Lilac Season

It's lilac season right now and these very fragrant flowers are available in small bouquets at all the Korean delicatessens across the city. Technically, it's part of a shrub or bush known as Syringa (Lilac) which prodces pale purple flowers every year, at least according to Wikipedia. In the language of flowers, lilacs symbolize love. I like to think that tulips are my favorite flower, but then I'm reminded of how much I like the smell of lilacs. They only last a short time and right now they are in bloom and they're the best.

My sister and I used to drive to New Jersey every spring around this time when she still lived in the city. We'd go shopping at the mall on a Saturday afternoon and have a great lunch at Friendly's and then we'd drive around until we would find a lilac patch on the side of the road where they grow wild. After locating an especially bountiful patch, we would jump out of her car and run and grab as many as we could possibly carry in our arms. We would rush back to her car after picking what seemed like enough lilacs to fill her entire trunk. Since my sister doesn't live anywhere near New York any longer, I would appreciate it if anybody reading this who knows anyone in New Jersey to please tell them to fill up their car with lilacs and deliver a boatload of them to my apartment. They make everything smell so nice. They used to have lilac soap at Neiman Marcus that my mother would get me for Christmas. I'll take a case of that too!

Spring Flowers

Spring is almost here and the delis all over the city have a wide assortment of colorful flowers for sale. A fragrant bouquet is always a wonderful way to brighten up your apartment especially when you are in the middle of a boycott.

End of Summer Flowers

It seems like just yesterday that summer started. And now as Labor Day passes, it's the symbolic end of the summer -- vacations are over and everyone grudgingly returns to work.

It sure seems like A LOT has happened over the past four months since I posted this picture. I'm hoping that people come to their senses and the fall season brings lots of good things for everyone, myself included. Especially me.

The Flower Thief

You can't really nail down the flowers so they are prone to random acts of street thievery, but I've never seen a store so blatantly post the pictures of the crime in action. Not sure if this is a strong deterrent since not too much detail is evident from the pictures, but I'll give them credit for trying. Sign seen posted on the outside of a deli on Madison Avenue in the 30s.

I do like a bunch of fresh flowers -- a nice bouquet really brightens up the place.

Rain, Flowers and Horse Drawn Carriages

Another cloudy and rainy day in June, but it has been a very good day so far. I found these very bright flowers right near Central Park. You can see the horses and carriages in the background that will take you on a fun carriage ride in Central Park. They run all day until late at night and I think it can be a very romantic thing to do. After a ride in the park there are lots of places to go and get an ice cream cone. There really nothing better than ice cream in the summer. Except sometimes maybe a SnoCone or Fla-Vor-Ice. Fla-Vor-Ice is so totally underrated.

Tiptoeing Down Park Avenue

More tulips on Park Avenue. These fine flowers are pictured at full blown and seemingly shouting up to the sky for more rain.

Free the Bees

A bee doing his thing at the beautiful New York Botanical Garden. The garden is just a short subway ride north of Manhattan and there are over 250 acres of trees and flowers.

Multicolored Flowers

Some flowers at a deli in Midtown. Always a good idea when you want to surprise a special someone.