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Posts Tagged ‘life’
life in the big city: street vendors
Posted: July 26, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: Chinatown, life, Life in the Big City, Manhattan, New York, NYC, Photography, street scene, street vendor, urban
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life in the big city: green spaces
Posted: July 24, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: Central Park, life, Life in the Big City, New York, NYC, park, Photography, urban
green spaces
life in the big city: culture clash
Posted: July 23, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: culture, diversity, life, Life in the Big City, melting pot, New York, NYC, people, Photography, The Clash, urban
culture clash
Trifextra – “scrambled”
Posted: July 21, 2012 in FictionTags: brave, challenge, eggs, food, life, pioneer, Trifextra, writing
For this weekend’s Trifextra challenge: Forty-three years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the first person to ever walk on the moon. In celebration of Moon Day we want you to write 33 words about someone who took a giant leap. It can mean whatever you’d like, just make sure you write exactly 33 words. (more…)
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
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
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 (more…)
shadow memories
Posted: June 26, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: 1940's, big band, life, memory, music, nostalgia, Sinatra, Three Dog Night
The elusive “they” say music is one of our strongest memory inducers. You can hear a song and be immediately transported back to a specific time and place from your life, the details of that moment as vivid as if you had just lived it. It is one of the brilliant powers of music – and one of the best. I know whenever I hear Three Dog Night’s Joy to the World I am once again in the 8th grade cafeteria where the 45 rpm single (more…)
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