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Sunrise from the Sheraton Waikiki

2009-08-20T12:18:00.001-04:00

From 22nd floor.

Oaho graffiti

2009-08-19T18:48:00.000-04:00

Seen on Kalakua ave.

Turtle. Bay Resort

2009-08-18T22:05:00.001-04:00

View OF the Beach Bar

Drinks at Turtle Bay Resort

2009-08-18T22:03:00.001-04:00

View from the beach bar.

Drink Photographer

2009-08-17T23:11:00.001-04:00

Mai Tai Bar At Royal Hawaiian on Waikiki Beach

Lower. Manhattan

2009-08-09T14:52:00.001-04:00

From Water Taxi Beach on Governor's Island.

Water fountain trick

2009-07-31T16:00:00.000-04:00

Someone has cleverly placed this plastic ball at a point where the
water fountain spins it as it holds it up.

World's First Haagen-Daz Shop

2009-07-31T15:56:00.000-04:00

Really? In Brooklyn Heights?

Gotham Pano - View from 32

2009-07-27T23:59:00.001-04:00

First try with the Pano iPhone app. Haven't quite got the hang of the overlap, but great potential for the View from 32 posts.

Gotham City

2009-07-26T22:26:00.001-04:00

Thunderstorms this evening produced a very dark look for the city. View from 32.

No Cause For Alarm

2009-07-24T16:16:00.001-04:00

Just a headless pregnant mannequin.

"Smart" Window Cleaners

2009-07-21T23:53:00.000-04:00

Now this is a company I would do business with. Or maybe hire to market my own business. In case you can't tell, he has a ladder (my favorite, the Little Giant) attached to the top of the Smart Car.
On the side of the smart car, he has attached a business card holder that actually has business cards in it, one of which I took. As you can see in the picture the card holder has a lid on it so the cards don't blow away. Very smart.

TuTu Pretty

2009-07-19T16:57:00.000-04:00

Brooklyn Bridge Park

World's Longest Picnic Table

2009-07-13T16:05:00.001-04:00

Dufur, Oregon. Seriously, this is one table.

Green Glowing Torso

2009-07-13T16:01:00.001-04:00

Window display in E.Vil.

Nissan Cube in DUMBO

2009-07-13T15:58:00.001-04:00

First one I have seen in the wild. Cool.

ROMBO

2009-07-12T17:26:00.000-04:00

Rainbow Over Manhattan Bridge Overpass

It was a dark and stormy night . . .

2009-07-09T07:43:00.001-04:00

Taken from Fulton Ferry Landing in DUMBO

Close-up Williamsburg

2009-06-15T13:53:00.001-04:00

12th street and wythe

WTC View from Above

2008-09-11T11:31:00.000-04:00

Remembering on September 11th

2008-09-11T11:25:00.000-04:00

Here are three panels from a new commemorative plaque on Greenwich street, right next to WTC site, on the wall of the firehouse. Walking by it, across the street from the Deutsche Bank, I still smell that same smell of destruction we could not help but breath in that morning. It brings it all back in much too real a way.

But I had to come back, as I do every year, to remember those who were lost, and to give thanks for not being one of them, and finding my loved one safe at the foot of the towers. For that I am, and will always be, so grateful.

"Dedicated to those who fell and to those who carry on. May we never forget."

7 Years Later at World Trade Center site

2008-09-11T11:02:00.000-04:00

North side of WTC site

WTC site today

Wtc site today, looking toward south end. Deutsche Bank Building in black on the right, still waiting to be demolished.

Freemont bridge

2008-08-18T17:17:00.000-04:00

On a sunny day in Portland.

Beautiful Portland Oregon

2008-08-18T16:49:00.000-04:00

Fountain Drinking Dog

2008-08-18T16:43:00.000-04:00

Or is it dog drinking fountain?

Cottage Grove Oregon

2008-08-16T16:49:00.000-04:00

Tiny old covered bridge.

Free Kayaking in DUMBO

2008-08-04T16:30:00.001-04:00

Last Saturday was the first day of free kayaking in Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO. The next session will be Saturday, August 9th, from 2-6pm.

I believe this activity will be available every Saturday in August. For more info. see link at bottom of page. http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/index.cfm?objectid=77FB953C-FF00-454A-6413A985D0CA6D76&navid=EE3D2621-3048-7098-AFB2FEDAB8C0CD7E

A Slice of Brooklyn

2008-08-02T12:46:00.000-04:00

Saw this big touring van in DUMO this morning. Upon close inspection, I see it is a "pizza tour" of Brooklyn. Something for everyone here. That is one swanky looking tour bus!

Pieces of Skate

2008-07-30T19:09:00.000-04:00

See if you can find all four pieces.

Concrete

2008-07-30T18:33:00.000-04:00

It says. It is.

Power and Peace

2008-07-27T13:53:00.000-04:00

Chairs at the school of Visual Arts pre-college summer exhibit.

Fireworks from 32Aerie-DUMBO

2008-07-18T00:58:00.000-04:00

Last night we were startled by a large boom, and looked out the window to fireworks going off from a barge parked just below Brooklyn Bridge.

No idea what this was for, but it was pretty nice.

It was like our own private show, and seemed closer than the 4th of July fireworks had been, maybe because the sky was so much clearer this night.

It went on for 20 minutes, and ended to great applause from the Aerie.

Walking the Cat

2008-07-13T13:44:00.002-04:00

Yes, there is a live cat in this mash-up cat stroller.

I love how the shirt happens to match the cat kennel.

EVOLVE

2008-07-13T13:39:00.000-04:00

The original LOVE sculpture in Philadelphia has evoled into the VOTE sign as seen here between the window. Now the people need to EVOLVE into voters. Seen in front of JLA Art Sudio/Gallery on Pearl Street in DUMBO. This just popped up last night.

What's wrong with this picture?

2008-07-10T17:32:00.000-04:00

I walked out of the bedroom one morning to see the sun rising over the Manhattan Bridge, which points north. Whaaaaa?

I finally woke up enough to figure out that it was a strange, albeit convincing, reflection in the window. When I turned to me right, I saw the true sunrise over he Brooklyn Navy Yards.

Batman Symbol in Gotham Last Night

2008-07-09T14:46:00.001-04:00

View out my window last night. Could not believe I was seeing the symbol to summon Batman, here in nyc. But then I guess this IS Gotham.

How cool is that?

It was located on the lower shoulders of the Woolworth building, facing DUMBO.

The angled lights in the picture are the lights of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The watercolor version.

View From 32 - DUMBO

2008-04-10T23:09:00.000-04:00

Low fog brought about some surreal vistas of DUMBO and Lower Manhattan this morning.

The two bridges.

River of vapor.

Manhattan Bridge in fog.

merry christmas from nola

2007-12-25T23:21:00.001-05:00

Boa feather tree

chinatown in december

2007-12-20T20:55:00.001-05:00

Colorful

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2007-12-18T08:30:00.001-05:00

Cruisin

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2007-12-13T11:03:00.001-05:00

wrong way

2007-12-12T11:29:00.001-05:00

Manhattan bridge

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2007-12-12T10:18:00.001-05:00

marine grill murals

2007-12-10T17:53:00.001-05:00

Bway and nassau

live! Nyse tree lighting

2007-12-10T16:27:00.000-05:00

From wall street

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2007-12-05T07:21:00.001-05:00

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2007-12-04T08:44:00.001-05:00

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2007-12-03T07:50:00.001-05:00

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2007-12-02T08:33:00.001-05:00

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2007-12-01T08:15:00.001-05:00

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2007-11-28T10:42:00.001-05:00

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2007-11-27T10:07:00.001-05:00

Cloudy

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2007-11-24T12:11:00.001-05:00

nathans at night

2007-11-23T08:53:00.001-05:00

happy thanksgiving!

2007-11-22T17:01:00.001-05:00

3 men on a rock

2007-11-22T16:21:00.001-05:00

coney island

2007-11-22T16:20:00.001-05:00

The beach

stillwell station

2007-11-22T14:10:00.001-05:00

Coney island

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2007-11-22T11:30:00.001-05:00

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2007-11-20T09:25:00.001-05:00

in progress

2007-11-20T00:24:00.001-05:00

Rock center tree

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2007-11-16T13:52:00.001-05:00

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2007-11-15T08:56:00.001-05:00

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2007-11-14T16:12:00.001-05:00

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2007-11-13T11:09:00.000-05:00

flower power

2007-11-11T15:19:00.001-05:00

Jay street art

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2007-11-11T15:16:00.001-05:00

superfine

2007-11-10T16:20:00.001-05:00

Still halloween at superfine

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2007-11-10T11:58:00.001-05:00

nyc

2007-11-09T09:54:00.000-05:00

fall colors

2007-11-08T09:31:00.001-05:00

Brooklyn heights

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2007-11-08T09:29:00.001-05:00

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2007-11-04T09:45:00.001-05:00

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2007-11-02T08:49:00.001-04:00

the db

2007-11-01T19:55:00.001-04:00

happy halloween

2007-10-31T10:57:00.001-04:00

From a disco queen

nyc weather forecast

2007-10-31T10:52:00.001-04:00

halloween tree

2007-10-30T07:54:00.000-04:00

Sweet!

halloween

2007-10-30T07:36:00.001-04:00

A serious holiday here

n.o. Weather forecast

2007-10-30T07:33:00.001-04:00

Jackson square

couture

2007-10-29T18:18:00.000-04:00

How new orleaneans dress

lunch view

2007-10-29T18:15:00.001-04:00

Exchange alley

courtyard fountain

2007-10-29T15:56:00.001-04:00

Beauty

ginger mint julep

2007-10-29T15:50:00.001-04:00

Wall ad

n.o. Weather forecast

2007-10-29T15:01:00.001-04:00

the grass calls

2007-10-28T22:03:00.001-04:00

Jackson square

big dogs

2007-10-28T16:36:00.001-04:00

Rule nola!

special delivery

2007-10-28T12:26:00.001-04:00

n.o. Weather forecast

2007-10-28T12:23:00.001-04:00

perspective

2007-10-27T06:43:00.001-04:00

Adding scale to the bridge

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2007-10-27T06:39:00.001-04:00

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2007-10-24T08:53:00.001-04:00

exuma adventure

2007-10-20T16:27:00.001-04:00

Guess i must be in the front row.

pigs on a shelf

2007-10-20T16:21:00.001-04:00

Art project?

hammerhead baby

2007-10-20T16:19:00.001-04:00

Shark out our window

paradise island weather forecast

2007-10-20T12:21:00.001-04:00

serenity now

2007-10-20T01:09:00.001-04:00

Private yacht time

colorful

2007-10-18T19:37:00.001-04:00

Houses. . .

bahamas weather forecast

2007-10-18T08:36:00.001-04:00

Beach Tower View - Atlantis

2007-10-17T23:02:00.000-04:00

Pretty spectacular view, even at night, from our balcony in the Beach Tower. The beach is just beyond the warmly lighted area in the upper right. A cool teal pool is in the background, while the foreground water is filled with native fish, including several small hammerhead shark which we can see constantly swimming around.

Off to the left is the other towers of the Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas.