Abstract Art? Or Lost and Found?

One moment, I see a giant's shoehorns.  The next, two Pringle chips.

Midtown.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

There's a Hippo in the Park.

But doesn't he look happy?

Central Park.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

Gangs of New York

A mob moves intimidatingly through the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Upper East Side.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

Carbon Copies

The Brooklyn Bridge, in real life and in the wall mural painted on the building facade directly in front.

Financial District.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

Ain't that the truth

Because Macy's believes that you can never have too many truisms in your life.

Fashion District.  On Canon Powershot.

A Touch of the Tropics

Kind of gives a new image to 'palm trees swaying in the wind'.

South Street Seaport.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

Jersey Shore, Old School Style

I'm allowing myself one Broadway musical shot, and this is it!  Jersey Boys wasn't my favorite NYC Broadway musical, but it was a lot of fun.  It might have been more fun if Sarni hadn't elbowed me at every song to laugh at me when I admitted I had never heard it before, but he more than made up for it afterwards when I forced him to try to sing in Frankie Valli's falsetto.  Because really, isn't that what Broadway musicals are all about?

Times Square.  On Canon Powershot.

We're on the Big Screen!

The big screen in Times Square that sporadically beams back the crowd in front of it.  Virtual pat on the back for anyone who can spot me, Sarni, or Sarni's parents.

Times Square.  On Canon Powershot.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words...

but I'm only going to give you a fraction of that.

As it happens, I'm often out in the city and I come across what would be a great photo - if only I was lugging around my big, heavy bulky camera at that moment.  Or any of my other cameras.

However, I do the next best thing - I jot down those perfect would-be photos, so that I can describe them in periodic installments.  So here goes, the first installment of the most interesting non-photo photos you ever didn't see:

- a homeless man reading a book entitled "The Pocket CEO"
- a man in a suit pushing a stroller with two bulldogs peering out
- a group of traditionally-dressed Tibetan women checking their cell phones
- a half-naked elderly man sitting at a table in the middle of the street, reading piles of documents that he was pulling from a suitcase next to him
- a woman carrying a three-foot birdcage, complete with bird
- a man in a suit pushing a vacuum cleaner down the street towards the fruit stand, where he bought some fruit

This stop, or the next one?

One of the more memorable MTA subway stops.

Credit to Guest Photographer:  Sarni

Murray Hill.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

Food for Thought

Dell, Slippie and I held our inaugural writing club meeting, which Dell kindly hosted (and cooked for!).  Mmm, all intellectual pursuits should be this yummy.  Speaking of which, I noticed that New Yorkers love their "clubs" - book or otherwise.  A city after my own heart.

Midtown.  On Canon Powershot.

Drawing in the Sand

Sand art in Union Square.  The three children on the side all seem to have a different opinion.  Can never please the critics.

Union Square.  On iPhone.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

My friend Dell and I went indoor rock climbing the other day at Brooklyn Boulders.

Dell was infinitely more skillful than me.  Perhaps I revealed my inexperience early on when I asked, "What's a 'belay'?"

Brooklyn.  On Canon Powershot.

Fountain of Youth

The prettiest stainglass window in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Happy birthday, Sarni.

Upper East Side.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

Higher Education

No better way to feed the mind.

Credit to Guest Photographer:  Sarni

West Village.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

Mysterious Ways

Advertisement sign in window of pharmacy in Phoenicia.  Please note the hand-written correction and then prepare to encounter total and complete confusion.

Catskills (upstate New York).  On Canon Powershot.

When you're really hungry . . .

. . . nothing hits the spot like a big helping of antiques.

Catskills (upstate New York).  On Canon Powershot.

Disguises

"I'm pretty sure that if I hide my face in the water, they won't be able to see me."

Financial District.  On Canon Rebel SLR.

Houses of Worship

Limelight Market is set up in a former church.  Apparently before it was a market, it was a drug-fueled rave club (as one of the vendors enthusiastically informed me and my in-laws, ignoring the uncomfortable looks on our faces).

If anyone can explain to me why this stainglass figure's face was cut out, I will buy and send to you one of the fanciful miniature cakes from my previous post.

Chelsea.  On Canon Powershot.

Life in Miniature

I found something that made my heart sing the other day - a stall in the Limelight Market that sells teeny, tiny cakes.

Just to give an idea as to scale - and maybe also who these cakes are really intended for.  Hello, dolly.

Chelsea.  On Canon Powershot.

Through the Looking Glass

Intrigue at the bizarre honey-comb abstract art mirror at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sarni, Mama Sarni and Papa Sarni contemplate what it all means.  They heroically ignore my arm snaking across to snap the photo.

Upper East Side.  Top photo:  Canon Rebel SLR.  Bottom photo:  Canon Powershot.

Are these seats taken?

Empty and filled seats in the Metropolitan museum of art.

Upper East Side.  On Canon Rebel SLR.