tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45674847093707666432024-03-05T11:34:26.457-08:00Not From New YorkMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-21188863548743316352012-06-17T23:15:00.001-07:002012-06-17T23:15:38.623-07:00Winter<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62nYi5UlBUOCsprkzR7mMWS70BH7qlVz-zFsZRT0P3XKfT922wVw6B1wL9th2SKuEhV53n3bNw3y47augTQztsMqOEExCWEv9vu2M44fTj86snxym-7Y145FISiBzg-ptyRoJCYBXL9cd/s1600/IMG_2091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62nYi5UlBUOCsprkzR7mMWS70BH7qlVz-zFsZRT0P3XKfT922wVw6B1wL9th2SKuEhV53n3bNw3y47augTQztsMqOEExCWEv9vu2M44fTj86snxym-7Y145FISiBzg-ptyRoJCYBXL9cd/s400/IMG_2091.JPG" /></a>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwt6PqhbncSrn76ZxdUh2dkM-G8ksle9KqYH37GeVkp-u-4zc9r6uIHl6IPDpZz_CoddyGY9uuZfFYWcOWyQ3DGBi0DToi-gOJoJZos3qBRo5yIA6SfI1xHqPJ3h4wE5oaOT-8KI-r8en/s1600/IMG_2159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwt6PqhbncSrn76ZxdUh2dkM-G8ksle9KqYH37GeVkp-u-4zc9r6uIHl6IPDpZz_CoddyGY9uuZfFYWcOWyQ3DGBi0DToi-gOJoJZos3qBRo5yIA6SfI1xHqPJ3h4wE5oaOT-8KI-r8en/s400/IMG_2159.JPG" /></a>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-7854708517221882712012-04-17T08:22:00.001-07:002012-04-17T08:27:27.672-07:00Signs of the Apocalypse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTryQLeBYf_X_CG1UzUPiNq3Cpz_cLt367XeamLxIRsUrgzcDbvveIIzV19AI5wDJDZIU0VsqNc0if6rbrSV1oyAo3498z8M47mXYVmxRQuaUxJqiUSCEf3ktsextCTwN8HO0ttvZeJQoD/s1600/IMG_2314.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTryQLeBYf_X_CG1UzUPiNq3Cpz_cLt367XeamLxIRsUrgzcDbvveIIzV19AI5wDJDZIU0VsqNc0if6rbrSV1oyAo3498z8M47mXYVmxRQuaUxJqiUSCEf3ktsextCTwN8HO0ttvZeJQoD/s400/IMG_2314.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732391438944354898" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFS9SnJyeT9NtHx5rD-bGnMCNLnVPFONQVCqr4qERPjZzydKengSqDufFBzOKr_6y3OlmqaE5j3UGVWJJH2w9QvuoXkCsDv0tJ9XPOkWHVyjRxMzFj23WkircpKESmBkAkPR8zugoyrv0/s1600/IMG_2318.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFS9SnJyeT9NtHx5rD-bGnMCNLnVPFONQVCqr4qERPjZzydKengSqDufFBzOKr_6y3OlmqaE5j3UGVWJJH2w9QvuoXkCsDv0tJ9XPOkWHVyjRxMzFj23WkircpKESmBkAkPR8zugoyrv0/s400/IMG_2318.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732391430587767554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7lKOStSNi0bMffeaSrvKWlpalf5MApR7lbbr5UOTOUR_Cv9OTk7yq7Ss8Zn5vFoFbpPiEdB435uSKdT7v0p1zaW4Yq-2PJTSPaRGA94QuLgqIIo8BGAfnOAY_qas1PIHgxPvZQ6VjHKD/s1600/IMG_2319.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7lKOStSNi0bMffeaSrvKWlpalf5MApR7lbbr5UOTOUR_Cv9OTk7yq7Ss8Zn5vFoFbpPiEdB435uSKdT7v0p1zaW4Yq-2PJTSPaRGA94QuLgqIIo8BGAfnOAY_qas1PIHgxPvZQ6VjHKD/s400/IMG_2319.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732391404716333538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XV8eM3TdQaljkU3QAioreCU-PeA98tgHIUVr5XBUN1jqpNvyTlM3-DmZAwP13hRTJTSdSBYOYV03azkw6817pUUIeEQHiKUURgx0PVB-IsS4LC3Vtivhyphenhypheni60E8MmKc4tDPMiX-FEetl8/s1600/IMG_2496.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XV8eM3TdQaljkU3QAioreCU-PeA98tgHIUVr5XBUN1jqpNvyTlM3-DmZAwP13hRTJTSdSBYOYV03azkw6817pUUIeEQHiKUURgx0PVB-IsS4LC3Vtivhyphenhypheni60E8MmKc4tDPMiX-FEetl8/s400/IMG_2496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732391398028131346" /></a>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-7909234287339914642012-03-31T09:09:00.002-07:002012-06-17T23:31:57.147-07:00Nature<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqytr-j-hNb8nc3kXWvpPJa2sb-HJDvV0fCAdfGqES93rW1o3VJ5ZPyi8via2WoBbbR7GfOL6H5L6OXgmdIxvGyZ31IGbmN8tmjR-o3yJy2L31DtY2VpV0Ng9EZSAyGRE103kwNjPfGTN/s1600/IMG_2332.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726094430464391330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqytr-j-hNb8nc3kXWvpPJa2sb-HJDvV0fCAdfGqES93rW1o3VJ5ZPyi8via2WoBbbR7GfOL6H5L6OXgmdIxvGyZ31IGbmN8tmjR-o3yJy2L31DtY2VpV0Ng9EZSAyGRE103kwNjPfGTN/s400/IMG_2332.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Chinatown.<br />
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Near entrance to Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn.<br />
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Captions always give more gravity.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-77701174287513975492012-03-31T09:05:00.002-07:002012-03-31T09:09:09.787-07:00Weirdos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAZ1TTOj9AWbk0n8qJC7vRQYUgdPoXFFsSl7gMSwb3aVEgJ-siWbQ1uChk1AQDCM0vWiGKV2qTEEVYCSIn8k9vEu058_-aZSPGYJAK3Vpemxgig2FHqZ0Duwsmqo5yhV329qD3rR0MOXE/s1600/IMG_2316.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAZ1TTOj9AWbk0n8qJC7vRQYUgdPoXFFsSl7gMSwb3aVEgJ-siWbQ1uChk1AQDCM0vWiGKV2qTEEVYCSIn8k9vEu058_-aZSPGYJAK3Vpemxgig2FHqZ0Duwsmqo5yhV329qD3rR0MOXE/s400/IMG_2316.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726093404657779522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaNJetR0zGsr1cvcs6fkxGmREaTsrasJUy-QXFFn9QDqdMY0ZIE77vb3sh1sWl4HlUKDDABuAnCyAndOwi1yf6-JH6WhaR1ufoKiQDLArDdjGNW3Da2yK4glUDpH6oZhtvgSEJkuaaDg7/s1600/IMG_2317.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaNJetR0zGsr1cvcs6fkxGmREaTsrasJUy-QXFFn9QDqdMY0ZIE77vb3sh1sWl4HlUKDDABuAnCyAndOwi1yf6-JH6WhaR1ufoKiQDLArDdjGNW3Da2yK4glUDpH6oZhtvgSEJkuaaDg7/s400/IMG_2317.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726093403822509730" /></a>It seems like New York used to be filled with bona fide weirdos. Maybe the second guy is not a weirdo, just a stylish fellow. But that first guy, he is clearly a character, sunning himself in Washington Square Park.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-80795477424646592032012-03-24T11:15:00.002-07:002012-03-24T11:18:30.678-07:00Keith Haring Bathroom<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0saCuRKYD8JpgVlERXQYbU6a9dBEctoXpFpFoD8ZV-PZDp0dAlvdM7qKCZPjLsNRtygBYgIjYav3kEl9bolS6NedYaWM2Ho0g_e6HpCP2ssDukTybn8o0PMS1KxgOOYxkubIUHVrV8Ei/s1600/IMG_2411.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0saCuRKYD8JpgVlERXQYbU6a9dBEctoXpFpFoD8ZV-PZDp0dAlvdM7qKCZPjLsNRtygBYgIjYav3kEl9bolS6NedYaWM2Ho0g_e6HpCP2ssDukTybn8o0PMS1KxgOOYxkubIUHVrV8Ei/s400/IMG_2411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723529165807496114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS9UzN0ussA5ZGJ3HfeafrRR2_tdb2AhrHpAXYW6OSTV3LolkUbpReLQdKfgX1KgcBbNiVe3HXAhDZdpHqf-e4x5yHd8ldUJrbUW7XaOVAhPblvbNXdTsCkdbAcafP0B-byOqohsKRjho/s1600/IMG_2409.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS9UzN0ussA5ZGJ3HfeafrRR2_tdb2AhrHpAXYW6OSTV3LolkUbpReLQdKfgX1KgcBbNiVe3HXAhDZdpHqf-e4x5yHd8ldUJrbUW7XaOVAhPblvbNXdTsCkdbAcafP0B-byOqohsKRjho/s400/IMG_2409.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723529158561502274" /></a>Some flattering photos of Dan and I at the Keith Haring bathroom. It was cool.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-52586114751116127102012-03-08T17:13:00.005-08:002012-03-08T17:38:07.104-08:00Wonder What the Neighbors Think?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00crfOEVdA6P0ghIdcQpXz8XePz16PYx5RMJ_hdxAqXXsocM_85k5jb-O-nun64fnesJRN6mVKrQUV0zNZIgotxr1Y8o7d9tTKAqmkGSnmvxrBWPl14hSZmmAwQwyMb2DU-fruY7ltG6n/s1600/AT_Park-Slope-Pink-Brownstone-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00crfOEVdA6P0ghIdcQpXz8XePz16PYx5RMJ_hdxAqXXsocM_85k5jb-O-nun64fnesJRN6mVKrQUV0zNZIgotxr1Y8o7d9tTKAqmkGSnmvxrBWPl14hSZmmAwQwyMb2DU-fruY7ltG6n/s400/AT_Park-Slope-Pink-Brownstone-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717699408945284706" /></a> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>282</o:Words> <o:characters>1610</o:Characters> <o:lines>13</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>3</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>1977</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>11.1539</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:donotshowrevisions/> <w:donotprintrevisions/> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;" >There was <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-bold-would-you-go-164282"><span style="color:#0000EF;">a post</span></a> on the blog Apartment Therapy in January about a pink brownstone in Park Slope. What was creepy about the responses wasn't that some people thought the color was ugly, but that everyone seemed so horrified in a gated-community, block-association, keeping up with Joneses type way:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" margin-bottom: 16pt; font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"<span style="color:#1E1E1E;">I feel it's flat out tacky. Wonder what the neighbors think?"</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" margin-bottom: 16pt; font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"<span style="color:#1E1E1E;">when you have to subject passersby to such a bold statement, it seems a bit discourteous. Soon you'll have a street of rainbow houses."</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" margin-bottom: 16pt; font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;color:#1E1E1E;">"This is a shameful. The outside of a home should be RESPECTFUL to the context of it's surroundings. This is like giving the middle finger to all of the neighbors."</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" margin-bottom: 16pt; font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;color:#1E1E1E;"><i>"I would not buy the house across the street from this house."</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" margin-bottom: 16pt; font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;color:#1E1E1E;">"Oh, how dreadful. This horrid should not be allowed in urban environment. If people with no taste want to project their personal “style” onto the exterior of their houses they should move to the country side and do as they’re pleased."</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" margin-bottom: 16pt; font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;color:#1E1E1E;">Wait, an<i> urban </i>environment is where it shouldn't be allowed? I thought being exposed to different things is exactly what you should appreciate about an urban environment. Go back to the suburbs, lady!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" margin-bottom: 16pt; font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span style=" ;color:#1E1E1E;">By contrast, one commentor wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span style="font-family:arial;color:#1E1E1E;">"I've lived near that house since the mid-80s. The neighborhood used to be a lot funkier, with bicentennial-painted fire hydrants, old clawfoot tubs overflowing with plants, "cheap landlord" paint colors, and many of the brownstones in disrepair. Then came the real estate boom, the money, the mass renovation/restoration movement, and the movie-set perfection that is Park Slope today...</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span style="font-family:arial;color:#1E1E1E;">Garish as it is (the pic doesn't do justice) it pleases me every time I walk by, and reminds me of what Brooklyn (and life?) used to be like before The Fall (when Eve bit the apple and understood that her pink house was wrong)."</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#1e1e1e;">Anyway, this discussion certainly reinforces the idea that people want to live in places like Park Slope so they can fulfill their suburban fantasy and further neutralize the neighborhoods personality to suit their own bland, tasteful, and ultra- expensive aesthetics.</span></p><div> <!--EndFragment--></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-44109360810328823332012-02-28T10:24:00.005-08:002012-02-28T10:35:00.511-08:00Brooklyn Academy of Music<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd8kuvIe2DeIxJbC-5wh5G9WengSWnznVyY6dPlUulfayG2Q01NubHeQQSQIYNt9yAXdmyKr1nAlLSgrCO9drvq7Qqqny6UEE5Pbgq78coLuUFBf_0g247WmsKAlFX3rzbXL0ED3AgpB1/s1600/IMG_2243.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd8kuvIe2DeIxJbC-5wh5G9WengSWnznVyY6dPlUulfayG2Q01NubHeQQSQIYNt9yAXdmyKr1nAlLSgrCO9drvq7Qqqny6UEE5Pbgq78coLuUFBf_0g247WmsKAlFX3rzbXL0ED3AgpB1/s400/IMG_2243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714254904338361218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkTuOP2G2JOQ7qyUz9ko3YmfIWHAD_1hsg6GJ-Pe0M46oVG8B4EOhXptlY7HbPtqXze2aVANflCPITHRnuPPN9DH80ANLk5qNOjQATvO_M91VCH52jV4_wBBmjvBxwA4AII1SXcXbTV0q/s1600/IMG_2242.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkTuOP2G2JOQ7qyUz9ko3YmfIWHAD_1hsg6GJ-Pe0M46oVG8B4EOhXptlY7HbPtqXze2aVANflCPITHRnuPPN9DH80ANLk5qNOjQATvO_M91VCH52jV4_wBBmjvBxwA4AII1SXcXbTV0q/s400/IMG_2242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714254896009897010" /></a><div><br /></div><div>I wish people were still carving angry cherubs onto buildings instead of coating them with brushed stainless steel (how did that become a building a material???) and "reclaimed " wood veneer and filling them with drywall. Actually, BAM has a very <a href="http://www.artspace.com/partners/brooklyn_academy_of_music">modern awning</a> I find ugly, complete with brushed stainless steel poles that look like they belong on some sort of industrial staircase. I know people get annoyed when you tell them you hate modern architecture but hey guess what soon it will be old and the lovers of modern architecture will find it ugly and dated, like in the future when we have internet walls and doors that scan our brains.</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-18252404676272134802012-02-20T14:13:00.000-08:002012-02-20T14:28:55.020-08:00Chinese New Year, Last Year<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_t3pUe9yqHNAv6tcUIxAj5tuZec8wRXFHdCxcN1S3WoFcS2txicSRidMP_uRFM-w1xNixNUYvhr5e6vTr5bydkJrdP85af7nVAACXD7L8FUtZXDyx-vcfmGd5rSWDfB03c-wD8PT87H1/s1600/IMG_0109.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_t3pUe9yqHNAv6tcUIxAj5tuZec8wRXFHdCxcN1S3WoFcS2txicSRidMP_uRFM-w1xNixNUYvhr5e6vTr5bydkJrdP85af7nVAACXD7L8FUtZXDyx-vcfmGd5rSWDfB03c-wD8PT87H1/s400/IMG_0109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711345147302347618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyDBMoXbGPkGjhQXWJUhQxbnR4KSLGpnZBGY5sMLcVRZJv0AWOVNIkRiv-WyvpDlfUOaNr4HQAywXQVc8QyiqPOsxfr27V5Ed1EGqk-q2Orp2KU84wOglYTfpFBItzz6k5ak1YLCSecs8/s1600/IMG_0110.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyDBMoXbGPkGjhQXWJUhQxbnR4KSLGpnZBGY5sMLcVRZJv0AWOVNIkRiv-WyvpDlfUOaNr4HQAywXQVc8QyiqPOsxfr27V5Ed1EGqk-q2Orp2KU84wOglYTfpFBItzz6k5ak1YLCSecs8/s400/IMG_0110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711345137839916242" /></a><div><br /></div><div>God, there was so much snow on the ground all last year. We were probably coming from <a href="http://www.menupages.com/restaurants/big-wong-king/">Big Wong</a>. Sometimes I think about how many great, cheap places there are to eat in Chinatown alone, and it can be hard to cram it all in.</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-75340729518509828572012-02-20T13:54:00.001-08:002012-02-20T14:22:07.517-08:00Coney Island, Last Summer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7H9uwmYyeCWjDPdHdgTuETaq0u2qed_2gU9AlL-95lommdtzo-Ma89Nm3CPf2iNA3QTvjBIelUPbXmqcj-remWcWz9BU8B6v1PZaAOpcjWV430Xx3jD-kl81RS3C0FMaTg41MLAQcDff/s1600/IMG_0649.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7H9uwmYyeCWjDPdHdgTuETaq0u2qed_2gU9AlL-95lommdtzo-Ma89Nm3CPf2iNA3QTvjBIelUPbXmqcj-remWcWz9BU8B6v1PZaAOpcjWV430Xx3jD-kl81RS3C0FMaTg41MLAQcDff/s400/IMG_0649.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711341611452371250" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1b02At3UrZ1LXsDboBT4FuRKQ30Jca6ejbaxDulbRH4eEenfPMxqdNb8v4QD70e1N0dPLcpf8f8xQrWy4eWmrwpaDPt4ryfZPjAESnQuPxcPxO6nSx_VdbnPYztGkKxQviwaD3MoYWXO/s1600/IMG_0655.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1b02At3UrZ1LXsDboBT4FuRKQ30Jca6ejbaxDulbRH4eEenfPMxqdNb8v4QD70e1N0dPLcpf8f8xQrWy4eWmrwpaDPt4ryfZPjAESnQuPxcPxO6nSx_VdbnPYztGkKxQviwaD3MoYWXO/s400/IMG_0655.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711341268814947682" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9TDDXHvIA2qMRx7FV_y3-dxrm05T34YcRbPYsSn5iMEfeOUyy8RJH7oIY56bVBrxT2DBi1uwL3ZxyUg-xPw2fMZO6v_ZD3eLzHeEXQMoX9iSPyXFZQT3s8j0-E_ZLU3asVH1wkqX16lT/s1600/IMG_0547.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9TDDXHvIA2qMRx7FV_y3-dxrm05T34YcRbPYsSn5iMEfeOUyy8RJH7oIY56bVBrxT2DBi1uwL3ZxyUg-xPw2fMZO6v_ZD3eLzHeEXQMoX9iSPyXFZQT3s8j0-E_ZLU3asVH1wkqX16lT/s400/IMG_0547.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711341299146782146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipEodnqkLq_eOAzEBxYfaYOcnklwsmsp1UyWQcwD0BOy1RZzcJzX6sRfHoKd2QiwrwIncLjJwUoF8n2HEBRacoZDFGBhb_sH10CDLxt05IwfK_umttujoj6RxK-rRlzPcN7maIB-J2OGw/s1600/IMG_0656.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipEodnqkLq_eOAzEBxYfaYOcnklwsmsp1UyWQcwD0BOy1RZzcJzX6sRfHoKd2QiwrwIncLjJwUoF8n2HEBRacoZDFGBhb_sH10CDLxt05IwfK_umttujoj6RxK-rRlzPcN7maIB-J2OGw/s400/IMG_0656.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711340519803435314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiMWNJ8qHDBiaA8-h-PtX2q4VHar7LUOp1wwhww-vJMQi5iT_6v0Fuh-8rB8IyxSBJa7rUMkfgiY43UbQJXC9C2pzmQdPORtxnVld0-40P4xMqAkNP0kiP1bOqx8O6-EzP6RdVXTnJbab/s1600/IMG_0543.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiMWNJ8qHDBiaA8-h-PtX2q4VHar7LUOp1wwhww-vJMQi5iT_6v0Fuh-8rB8IyxSBJa7rUMkfgiY43UbQJXC9C2pzmQdPORtxnVld0-40P4xMqAkNP0kiP1bOqx8O6-EzP6RdVXTnJbab/s400/IMG_0543.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711340501299877874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvBepMJC6b87AgpF2vZKI5HQjl9mpGnEdWokFQNQJF3LRxyjqA4iJxi0jJEA-SaFAejyqLGva9LdgzxtmBliJZ1e_jVCA7KiWpZqbpQYqNAKj8Ji2NwkjPDmYdFlu4QMndefBfUJG24oU/s1600/IMG_0670.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvBepMJC6b87AgpF2vZKI5HQjl9mpGnEdWokFQNQJF3LRxyjqA4iJxi0jJEA-SaFAejyqLGva9LdgzxtmBliJZ1e_jVCA7KiWpZqbpQYqNAKj8Ji2NwkjPDmYdFlu4QMndefBfUJG24oU/s400/IMG_0670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711340499064069314" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Oh Coney Island, bet you won't be looking so awesome this year. The day the first photo was taken on one of the first really hot days in the air, a really humid day that felt electrically charged. There were all these teenage hotties prowling the boardwalk, and fights were breaking out every couple minutes. It always seems new-agey to talk about energy, but there was some energy in the air that day.</div><div>Eventually Dan was like, "We gotta get out of here!" because we were feeling hella white and out of place, and then we left and on the way back we saw all the cop cars and someone had been stabbed or shot or something.</div><div>The thing with Coney Island is that people don't go the arcades and rides that much, because of the modern age, but it's certainly well populated with locals during the summer, but the people trying to redo it act like it's empty. And the signs and the rides are so beautiful, of course. </div><div>I love beach photos and the colors of everything on the beach. It's so beautiful when the sun starts to set and it's hazy and warm.</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-75114590404664984602012-02-20T13:47:00.000-08:002012-02-20T13:56:52.351-08:00Coal Yard, Coolest Bar in Town!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlb8U9imPwTso2x6g1A3Ehvl2RF51ewRVD0cvLc7fgs-3ShzdIRwLuHqYVf2Cy1sJiGpOQUDuXWAUczQvBAAb-WvkXJgINHz4K0XAmuMJQId4JZQqsrU20r7m2huXXbI7v7TyMEkqyUw5/s1600/IMG_0919.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlb8U9imPwTso2x6g1A3Ehvl2RF51ewRVD0cvLc7fgs-3ShzdIRwLuHqYVf2Cy1sJiGpOQUDuXWAUczQvBAAb-WvkXJgINHz4K0XAmuMJQId4JZQqsrU20r7m2huXXbI7v7TyMEkqyUw5/s400/IMG_0919.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711338580185675218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoLrIZhtWck1PqOruujrwdTtjIbxoIe8IDAEVAmVkMQmdYQKlMWkH_c9cMm7KeMYeejOfgOdabZ28fmO_d7-vL9JS0slz1lIUxKd9FYvY6nMuTk8WPYa-XF-0X3bCAUYBNEwfifbsTgAf/s1600/IMG_0926.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoLrIZhtWck1PqOruujrwdTtjIbxoIe8IDAEVAmVkMQmdYQKlMWkH_c9cMm7KeMYeejOfgOdabZ28fmO_d7-vL9JS0slz1lIUxKd9FYvY6nMuTk8WPYa-XF-0X3bCAUYBNEwfifbsTgAf/s400/IMG_0926.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711338559186878018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituevnRrfZ3U7o3LDtxHHddxyPZgkzPPmrm0PPRyjADbZjikIok1Rc2BC5SqoVM4G8t9uLk1tNUi-5vm4mDFg38OM0LfstZZXcvZqHwK4OCsJjV0Y2jlJyGxXpEypb3JmfmhrVqM8Ff6lW/s1600/IMG_0920.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituevnRrfZ3U7o3LDtxHHddxyPZgkzPPmrm0PPRyjADbZjikIok1Rc2BC5SqoVM4G8t9uLk1tNUi-5vm4mDFg38OM0LfstZZXcvZqHwK4OCsJjV0Y2jlJyGxXpEypb3JmfmhrVqM8Ff6lW/s400/IMG_0920.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711338547272065506" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Me and Dan pretending we are old school, heroin-addicted, authentic 1970's punks at the Coal Yard. What a cool mural, though. New York definitely has San Francisco beat as far as grafitti and murals go, with all the Chico stuff and actual cool, colorful grafitti and the Williamsburg Bridge and everything. All San Francisco's murals are like Cesar Chavez with ying yangs around him. (No offense to Cesar Chavez!)</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-29296042900056371212012-02-20T13:37:00.000-08:002012-02-20T14:22:47.609-08:00Trashy South Williamsburg<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpy4FTt_5b36iqKm89xri-UCvpSak9uUNZ4xj9MI0E8D8hIwvzV0NPjioTv1Bza6ESTclfz1xWny_qkpMTtQ7gY-TcobmNnrBQ-oEffzV_FaK-9ecnm8fxRnZeoDJAGxPDjnYTCGXfNC-8/s1600/IMG_1083.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpy4FTt_5b36iqKm89xri-UCvpSak9uUNZ4xj9MI0E8D8hIwvzV0NPjioTv1Bza6ESTclfz1xWny_qkpMTtQ7gY-TcobmNnrBQ-oEffzV_FaK-9ecnm8fxRnZeoDJAGxPDjnYTCGXfNC-8/s400/IMG_1083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711337044217202386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpM9YCaLkvydLHPat1_jNnfMwu_fMfHpXUZYdSSFyj6tNYwHHIgiZjKELGvxU0NjAC-MPC3OraGijhKQqTq2yJH4xzNjBjuI61v76FseHNb8PH3TlndvRmjEcEY3O2S5WjeCPHbjlTvqVa/s1600/IMG_1099.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPjUzHsOCXf-eVqBPaCvf0dAUm_r0DE3rR1zjPWgs2panpR6czCTj1W3bAgjkGa8RBW5NA3H8V3OBXBp7Wgrd07dCeCtjxajEVVGY6TSorWJH4kX76UyzPN3OrEvzxdcW5CQvlmwsc0cy/s400/IMG_1102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711336469867737778" /></a>Plants grow so rainforest-like and huge here in the summer.</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-15723803095507350322012-02-20T13:29:00.000-08:002012-02-20T14:21:54.073-08:00Kumho Hankook<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjN2D6giClLhmU_C5i8cXywNb5YuUdcNSJRuI_WqYsv7iHZFVR4Q7VuwYN2jLkF7kumIxVaKO8PgLrIoYjN12VSPFBSp4KUEluGVf12a2GkGDtSXelRggwG6_mCkLedPSOltLh0zljzHm/s1600/IMG_0491.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjN2D6giClLhmU_C5i8cXywNb5YuUdcNSJRuI_WqYsv7iHZFVR4Q7VuwYN2jLkF7kumIxVaKO8PgLrIoYjN12VSPFBSp4KUEluGVf12a2GkGDtSXelRggwG6_mCkLedPSOltLh0zljzHm/s400/IMG_0491.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711334144230705970" /></a>Little Nassau Street looks like the Lower East Side of yore.<br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbwABlhFTixXc31kSlipDcyy_PfDPAK4PATDDVDjsNHl9mh0SCna3hk_Z2y02WhY-f-1PW7vNdBSlHjKpSFuCxdaBuTJPrNix9VEJjLt3miCg8ElYVuQa-cMgD4kVdC_BIGANgudUDQCx/s1600/IMG_0488.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbwABlhFTixXc31kSlipDcyy_PfDPAK4PATDDVDjsNHl9mh0SCna3hk_Z2y02WhY-f-1PW7vNdBSlHjKpSFuCxdaBuTJPrNix9VEJjLt3miCg8ElYVuQa-cMgD4kVdC_BIGANgudUDQCx/s400/IMG_0488.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711334134442687202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqWUr8ICJnGgcmV_P5IsOOQwT4VONn7xA9-CdcBlF8c-j_XB5c3LDpricUUotNauAPhVQYO_7rJuVKorE86KIo-rZ5OEMfBrr8l32rWGtsE6SBqjYj0jRSLQcJvsF4RNBRYV16cqoSB8C/s1600/IMG_0487.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqWUr8ICJnGgcmV_P5IsOOQwT4VONn7xA9-CdcBlF8c-j_XB5c3LDpricUUotNauAPhVQYO_7rJuVKorE86KIo-rZ5OEMfBrr8l32rWGtsE6SBqjYj0jRSLQcJvsF4RNBRYV16cqoSB8C/s400/IMG_0487.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711334120734542946" /></a>I love this sign on Franklin.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOS6-Ei5ICIHZjT0W8mdz6NzZBcaVgw4AaPvOD5Xx1hBOfzRd4Bu72GH1H1Nt8WKFoWj0PQGmpOwnacjM3oYyUDa0gqO6Opgt4m4JzH4d6UVdpvY1e8iFiDTze2VQsDT6-pMFPQSYAVhi/s1600/IMG_0485.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOS6-Ei5ICIHZjT0W8mdz6NzZBcaVgw4AaPvOD5Xx1hBOfzRd4Bu72GH1H1Nt8WKFoWj0PQGmpOwnacjM3oYyUDa0gqO6Opgt4m4JzH4d6UVdpvY1e8iFiDTze2VQsDT6-pMFPQSYAVhi/s400/IMG_0485.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711334113178217506" /></a>What a cool store. Near the Flushing JMZ. </div><div><br /></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-27131476785993651512012-02-02T00:05:00.000-08:002012-02-02T00:13:35.044-08:00Stately Clinton Hill<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1PgBgRlx6fZTec4mzW3uW8TV1k8TYUfb40OBhEwvu1nf2pbEuunYr8-sNzt4F5LppKVJqNYuxLZ4uSEGDdYD6RNphm6vATFn6dxrm5n_E4s2aMuOQbpDdONpBfK8P0jXhvA8IlKZwwyH/s1600/IMG_1955.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1PgBgRlx6fZTec4mzW3uW8TV1k8TYUfb40OBhEwvu1nf2pbEuunYr8-sNzt4F5LppKVJqNYuxLZ4uSEGDdYD6RNphm6vATFn6dxrm5n_E4s2aMuOQbpDdONpBfK8P0jXhvA8IlKZwwyH/s400/IMG_1955.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704447480655481778" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSDM9vwgG5YNYnYZQRaxPmFplmaXWaxSe6g0lpq1luTSXEUaYSW-ogdWo_S0aF7Cwxw-9KCA5rQqjt48vA9ilh1hrTx_CyXXDBIHGDmTgi4Mh-_s9UCiXlmQf-vYNeH-e_FyVktcB9dPI/s1600/IMG_1956.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiR30R2R9bT8oju1l6mWlehN03qHk5I_4QXjhu2cxwMdunWlcUz_17Csjg5aU08KHWzi-35RMr42SH0YsbxUDm0eqFgUNi6nu6jzGpZCQkTx7QpA4IZD_PnwLGZMS6nqvmKobklzgKeDzI/s400/IMG_1959.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704447454940767906" /></a><br />Lush Foliage From November 2011Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-56228200138579853622012-02-01T23:41:00.001-08:002012-02-01T23:54:32.296-08:00Cars<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIdiIi03JhbDrCuCEvmHYZR7ddPibx3Ox5-pYHsP6iKNVNt7gxPWy7hz_V92aB9JvN8YrxRG4Ohzc52PO4SEmXCQ2H59b0H0Qutl8PDpis7x84sGkVbuvTHrPA5MQQVbIQr2T55ShZRNT/s1600/IMG_1219.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTprzUAvGUPOU2U7OJrFawVl9lm5u1HZ_D36qlaUgXncWW-fh6owO2ef06ckHlv4MFY7_aSBnnVIFGNRLnbRG15QLCDIy7lprecQ8wANvxxrfukBtmjZt0ocnfNyQ9ts0uRdQvrFR8w4Z/s400/IMG_1155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704441051860128930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8XiGSBCiGSUA2fmGD1ExOHT3zLIVJQLkB5WF_OA6cZWIk3DdVm1_WSYLUE7vbCTKJmumt55dLdoU4Md-D-IHypsyOV5Kkt1ytIKGSvjkqCB01iil_mQgxU7Y13OeZPrI9e9bIBe7x7yO/s1600/IMG_1315.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8XiGSBCiGSUA2fmGD1ExOHT3zLIVJQLkB5WF_OA6cZWIk3DdVm1_WSYLUE7vbCTKJmumt55dLdoU4Md-D-IHypsyOV5Kkt1ytIKGSvjkqCB01iil_mQgxU7Y13OeZPrI9e9bIBe7x7yO/s400/IMG_1315.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704443410292694434" /></a>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-2280556343358388042012-02-01T23:24:00.000-08:002012-02-01T23:27:24.896-08:00Clinton Hill<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtXsP8-zzN_GgmN0UF0b0Y67HgfSNshGZfy3EhlAirWdKbvb7KlByzDvKnAEuEs-qwUY2fBxA8z824-kn0LLwFBgcP2ckdxRq5iF4TD5VWUEUIUDCAi3p1f3iA2Xv1FJg406jEj_WWY14/s1600/IMG_1979.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtXsP8-zzN_GgmN0UF0b0Y67HgfSNshGZfy3EhlAirWdKbvb7KlByzDvKnAEuEs-qwUY2fBxA8z824-kn0LLwFBgcP2ckdxRq5iF4TD5VWUEUIUDCAi3p1f3iA2Xv1FJg406jEj_WWY14/s400/IMG_1979.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704436388507314226" /></a>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-83834453370655841522011-10-24T06:45:00.000-07:002011-10-24T06:54:27.847-07:00Good Signs in/on the Lower East Side<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6F2XvyLDf2j30syPhMu2L4kHn9V2ER3ivqvbpfCx8achYyu_gZI9Jl6K8-KkVISVphkTCv_nhQDkh6phCAdLC59s2OFkS-dfPh2b8XcMJ2NiBhuAl92dWD8iBNZ1L2Cl9m38Ny6zu0cs/s1600/IMG_1516.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6F2XvyLDf2j30syPhMu2L4kHn9V2ER3ivqvbpfCx8achYyu_gZI9Jl6K8-KkVISVphkTCv_nhQDkh6phCAdLC59s2OFkS-dfPh2b8XcMJ2NiBhuAl92dWD8iBNZ1L2Cl9m38Ny6zu0cs/s400/IMG_1516.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667055271163621714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMu3bF3M1rcGW3iMsSqYI8AWR-IQz5wNowCDeTJGX2Gm8lvBmKVETwVBjytFIZgXUYlcb4Pf6zwokLTLfo82zXfSlmf3dDLmS5WJ6I2NllzDvv2aX8W8rUpUmLnvs99Rf-chZG-FFaiXT/s1600/IMG_1515.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMu3bF3M1rcGW3iMsSqYI8AWR-IQz5wNowCDeTJGX2Gm8lvBmKVETwVBjytFIZgXUYlcb4Pf6zwokLTLfo82zXfSlmf3dDLmS5WJ6I2NllzDvv2aX8W8rUpUmLnvs99Rf-chZG-FFaiXT/s400/IMG_1515.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667055269516834706" /></a><div><br /></div><div>New Yorkers I guess say "on line" instead of "in line" - I thought this was some kind of apoclyptic digital-age thing, but apparently they have always said "on line" here. It's also common to say "on" the Lower East Side instead of "in," like in the Blondie song <i>In the Flesh</i> where she sings </div><div><i>I saw you walking one day on the Lower East Side</i></div><div>which is really funny because it's a parody of 50's romance songs and the Lower East Side was trashy as hell back then. Anyway, "on the Lower East Side" doesn't really roll off my tongue, and I'm not going to say "on line," you know???</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-38113752852082829752011-10-24T06:36:00.000-07:002011-10-24T06:58:12.584-07:00Old Sort of Sidewalk in Tribeca<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-ORLbLfxC3OXqKoPihuRjv8h1ijdZo3D92ubuLDGwC_-5nUkdrNB03DETnEcOpQlFJLj-GDR4UOpQo-iyvX9ZY5CJBIRQxmt81ObwoNZbRmCVzLfDiRZ4t864pDUu18wtNpa3fuLTUzp/s1600/IMG_1325.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-ORLbLfxC3OXqKoPihuRjv8h1ijdZo3D92ubuLDGwC_-5nUkdrNB03DETnEcOpQlFJLj-GDR4UOpQo-iyvX9ZY5CJBIRQxmt81ObwoNZbRmCVzLfDiRZ4t864pDUu18wtNpa3fuLTUzp/s400/IMG_1325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667053335281596034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5Q1IdN0ZQ6TqZ8VKHwbfrNu0NAtpOESXttXjwxIZLk2OCnKR_VTnXXZa6JRRA7e9yBGlxIBAxWr38uucl2nm7TNRvxYqgWLfdjd0Dplnstr9D6n5uN2_o9MTFOfQm4Xht22thaHWiovd/s1600/IMG_1327.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5Q1IdN0ZQ6TqZ8VKHwbfrNu0NAtpOESXttXjwxIZLk2OCnKR_VTnXXZa6JRRA7e9yBGlxIBAxWr38uucl2nm7TNRvxYqgWLfdjd0Dplnstr9D6n5uN2_o9MTFOfQm4Xht22thaHWiovd/s400/IMG_1327.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667053337646805202" /></a><div><br /></div><div>This was raised off the ground, surrounding the beautiful old industrial buildings around here, so it was kind of a raised platform and not a sidewalk per se. One of the things I love about Manhattan is that you can explore a completely new area by wandering off an area you're more familiar with. Wandering south of the West Village, I was surprised to come across the mainly empty streets of this area, with its old brick buildings, cobblestones streets, and faded signs advertising port-related businesses. Even in post-gentrified NYC, the quaintness and charm of the city can still blow ya away!</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-7065289761698015982011-10-15T09:19:00.000-07:002011-10-15T09:24:06.454-07:00Myrtle Ave on a Sunny Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNe6wN6hPuwp4NuVedTL6ahJM0pz02nicqJRfWG7eryCzQWDbJfo9PPXEHqgQOfYF0HUwHiVNbshCoWzONOSk43GvnZZ0QFMUrvqbPrednciE-1qQW4Je6ZMRE9il866dBIJ7dwZ5x9p0D/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNe6wN6hPuwp4NuVedTL6ahJM0pz02nicqJRfWG7eryCzQWDbJfo9PPXEHqgQOfYF0HUwHiVNbshCoWzONOSk43GvnZZ0QFMUrvqbPrednciE-1qQW4Je6ZMRE9il866dBIJ7dwZ5x9p0D/s400/IMG_1375.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663755271735826738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9jt7gMqi4lPDfQgd1XkSMtK_Itkt-1_HBRay-K3E-qBH-v6gDHLyFVmKahJs_sDDQkRfR9oB_AUKD23UHVrORT1PWEeQbpN6WweY82pDGjQeTB1fAJLf44eUDXWvytMNM-99bqWzpKVi/s1600/IMG_1374.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjR_JWbIBj4MJ6_VNuTebLRFG18HBnvEWCmSDy-CDJyp56fNGamXsf7IXKgTnasofWBVkvogqc7iYGLnb28xgBxvnoB7YtTC2QhMd9hC5Zmh_aiWVBMGJqAKN9ccRONnNbHLNOZJJ-Orb/s400/IMG_1372.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663755258192120642" /></a>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-186875562071193912011-10-04T08:48:00.000-07:002011-10-04T09:01:24.435-07:00Neither More Nor Less<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gfI5jEgOMKhI3FnJUZ9RBSUHjOUoaqQ-KySDHpnPp6l-1rT050ORJZLQ_mcIKj86afVFSWbeGD_izPBb0HhwXpmM-ieSu4Q5rnzZSeKcQVx01eEkOZthcBcAUn1li82uEnVQDuYGwX-R/s1600/_V3R9309-01jv.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gfI5jEgOMKhI3FnJUZ9RBSUHjOUoaqQ-KySDHpnPp6l-1rT050ORJZLQ_mcIKj86afVFSWbeGD_izPBb0HhwXpmM-ieSu4Q5rnzZSeKcQVx01eEkOZthcBcAUn1li82uEnVQDuYGwX-R/s400/_V3R9309-01jv.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659664888937666850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-fbKGmmd98Kbf8otW19BAnWHwYZq9ajqMd9_-FBh8HM2zk7GUs4Buw7a4KyRgPE0Coj8vNy0aDY4leYcmG0Q4hHD9_zcvV-j2WJR7YmniMQ2p6HwBHfPzBnKJu_m_Y-mabwxbjBD_h47/s1600/L1004935.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-fbKGmmd98Kbf8otW19BAnWHwYZq9ajqMd9_-FBh8HM2zk7GUs4Buw7a4KyRgPE0Coj8vNy0aDY4leYcmG0Q4hHD9_zcvV-j2WJR7YmniMQ2p6HwBHfPzBnKJu_m_Y-mabwxbjBD_h47/s400/L1004935.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659665475177073602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__62rn5bmp_1fahYiyPLfC-LOvjnijkaMHeRX6fgBUPhOfO-q1r87dnhSt_kXMmiSlua7zghmgXUeTQYOG8o4eu53MV-mWkuNCvScFpsVm2Jo64vJrWNVQMuNQMh_Ak6Q6puppqW8XUMX/s1600/L9990921.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__62rn5bmp_1fahYiyPLfC-LOvjnijkaMHeRX6fgBUPhOfO-q1r87dnhSt_kXMmiSlua7zghmgXUeTQYOG8o4eu53MV-mWkuNCvScFpsVm2Jo64vJrWNVQMuNQMh_Ak6Q6puppqW8XUMX/s400/L9990921.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659665483880337842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlasFizUyTvzYk_jtlKIlEuhSJWgkB6jpoOkP7Lbdy-yAfJ8HxwrVgBCtx7NoZuSLomWkNX8v6RqMyC4e_s5ZuPZRPluGnNKmmhXFNb6jvvBTaNiVxY1Z_Qd4v_DHwPidra1YmvnwBO9V/s1600/L9991244.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlasFizUyTvzYk_jtlKIlEuhSJWgkB6jpoOkP7Lbdy-yAfJ8HxwrVgBCtx7NoZuSLomWkNX8v6RqMyC4e_s5ZuPZRPluGnNKmmhXFNb6jvvBTaNiVxY1Z_Qd4v_DHwPidra1YmvnwBO9V/s400/L9991244.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659665481244466082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-X0UYMuiVLfXiw8fnwYGm9nVbPFiAz8PbrjK2D-Mf24u96Qxp0CFHOumbCSX2Iv3BpmdBVjTSdB7so-43FbO1p6mTwPJvLK-X6gQsLw6-pzvj4SZG7JTBqlMojgJ7sYn98_6lwPHuMfh_/s1600/Cynthia-4jbs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-X0UYMuiVLfXiw8fnwYGm9nVbPFiAz8PbrjK2D-Mf24u96Qxp0CFHOumbCSX2Iv3BpmdBVjTSdB7so-43FbO1p6mTwPJvLK-X6gQsLw6-pzvj4SZG7JTBqlMojgJ7sYn98_6lwPHuMfh_/s400/Cynthia-4jbs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659664897310236930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmhgI1rcLQO_ieMAAUEZ-4VjLLH-lQiATrMZb8LNllShSv-wCeT9vKBWbuZMVS2Br538r1HGbv5zNzMKJ8t7mTWBaywEc9XXXbeOEoFOXnzpS3uC3sG5ne1TtmMf6l5Z5HbSK9Om5XypG/s1600/Commie+John+displays+a+burnt+flag-jbs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmhgI1rcLQO_ieMAAUEZ-4VjLLH-lQiATrMZb8LNllShSv-wCeT9vKBWbuZMVS2Br538r1HGbv5zNzMKJ8t7mTWBaywEc9XXXbeOEoFOXnzpS3uC3sG5ne1TtmMf6l5Z5HbSK9Om5XypG/s400/Commie+John+displays+a+burnt+flag-jbs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659664892907184418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcipAwetIXjl-tivEuLyearpW5-s9oUtkWOjIBLjGB620t7O7flqVN4b4i6qQNNJ26GagPkqOpfJJLQFOY76JtWC7VgwxUc4c-2EujVot273SXpmbnVwNPDsz07AwZrj2zrkikJIWQW_F/s1600/L1006114.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcipAwetIXjl-tivEuLyearpW5-s9oUtkWOjIBLjGB620t7O7flqVN4b4i6qQNNJ26GagPkqOpfJJLQFOY76JtWC7VgwxUc4c-2EujVot273SXpmbnVwNPDsz07AwZrj2zrkikJIWQW_F/s400/L1006114.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659665483194052114" /></a><br />Here are some photos taken by street photographer Bob Arihood of <a href="http://neithermorenorless.blogspot.com/">Neither More Nor Less</a>, who died recently. Hid blog detailed the comings and goings of the street people of Tompkins Square Park and the surrounding area, as well as reporting on their stories.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-73827555015635681992011-09-12T06:01:00.000-07:002011-09-12T06:16:45.723-07:00Deep Thoughts on 9/11Last night, we took a walk through DUMBO- the skyline was beautiful, with the ghostly towers and all. It seemed like it should have been a solemn moment, but there were tourists everywhere, some carrying 9/11 Memorial gift bags. There was a group of Italian men in suits laughing and screaming and taking goofy photos against the skyline, and a group of Mormons taking photos of each other from every possible angle. It seemed like 5 out of 10 people was carrying a tripod to take their award-winning photo. <br /><br />It was the same spot my friends and I had tried to se <span style="font-style:italic;">Ghostbusters</span> at this summer, but there had been too many people, especially a lot of tourists, to even get close. It seems pretty harsh that even 9/11 has turned into one of those many other things (or maybe it was always like this, of course I am not from New York) that caters to people who are just visiting rather than people who live here, and <span style="font-style:italic;">especially</span> not long-term residents, who, like New York accents, barely even exist these days.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-28615116274291876802011-09-06T08:54:00.001-07:002011-09-06T08:57:10.354-07:00Clinton Hill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkQGY_So2fWAyHg203d7UtVAWsLwdMc5yXQSXSYoPFmk7_jgQMHT6ncJQr7zIi7xm_XtjPN4wy7QjS-04xpVUQpTV0jPBz3p_OlukxostATkGTSa6Hxh1BGUrhBqfKPi0W-AYEryPW_I8/s1600/IMG_1010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkQGY_So2fWAyHg203d7UtVAWsLwdMc5yXQSXSYoPFmk7_jgQMHT6ncJQr7zIi7xm_XtjPN4wy7QjS-04xpVUQpTV0jPBz3p_OlukxostATkGTSa6Hxh1BGUrhBqfKPi0W-AYEryPW_I8/s400/IMG_1010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649276203385517378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNSzxpzf8lXvkdpzmQ7m7YxCiI6CTKcVHSZ_jvIuP-mlj-v1cLKJGiJqAkw1Wg7CZGrC6ZJfnjl8B6Mr3XqJQhIiFrXp_AO_aNwP_q4HPlthXaZzNmB49ibHU-7FfaROX4OzHYkK7hpSw/s1600/IMG_1005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNSzxpzf8lXvkdpzmQ7m7YxCiI6CTKcVHSZ_jvIuP-mlj-v1cLKJGiJqAkw1Wg7CZGrC6ZJfnjl8B6Mr3XqJQhIiFrXp_AO_aNwP_q4HPlthXaZzNmB49ibHU-7FfaROX4OzHYkK7hpSw/s400/IMG_1005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649276198676041154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPmyQjKZd8MXxqvp2bKi7WY9JAhEbTM8mxvBfkGdeWm4UkbjDIfY_WyuyuLQfb4pjWwI753d0l0at2bdNavUfHlb6dAcI1LdPzu9lIVFRxU4HzX5W6_By-BEvZUeU_usyZil4-lMRs9Mk/s1600/IMG_1106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPmyQjKZd8MXxqvp2bKi7WY9JAhEbTM8mxvBfkGdeWm4UkbjDIfY_WyuyuLQfb4pjWwI753d0l0at2bdNavUfHlb6dAcI1LdPzu9lIVFRxU4HzX5W6_By-BEvZUeU_usyZil4-lMRs9Mk/s400/IMG_1106.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649276196309392386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjjO8CsH8DBCoZ5zWKE4Qk4F5ZTatAYi0f_VOFJhb23UgpYmMvvPQheXaa3EeIj8QYuor9ixzyF5NNA25KKwUpiiYvDt9QG1u_nd50Z5G7FvtpFbeykvdDAw4nInfQYti8TdfEOczBrQ-/s1600/IMG_1108.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjjO8CsH8DBCoZ5zWKE4Qk4F5ZTatAYi0f_VOFJhb23UgpYmMvvPQheXaa3EeIj8QYuor9ixzyF5NNA25KKwUpiiYvDt9QG1u_nd50Z5G7FvtpFbeykvdDAw4nInfQYti8TdfEOczBrQ-/s400/IMG_1108.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649276191060734626" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Clinton Hill has the best vacant lots in town, graffiti and cool old cars. The lot on Classon and Myrtle used to have a huge cutout of Angela Davis on the plywood surrounding it, now she is gone and its been paved over- when I moved here I of course didn't think about the inevitability of all the lots getting developed. Of course, none of these people who live in Brooklyn (including me) would have moved here if it hadn't</div> been developed.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-32239941796484910942011-08-25T12:40:00.000-07:002011-08-25T12:50:26.584-07:004th of July<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i0nw4ZJLL1HeQx4cfv7dn0RRI9OjjhZoma1rVAxb06rpSrZVB417PJ9ZDz1KqczaMRcmHd5g1JbSlyxfStMByhmGps8xr5f9oo28-oUWRpdm4RB0YEqv5xJF8gTiHGGJPE5Sa442_skC/s1600/IMG_0734.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i0nw4ZJLL1HeQx4cfv7dn0RRI9OjjhZoma1rVAxb06rpSrZVB417PJ9ZDz1KqczaMRcmHd5g1JbSlyxfStMByhmGps8xr5f9oo28-oUWRpdm4RB0YEqv5xJF8gTiHGGJPE5Sa442_skC/s400/IMG_0734.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644881417885787250" /></a>
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<br />Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-57877521819405232252011-08-25T12:32:00.000-07:002011-08-25T12:38:46.257-07:00V.I.P. Men's Suits<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pelwOYbEeoCs3O0UwoOt5qAx7kQVGk6Lx0Uv2Vwf3fe44XdFPXHKP4BsWMFoyuG3UDEar3a2j0Y3h6x3RBbnqMHAd3zhi4yazW032C53ZsAecuqyTMnTtCBteqwEqnuZDHexz5J6MjeM/s1600/IMG_0890.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pelwOYbEeoCs3O0UwoOt5qAx7kQVGk6Lx0Uv2Vwf3fe44XdFPXHKP4BsWMFoyuG3UDEar3a2j0Y3h6x3RBbnqMHAd3zhi4yazW032C53ZsAecuqyTMnTtCBteqwEqnuZDHexz5J6MjeM/s400/IMG_0890.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644879380542401202" /></a>
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<br /></div><div>On lower Broadway, V.I.P Men's Suits was closing. Two men in suits came downstairs while I was taking the photo from across the street.</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-83080839212080952192011-08-25T12:25:00.000-07:002011-08-25T12:32:34.909-07:00$300 Off Every Puppy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZcQ0xasf2Wbbnh2QBmA1zAn5IWOTUY28wRepK0lZrjMW7Qu2fQfikB8md4qm_WPeLNSUwF9s8Stxa6nIHgysr4TSyNGJP2WBAddkD4IXdXeVrklkhSYGKRgOjStLmHuupCupZTfBuBy2/s1600/IMG_1186.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZcQ0xasf2Wbbnh2QBmA1zAn5IWOTUY28wRepK0lZrjMW7Qu2fQfikB8md4qm_WPeLNSUwF9s8Stxa6nIHgysr4TSyNGJP2WBAddkD4IXdXeVrklkhSYGKRgOjStLmHuupCupZTfBuBy2/s400/IMG_1186.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644878356232493938" /></a>
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<br />Sure, there didn't seem to be anyone in the old, locally owned business I passed in the West Village, but there were plenty of people in the boutiques and the designer dog stores. Usually the puppies in the windows are capering about, but on this day every puppy seemed to be slumped over forlornly, adding to the pathos of the situation.<div>
<br /></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567484709370766643.post-90032806509535683772011-08-25T12:08:00.000-07:002011-08-25T12:24:07.531-07:00West End of Canal Street<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU84ykjYdXhyphenhyphendENgqtyNP4Bldkdu4PlwaitlsAwpy65WqskPOAP63wnJxjNFZufpGDOvqeQLLaobCNiRz9F5ew3WKcqSChzCGvVq4kEtMzBFRMwNhSIeeTxP6OPeybSGBtkCtP8wHsxFI/s1600/IMG_1258.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU84ykjYdXhyphenhyphendENgqtyNP4Bldkdu4PlwaitlsAwpy65WqskPOAP63wnJxjNFZufpGDOvqeQLLaobCNiRz9F5ew3WKcqSChzCGvVq4kEtMzBFRMwNhSIeeTxP6OPeybSGBtkCtP8wHsxFI/s400/IMG_1258.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644876540138654338" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2cc9net2IOVM3lAy0pWOvX2CfeMM2rCO7OEipzvbJh-CdX-bTC_sTZ0P7u1zAdIGBp-cp_CfcXDzRuM57Xc25XnZq-xeT0ozfF60PL-v-LYBGKUzF_lc-wvXmhmPbmulGJC-QIGOFryE/s1600/IMG_1259.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2cc9net2IOVM3lAy0pWOvX2CfeMM2rCO7OEipzvbJh-CdX-bTC_sTZ0P7u1zAdIGBp-cp_CfcXDzRuM57Xc25XnZq-xeT0ozfF60PL-v-LYBGKUzF_lc-wvXmhmPbmulGJC-QIGOFryE/s400/IMG_1259.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644874146687978562" /></a>Deco post office and family.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05104317482392754884noreply@blogger.com0