neon nights
life in the big city: neon nights
Posted: July 20, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: Life in the Big City, Manhattan, neon, New York, night, Photography
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life in the big city: delicatessens
Posted: July 19, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: deli, food, life, Life in the Big City, New York, NYC, Photography, urban
the corner deli
life in the big city: street performers
Posted: July 18, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: art, life, Life in the Big City, New York, NYC, photo, Photography, street performer
street performer
life in the big city: fleeting moments
Posted: July 14, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: life, Life in the Big City, lovers, New York, people, Photography
fleeting moments
Today is the anniversary of Sandy hitting the light, also referred to in some quarters as “birthday.” She shares this special day with Cheryl Ladd (though Cheryl is older), Jay Thomas (older still), Richard Simmons (even older still) and Bill Cosby (even even older still). To commemorate this auspicious occasion a number of her blog people (well, five) have conspired to construct this domino Read the rest of this entry »
life in the big city: housing
Posted: July 11, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: apartment living, housing, life, Life in the Big City, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, urban
housing
shorts: 7
Posted: July 8, 2012 in ArtsTags: 7 evil exes, Animal House, Doris Day, film, Humphrey Bogart, Mel Gibson, movie reviews, movies, Mrs. Robinson, Otis my man!, Sean Connery
My current attention span leads to this latest installment of Shorts.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) – Graphic novel sensation translates to quirky, extremely likeable film with Cera battling Winstead’s seven evil exes. (3½) – 7/8/12
Thrill of It All, The (1963) – Harmless sudsy comedy follows Day’s journey from Read the rest of this entry »
between a rock and a pissed off place
Posted: July 7, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: America, Chris Rock, life, pissed off, racism, Twitter
Apparently I am missing out on all the fun because I am not on Twitter. On July 4th Chris Rock, the comedian, tweeted the following.
“Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren’t free but I’m sure they enjoyed fireworks.”
Oh boy, did that piss off the Twitterverse and beyond!
It is not spilling state secrets saying this country, like many others, has a dismal history regarding Read the rest of this entry »
The New Colossus
Posted: July 4, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: America, Ellis Island, freedom, Independence Day, July 4th, Photography, Statue of Liberty, The New Colossus
Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Read the rest of this entry »
Trask Avenue 