been converted into a canvas for graffiti artists. For anyone who is a design star fan you might recognize this place…

This is the spot where the designers did their white box challenge. I was a big fan this year of the show and as soon as I saw this place I had to go! Here are a few people in action.

And of course the photographer in me took over and I had to get a picture of Kirk and I!

I never thought much about umbrellas until I moved to NY. When we first moved here I would see people with these huge umbrellas that would take up the whole sidewalk and were impossible to get around, I would think “seriously is that really necessary!” I have learned yes, yes it is a necessity to have the biggest umbrella you can find! After having two regular umbrellas flip inside out and break on me, I caved and bought this bad boy, it is a double layered umbrella so the wind can pass through it without it flipping inside out and it is large enough to cover everything! I love it, it makes me laugh every time I have to take it out and I have managed to only knock two people in the head with it.