Tuesday 26 October 2010

Paris vs. New York.



These illustrations by Vahram Muratyan remind me of my first (and only) trip to New York City. I went in spring 2000 with a friend. We were students and drove 12 hours to get there because we could not afford to fly. Little did we realise it would be so expensive when we arrived (I remember paying $15 for a cup of coffee and slice of cake). We ended up staying 36 hours and driving back. Crazy. The kind of thing you only do when you're 18. Back then I swore I would go back right after uni. That was a decade ago and I still have no concrete plans of visiting the big apple. I need to see to that, especially now that I have a mini-me and that NYC sounds like a rather baby-friendly city. 

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17 comments:

  1. These illustrations are so cool. Ben and I plan to visit New York next Christmas - how awesome must that city be at Christmas time. You should definitely head back! xx

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  2. I love those images, so reflective of two of the world's most amazing cities. We were talking just the other day about taking little L to NYC, it really is family friendly. Plus, a little NYC shopping and eating/drinking would be tres nice.

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  3. Those illustrations are beautiful..Im totally over the moon with them..I adore both cites and we are planning to visit NY in the next two years:) Such a lovely post
    Kisses,sweetie

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  4. oh these are just lovely!
    that sounds like quite an awesome trip!

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  5. i love these illustrations! so charming :) wish i had a visit to either nyc or paris on the horizon! x captn

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  6. J'adore ces illustrations, elles sont geniales... J'aime bien le bagel/baguette aussi... Super post :) bises

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  7. the juxtaposition of these is so fun
    worlds apart paris and new york!
    i love both so much though

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  8. i'm going to say, I was sooo excited to see this post after I saw the title (something i explain to people all the time, nyc vs. paris)

    I was NOT disappointed... these prints are great. I think I need to get one for my home...

    Also, aren't you so happy you took that trip so many years ago?! If you hadn't you would have never been able to experience nyc. too bad you were able to find better places to spend less money (15 $, jeezz!!).

    thanks for the post, loved it!

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  9. Such cute and funny prints! Love NYC...would love to go back too. Might go and pop that on my To Do list (and will add a trip to Paris while I'm there!).

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  10. I've never been to Paris or New York but these illustrations are very nice! =)

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  11. So simple yet so strong and clever, love it!

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  12. Je suis jamais allée à NY et j'en rêve. Très belles illustrations.

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  13. these are so awesome!!! what a great find. and your time in new york sounds like such a fun adventure. if you guys ever come back, we should hang! :)

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  14. Wow, I love those illustrations! I think NY wins out for me ... except in the coffee department. And pretty much all the food, come to think of it. Not that I've been to either city for a few years ... *sigh* desperately in need of an overseas holiday! Kellie xx

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  15. What a great find — especially the "Ville Lumiere" lightbulb... a good designer!
    Great blog, too, BTW!

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  16. These are awesome!
    I remember i saw it once but couldn't find it since so thanks heaps for reminding me!!

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  17. loving these prints and its making me miss NYC...

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