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Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Thursday January 19th 2012, 6:45 pm
Filed under: General

(Aug 29) The never-ending August continues. Having gone right from the house to Cedar Beach, I next went left to Cordwood Landing County Park. It is a strange place with a path that’s hard to follow. Is this tl;dv; ? (view) I took around 300 photos, so I’m only posting about a sixth of them. Five pages to click through.

all hail the politicians
As so often we do, our journey begins with a sign.

not moar
Natural

much moar
Vivid.
Unfortunately I don’t remember exactly what the difference is.

improvised delineation
Additional guidance provided by the sawhorse.

revenuers stay away from mah still!
No, that’s not the clubhouse in the park.

golden treetop
It already feels like it gets dark early.

less wowee
Again, Exhibit A

the colors, the colors
Exhibit B. I think I like B better.

what's that up ahead?
We continue our journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of

the edge
The Long Island Sound

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Friday August 19th 2011, 1:36 am
Filed under: General

(Jun 15) This photoblog now bids adieu to the Sony DSC-N2 I bought in a rush to replace the short-lived Sony whatever that came after the Sony Minidisc, which came after the Kodak somethingorother. My main concern when buying the N2 was that Billy was nearing the end of his days.

Also… I have the use of a car. Photographically, this sort of changes everything.

old car
But first, from the phone one night.

just a lot of woods
The park around the corner. Still haven’t figured out what the deal with it is.

adopt-a-fake-pet
Now that St. Vincent’s is closed, I wonder what happens to the monuments?

moo.
“Our milk is fresh”?

at least they're trying to make lemonade from lemons
Construction in the city happens at a glacial pace.


Thursday August 11th 2011, 11:33 pm
Filed under: General

(Jun 15) Perhaps the last NYLUG meeting has been held. The High Line has been extended. There’s still bits of it lying around all over.

rob menes
Possibly the last NYLUG meeting

what street is this?
In the distance, that building whose name I can’t remember

flow
Robert Moses had a name for this, he called it

sometimes you feel like a nut
And bits of wire and buckets of construction remains in various places

empire!
There it is again

revs
Viza couldn’t believe I looked down and saw this.


Monday July 26th 2010, 3:36 am
Filed under: General

(June 26) Viza and I went to a presentation at the Marriott Marquis, and then afterward to cleanse ourselves of Times Square, we walked over to the High Line. I like the park, but it seems to me the view is more interesting than the park itself. I’m not sure if that’s what they intended or not.

overgrown
You can still (barely) see the tracks

the original air train
In 2010, it’s hard to imagine locomotives several stories overhead

teh viza
Mr. Trains

sailing down the hudson
New Jersey. You don’t want to go there. Nobody does.

even the sun can't bear to look directly at jersey

meat packing district
I wonder what it costs to live in those apartments

apparently the stop sign here is optional
While we were there, I counted dozens of cars, mostly cabs, running the stop sign.

and the hotel actually encourages flashers
The ExhibitionistStandard Hotel is built above the High Line and offers parkgoers a free peep show.


Friday May 29th 2009, 4:26 am
Filed under: General

(May 16) Going places, going places I didn’t intend to go, and going more places still.

nobody expects the surprise mosaic!
I didn’t hear the announcement that my R was going to go express to 36th. Fortunately there were mosaics I hadn’t seen before at the end of the proverbial and literal tunnel.

1940's subway mosaic
These appear to be subway scenes from the 1940’s. I didn’t see a placard.

i wish it were mine
Then after picking up my notebook, it was back into Manhattan to the West Village heading for the library. Unfortunately I rode the subway and not the Ducati.

sleeping on the sidewalk
Passed four dogs camped out.

play with us!
Then someone woke them.

toxic much?
Took the F back through Carroll Gardens.

lincoln continental
Then out to Port Jefferson the next day to witness the winding down of a 40 year business.

fatherly advice
The next day on Union St., the strange sign had changed.