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Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Tuesday November 11th 2008, 6:06 am
Filed under: General

(October 14) Echoes of graffitti past and more mosiacs.

bleecker street

slow down there pardner

fish mosaic, delancey st.
One more from the Delancey St. fish mosaics

bushwick
Kosciusko Street Station on the J


Saturday November 01st 2008, 8:08 am
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(September 24) Went to see David Blaine’s latest bit of performance art. (I’m being kind) I was surprised to find him not-upside-down when I got there. I found out later I shouldn’t have been.

yikes!
Believe it or not, this is not the real Statue of Liberty

lake
I’m always struck by the contrast here. There are skyscrapers a couple of hundred feet behind me.

the crowd
When I got to Wollman Rink, this crowd was gathered to see….

david blaine is not hanging upside down
David Blaine standing around, chatting. Note the not-upside-downness.
Apparently he took “breaks” every hour. So much for the whole 60 hours thing.

at last!
Eventually he did go back out on the harness.

*yawn*
Ho hum.

let's get out of here
Fowl.


Thursday October 30th 2008, 2:14 pm
Filed under: General

(September 22) One night on the way home from Bushwick…

there's something fishy going on here
Fishy mosaic

these stairs look fishy too!

wavy, man
Wavy mosaic

but it's not a bill
Ralph should probably give it up.


Tuesday October 14th 2008, 6:00 pm
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(September 21) Pete called and said “I’m in Little Italy, come meet me.”

pedro

san gennaro festival
The neighborhood doesn’t like it. You think?

a bozo, made up as a clown
Drown The Clown, a regular at this festival.

it's all about the food
There’s a reason it’s called a feast.

fried everything
Lots of food. Lots of fried food.

dead muppets
Elmo and Cookie Monster learned the hard way, nobody likes a snitch.

business was brisk
It was packed with food and people.

ferris wheel
It’s always strange to see a Ferris Wheel on a city street.

nuts
Around all this food, Pete is truly loving life.

HFCS
Brought to you by, High Fructose Corn Syrup…

daishi tells me italians love fried food
… fried food, …

italian musicians
… and some Italian guys.

mural
Time to leave Little Italy.


Oh, and I didn’t know Tony had a gift shop. Invoking the Pseudoreal Rule of Gift Shops, thus ends the 2008 Feast of San Gennaro Festival.


Monday October 13th 2008, 10:51 pm
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(September 20) Dragged myself to Software Freedom Day Party at Limewire, having pitched it all week to various parties. A few hours walking around with my bad back was enough, but it was well worth going.

rooftop
The rooftop at Limewire is suh-weet,

empire state building
The view ain’t too shabby either,

paul garrin
Met some new interesting people, like Paul Garrin,


Saw familiar interesting people, like Forest Mars and Sunny Dubey,

eben moglen, defender of the faith
Heard Eben Moglen speak,

mrpengy
Saw friends, like Tony_M, (right)

"evil dave williams"
I finally “met” people I already knew, like Dave Williams,

the streets always have traffic
Took in more of the view,

jay sulzburger approved bathroom
And finally saw the bathrooms Jay Sulzburger spoke so avidly of.