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Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Thursday June 23rd 2005, 9:24 pm
Filed under: General

 the train.

Back here. Again. The train to Manhattan

 

 fulton st. station

Then a subway to Fulton St..

 

 elevator gate.

Take the elevator to the 4th floor.

 

 watches and magic go together.

A street magician. They tell me he’s very good.

 

 we've got buyers and sellers here.

He’s not just doing this for fun.

 

 help... i'm trapped in an endless loop!

Back down the elevator.

 

 deja vu all over again.

And back down in the Fulton St. station.

 

 closing for maintenance.

The lilies are going into hiding.

 

 i should have photographed these sooner.

The rose is past its prime.

 

 the first of the purple flowering.

And this thing is starting to bloom.

 


Friday June 10th 2005, 9:38 pm
Filed under: General

Manhunt, Brooklyn (DUMBO).
June 9.

lori 'n' kevin.

Our organizers for this manhunt (tag), Lori and Kevin.

they're it.

A gathering of the tagged.

all done now.

All the cops around, and no one ever asks what we’re doing.

skyline.

The midtown Manhattan skyline.

brooklyn bridge.

The Brooklyn Bridge and skyline.

brooklyn bridge (again).

The Brooklyn Bridge and skyline (again).

a different bridge.

The Williamsburg bridge.

under the brooklyn bridge.

Under the Brooklyn Bridge and skyline.


Friday June 03rd 2005, 11:00 pm
Filed under: General

Manhunt, West Village.
June 2.

 lin ze xu.

Walking through Chinatown.
Lin Ze Xu.

 

 confucius.

Confucius.

 

 mickey d's.

In Chinatown, even the Golden Arches are labeled in Chinese.

 

 scary dude.

Slipping out of Chinatown into Little Italy,
I wandered past two of these. Scary.

 

 drunk pixie?

What is this, a drunken pixie?

 

 the arch.

Walking to Washington Square Park,
I took an obligatory photo of the arch.

 

 sadness.

I notice it says The World War.

 

 fountain.

The fountain at Washington Sq. Park.

 

 empire.

The Empire State Building, lit up.

 

 mta.

And finally, back down to Penn Station to catch a train home.

 


Monday May 30th 2005, 9:04 pm
Filed under: General

It’s so much faster when you drive there… early.
May 30.

 

 billboard.

These are among the world’s most expensive billboards.

 

 midtown tunnel.

Through the tunnel.

 

 contrast.

I believe they call this contrast.

 

 famous fountain.

The angel atop the fountain.

 

 pedro.

Pete, and more contrast.

 

 maxin and relaxin.

There were a fair number of people relaxing in the park.

 

 no traffic.

When we left there was no traffic to speak of.

 

 nice day.

It was a nice day, and we got home quickly.

 


Thursday May 26th 2005, 8:16 pm
Filed under: General

May 24. NYLUG Day.
Unexpectedly, I was able to get away and into the city early.

 

 lirr.

All such trips start with the train.

 

 title plaque.

A World Trade Center story.

 

 plaques.

A fenceful of commemorative plaques.

 

 more plaques.

And still more plaques.

 

 a view of the village.

A view of The Village.

 

 wouldn't this make the laundromat seem interminable?

I would have thought caffeine would drag the whole thing out.

 

 those bastards!

Those bastards!
They chopped off the lower half of Superman!

 

 union square.

14th Street, Union Square.

 

 penguins.

This must be the way to NYLUG …
The penguins are going this way.

 

 jim gleason.

Jim opened the NYLUG meeting about Xen.

 

 moshe barr.

Moshe Barr spoke, …

 

 ian pratt.

… then Ian Pratt.