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Cozy and Festive
Holding hands on Columbus Avenue. 3:00 PM. Photo: JH.Tuesday, December 3, 2013. The weather is like those next door neighbors you never see. You know they’re there but whatever. Dress warmly my...
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It’s that time of the year
10:00 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Cold but not too; some Sun, some clouds, where the weather dulls everything in sight. It’s that time of the year.This past week, the Telegraph of...
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Getting out in the nabe
Looking across the haze of Central Park. 4:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, December 5, 2013. Bright, cloudy, not sunny day, yesterday in New York, with temps in the high forties, low fifties. Not warm...
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Manhattan travel drama
Our first dusting. 6:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, December 9, 2013. A grey, damp but cold weekend in New York, with a light snow arriving about five yesterday afternoon. Enough to cover the rooftops of...
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Like the kid
The Empire State Building from Park Avenue South and 31st Street. 7:00 PM. Photo: JH.Tuesday, December 10, 2913. Cold, rainy morning; dried off and got colder by late afternoon, yesterday in New York....
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Colder by Nightfall
Looking north along Fifth Avenue from 97th Street. 12:00 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Very light snow yesterday morning; didn't stick. Got a lot colder by nightfall which takes place...
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You can feel the energy of the upcoming holiday
Bottom left (in white), Claire Mercuri; from left (under the red suit painting -- by Michael's wife Kim McCarty), Catherine Adler, Felicia Taylor, Linda Lambert, Vanessa Eastman, Margo McNabb, Terry...
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The weekend weather
Driving down Fifth Avenue on the way to La Grenouille, Saturday night, 8 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Monday, December 16, 2013. The weekend weather was the story in New York. The weatherman forecast a big...
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Grim and barely festive until nightfall
Signs of Christmas. 2:00 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Light snow in the morning, no-stick; cold and grey and slushy wet, with more light snow into the late afternoon. Dark by...
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On the sunny side of the street
85th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam. 2:30 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Thursday, December 19, 2013. A cabbie told me yesterday afternoon that the temperature is going to be 68 on Sunday. At that...
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Still hoping for a White Christmas ...
Looking south towards the Manhattan skyline (Citigroup Center in middle) from a barren Central Park. 3:30 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Friday, December 20, 2013. Very warm for the third week of December in...
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The weather was the weekend topic
Christmas trees for sale on Broadway and 84th Street. 2:00 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Monday, December 23, 2013. The weather was the weekend topic. It was forecast beforehand that it would be a very warm...
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Christmas and holiday cards from friends
The world's first commercially produced Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley for Henry Cole.Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Merry Christmas. It got colder in New York last night — just the...
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Weekend Vegging
Looking south along West End Avenue. Sunday, 4 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Monday, December 30, 2013. Cold and raining hard in New York from late Sunday morning until the time of this writing (mid-...
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The Day Before
Park Avenue in the 50s. 10 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Tuesday, December 31, 2013. New Year’s Eve. Cold out, and getting colder, according to the weatherman, and we might even get some snow tomorrow. The...
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Whether that happened or not
Surveying the weather in the late afternoon. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.January 3, 2013. It is snowing and very cold as I sit down to write this at 7:30 on Thursday night. The weathermap shows a huge storm...
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New Year celebration shutdown
Wind gusts in Sheep Meadow in Central Park. Friday, 3 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Monday January 6, 2014. Well that’s that. New Year celebration shutdown; back to reality. Sunday went from very cold morning...
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The social calendar is mainly empty
A lone taxi on Friday night. The snow is no more as of Monday night. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Tuesday, January 7, 2014. The snow’s gone. It was overcast but not very cold – 49/50 – yesterday in New York....
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Enduring the cold
Braving the cold on 84th and Fifth. 3:00 PM. Photo: Jeff Hirsch.Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Very cold in New York. The kind where your face hurts if you’re walking along the street for a few minutes,...
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Hot and Cold
The Hotel Pierre on Fifth Avenue and 61st Street with the shadow of the Sherry-Netherland upon it and the cornice of the Metropolitan Club (on 60th and Fifth) below. 2:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday,...
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