tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91534209102344261632024-03-04T23:29:25.758-08:00The Old House ClubRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-47937900641467146222012-12-20T19:23:00.000-08:002012-12-20T19:45:44.979-08:00Hawaii<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Waipi'o Valley</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Hiilawe, the tallest waterfall in Hawaii</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The ocean was to my back when I took this picture. This is the spot where the river meets the sea.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Seth braves the ocean. I was bruised and battered after wading in up to my waist, but it was worth it!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We hiked through a rainforest into this crater, which is almost a mile in diameter and several hundred feet deep. You can see the path in the lower left hand side of this picture. The people hiking below looked like specks of dust.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Heading down into the crater with Lincoln, Sara and Seth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In a thousand years or so this will be a rain forest.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">See how small the people on the trail look? The crater was massive!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Kilauea, an active volcano</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Beautiful outside...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a single drive we encountered mountains and rain forests, ancient fishing ponds, ranches and rainbows, a desert-like landscape scattered with paddle cactuses, and rolling green hills dotted with longhorn cattle--and still got back to the beach in time for the sunset.</span><br />
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Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-41036142871507388542011-12-28T09:58:00.000-08:002011-12-29T11:23:55.496-08:00On safari at Bergdorf Goodman<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When it comes to Christmas windows, Bergdorf Goodman shines. I thought it couldn't get better than <a href="http://oldhouseclub.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-christmastime-in-city.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">last year's display</span></a>. But it did. Introducing Carnival of the Animals:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The pattern on this dress is made up of thousands of seed beads. Incredible:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">According to the <a href="http://blog.bergdorfgoodman.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">BG blog</span></a>, this one's called the Brass Menagerie. It features a flock of metal birds and a shimmering border made out of fishing lures. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good photograph that included the border, but you can see it <a href="http://blog.bergdorfgoodman.com/windows/they%E2%80%99re-alive-carnival-of-the-animals"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">here</span></a>, along with many of this year's windows.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If you've ever wonder what a tea party in the North Pole might be like:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The aquarium window was mesmerizing. Look at it long enough and the crowds and traffic on 5th Avenue seem to disappear as you're transported to an underwater wonderland teeming with jewel-encrusted stingrays, lobsters and sharks:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The animals in the black-and-white window are made out of paper:</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3W9seGgKdL5Z_k8kpPomk5Cn1n4EXOOeX9B0TrdP_stVYFqAQJzLBZbBwof0GMtLl_eVlbQQGPlM8ltN3H40EOwtUpqn4lipAngTGAvEvtAsKxI1pezNaHL3OiGvndxPF_oW4bvAIkE/s1600/DSC07728.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3W9seGgKdL5Z_k8kpPomk5Cn1n4EXOOeX9B0TrdP_stVYFqAQJzLBZbBwof0GMtLl_eVlbQQGPlM8ltN3H40EOwtUpqn4lipAngTGAvEvtAsKxI1pezNaHL3OiGvndxPF_oW4bvAIkE/s320/DSC07728.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Christmas tree in all its glory.</span></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-65003894439707010192011-08-09T19:01:00.000-07:002011-08-09T19:01:57.616-07:00Street Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Finally spotted one of <a href="http://roaweb.tumblr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Roa</span></a>'s pieces on the way to Smorgasburg on Saturday:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlsH403Rgo0hfHVsieOCQWqcDP6-W9EUs1fE0NdcMg-ZkDhHoB1xojs7Uv0hgZ6-yv6M42aoY4PTLfxNf6iloVEE1Z0UH1QBCf_AyVaGsoJPKleyURkjfQSSsyXhtNuUh-voEvuDsER0/s1600/DSC06913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlsH403Rgo0hfHVsieOCQWqcDP6-W9EUs1fE0NdcMg-ZkDhHoB1xojs7Uv0hgZ6-yv6M42aoY4PTLfxNf6iloVEE1Z0UH1QBCf_AyVaGsoJPKleyURkjfQSSsyXhtNuUh-voEvuDsER0/s320/DSC06913.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">These are pretty sweet, too:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB6jJdyOQOOXe44m4BTks9ni8dzLMB2CTOK0l7z2U9bQiSjm9o4y-pl3BA24rPgzewc7xQe8VNp3ptaTUSeJZVSp3G8UoyR9U1BUROYev3e4kptd8w_SRcyBph8dDRzuEZvEBHR6lqfk/s1600/DSC06912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB6jJdyOQOOXe44m4BTks9ni8dzLMB2CTOK0l7z2U9bQiSjm9o4y-pl3BA24rPgzewc7xQe8VNp3ptaTUSeJZVSp3G8UoyR9U1BUROYev3e4kptd8w_SRcyBph8dDRzuEZvEBHR6lqfk/s320/DSC06912.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5piv346RU4nzHROJPhhu2M0yW1OHoAFzqosul2N34bxrXr2cEoyGrD3ixShrVq_X68kyp9gj11efCPafFfUXrSVzy5-8I6uKtv9_9jTzQULByR21vTV4mIZx7zTn0mle7Uvgpl8sKLiM/s1600/DSC06911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5piv346RU4nzHROJPhhu2M0yW1OHoAFzqosul2N34bxrXr2cEoyGrD3ixShrVq_X68kyp9gj11efCPafFfUXrSVzy5-8I6uKtv9_9jTzQULByR21vTV4mIZx7zTn0mle7Uvgpl8sKLiM/s320/DSC06911.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-16389935104974265142011-08-09T18:32:00.000-07:002011-08-09T18:44:10.010-07:00Coney Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Just came across these <a href="http://todayspictures.slate.com/20110801/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">neat old pix of Coney Island in the 1960s and 1970s</span></a>. Glad to see that some things never change:</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4EEBlPnsauEVDfq2PV7g-SjrSn0iDH9xd5Srm6IQYb5C5NLxXA1BRxPCZjsNXbrbPBpypquJPaxGQPhZFaTrtYoh_BAQZEaYA-XFNA2BburLCh5f_rcW2xDEdRIY6zbPDGrz62lI_DI/s1600/DSC06793.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4EEBlPnsauEVDfq2PV7g-SjrSn0iDH9xd5Srm6IQYb5C5NLxXA1BRxPCZjsNXbrbPBpypquJPaxGQPhZFaTrtYoh_BAQZEaYA-XFNA2BburLCh5f_rcW2xDEdRIY6zbPDGrz62lI_DI/s320/DSC06793.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Fourth of July weekend on the boardwalk. The <a href="http://www.coneyislanddancers.com/Home.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Coney Island Dancers</span></a>(warning, this link has disco music) were just getting warmed up, so much so that the man in the sweaty business pants ripped off his shirt and poured bottled water over his head just like Flashdance, only sweatier.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhyphenhyphena1X5hjBhJCjHtfQ0FUmbxckL_0GPNn_YB0_75ZdntXJ2wNt2EMplfkRoN1ZZ9wbXn5mTXmjqxZyvfv_RwU5d8GuIeiozR87wcEDCC338q_7a2VL7AUIV6gw3LII9eIdk4lMYvJrFE/s1600/DSC06778.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhyphenhyphena1X5hjBhJCjHtfQ0FUmbxckL_0GPNn_YB0_75ZdntXJ2wNt2EMplfkRoN1ZZ9wbXn5mTXmjqxZyvfv_RwU5d8GuIeiozR87wcEDCC338q_7a2VL7AUIV6gw3LII9eIdk4lMYvJrFE/s320/DSC06778.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He's a maniac on the boardwalk!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Stars and stripes forever:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNBcxtPPHbXL6RNTzK_QCL66CIx4IrMPOoe-qOFawbaAKYtWpIHa4tuMBLh-Cqk3LiYHLlOLxV-JfL4iGN0KV2ZT8zAn0SqYTW6dpKGKrqyzBuLxuxyEU46YXMSDMI79Ok3NEvIXN664/s1600/DSC06813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNBcxtPPHbXL6RNTzK_QCL66CIx4IrMPOoe-qOFawbaAKYtWpIHa4tuMBLh-Cqk3LiYHLlOLxV-JfL4iGN0KV2ZT8zAn0SqYTW6dpKGKrqyzBuLxuxyEU46YXMSDMI79Ok3NEvIXN664/s320/DSC06813.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">King of the Coney Island Dancers. On Fourth of July...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ1_gi7rnXLITavTrK423z6BdA1V6-PGCqWym6ywKXZlwV7aClYZJYmO4VSjoYUfJzfar2NQRFrL_z-ZVT87h21PITE6qwjGwv0QFjs3us0v2gLu0SA_9501q-z6Kr7SfmHZIEN6pIzI/s1600/DSC06806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ1_gi7rnXLITavTrK423z6BdA1V6-PGCqWym6ywKXZlwV7aClYZJYmO4VSjoYUfJzfar2NQRFrL_z-ZVT87h21PITE6qwjGwv0QFjs3us0v2gLu0SA_9501q-z6Kr7SfmHZIEN6pIzI/s320/DSC06806.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...and a few weeks later:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsVfL5c0E3QAprnZUuo6fzpyHO-mehkquLG2DXc4jqcIxkzQE23NuDhNPfXE7AHW408Fmf6hTOYaYbcR8CVrigPPOAmSkFqOlv21XTeyob5BqYlt6cF5244jwNpDMh3NrjQHM7_ZbZ60/s1600/DSC06898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsVfL5c0E3QAprnZUuo6fzpyHO-mehkquLG2DXc4jqcIxkzQE23NuDhNPfXE7AHW408Fmf6hTOYaYbcR8CVrigPPOAmSkFqOlv21XTeyob5BqYlt6cF5244jwNpDMh3NrjQHM7_ZbZ60/s320/DSC06898.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Lifeguards in action. Luckily this was a false alarm. Signs all over the pier say No Diving and No Swimming. The lifeguards (the guys to the right in orange) make anyone who ignores the signs (the guy on the left) swim back to shore and get out of the water.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mUG5OG0NQevrm9tZGVsAQ5s4dMX1-mbD9uNObOG7Mw_k4S8jIFjR4sP9nIx_wHvniG5126VYZZ44m9sXVy7_BjzRUKYjK-xl3S7LBnIs0ofcYbU4Q95YDQTe8qjWM5GUXSPACoXtHPQ/s1600/DSC06890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mUG5OG0NQevrm9tZGVsAQ5s4dMX1-mbD9uNObOG7Mw_k4S8jIFjR4sP9nIx_wHvniG5126VYZZ44m9sXVy7_BjzRUKYjK-xl3S7LBnIs0ofcYbU4Q95YDQTe8qjWM5GUXSPACoXtHPQ/s320/DSC06890.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The swim of shame.</span></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-4027360327283205852011-08-03T14:48:00.000-07:002011-08-03T14:55:57.397-07:00She's Got the Power: A Girl Group Extravaganza<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Rock-n-roll's original bad girl Ronnie Specter rocked the house Saturday night with The Ronettes' classics "Walking in the Rain," "Be My Baby," and "The Best Part of Breaking Up"--and Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black."</span><br />
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2RVs_vXfhTaom2hjKzqKlSoczPz3OitlNjhwkj4cIyqziTg11nO0K5D5rmvzHvXgM7u8NBx2OtjfCIs3Rn6BUmUWrCLgKNi1PxJD3FRMyqxlzjqUhqGHbIEm2mYgpbEja9cQUFxYEIE/s1600/DSC06864.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2RVs_vXfhTaom2hjKzqKlSoczPz3OitlNjhwkj4cIyqziTg11nO0K5D5rmvzHvXgM7u8NBx2OtjfCIs3Rn6BUmUWrCLgKNi1PxJD3FRMyqxlzjqUhqGHbIEm2mYgpbEja9cQUFxYEIE/s320/DSC06864.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's Ronnie in red. Yep, that's Paul Shaffer on keyboards and Steven Van Sandt (wearing his trademark headscarf of course) far left on acoustic guitar.</span></div><br />
She wasn’t the only girl-group diva bringing the crowd to their feet at Lincoln Center's <a href="http://www.lcoutofdoors.org/" style="color: #e06666;">She's Got the Power: A Girl Group Extravaganza</a>. Lesley Gore, LaLa Brooks and their backup singers knocked it out of the ballpark with their performances of "Going to the Chapel," "And Then He Kissed Me," and many more chart-toppers from the 1960s.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAnZB4sVJQnwIXAxKBOzZuMMNzYvch4oT_SLRwLxDIlLqSLihQC1WRy2ncO8WNKWYoMjgOdXrA0IJ1ZRYwzWDtHhsP6JXTR-sgbwDyxSqFV2szbBS5Y4hIDlYpILab4Pi19xiS5RRkT8/s1600/DSC06861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAnZB4sVJQnwIXAxKBOzZuMMNzYvch4oT_SLRwLxDIlLqSLihQC1WRy2ncO8WNKWYoMjgOdXrA0IJ1ZRYwzWDtHhsP6JXTR-sgbwDyxSqFV2szbBS5Y4hIDlYpILab4Pi19xiS5RRkT8/s320/DSC06861.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">LaLa Brooks of The Crystals</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of Lesley Gore. Guess I was just too mesmerized by her performance of "You Don't Own Me" to get out my camera. Go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmOrWG2FTbg" style="color: #e06666;">here</a> to see what I'm talking about!</div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-74195654637387865942011-07-28T14:55:00.000-07:002011-07-28T14:57:12.225-07:00Another High Line pretty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EGGLsvqYDpa5oOdjxt1jcxGdCfvBXjbyR4odwvzJTjg-8x5DgDzVy7BzIY7gqDteLA2UT9WwXtDUyUUB6wPTwrA1JjLOnzAtnsZZDUB0uO7AZ9C41ODMMhYJOcnKX7B1hPToFinPXc4/s1600/DSC06677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EGGLsvqYDpa5oOdjxt1jcxGdCfvBXjbyR4odwvzJTjg-8x5DgDzVy7BzIY7gqDteLA2UT9WwXtDUyUUB6wPTwrA1JjLOnzAtnsZZDUB0uO7AZ9C41ODMMhYJOcnKX7B1hPToFinPXc4/s320/DSC06677.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm not sure what this lovely flower growing along the old train track is since it's not included in the High Line Plant Guide Spring/Summer 2010 pamphlet. Maybe some sort of black-eyed susan? If anyone out there knows, leave a comment and let me know!</span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-42653142011104192562011-07-27T16:45:00.000-07:002011-07-28T12:00:24.068-07:00The High Line on a summer afternoon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">It felt like the crowds at Grand Central Station <i>and</i> Penn Station had been beamed over to the <a href="http://www.thehighline.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">High Line </span></a>when Seth and I met good friends from Portland (Hi <a href="http://sassyplants.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Lara</span></a> and Scott!)there a few weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon. It was hot-as-you-know-what and hard to see anything except people, people and more people. So I didn't get any pictures that day. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">These photos were taken in early summer on a weekday afternoon when my good friend from Seattle (Hi Tina!) was in town.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">In full bloom, these urban grasslands and woodlands put on quite a show, splashing the New York skyline with brilliant pops of color:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaggmenomo6RsAR26EWfy_yKbYTJ6nuLvDT6CPdlMYaKmtaME4xw7kSiN_oecrm4W5LguBboLnfL8ZKidzad1xZrGMrunVOg_ftaxh9mrheKIlZpp2QEXgPJH44LOYqz5W2Daf7uhwato/s1600/DSC06714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaggmenomo6RsAR26EWfy_yKbYTJ6nuLvDT6CPdlMYaKmtaME4xw7kSiN_oecrm4W5LguBboLnfL8ZKidzad1xZrGMrunVOg_ftaxh9mrheKIlZpp2QEXgPJH44LOYqz5W2Daf7uhwato/s320/DSC06714.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Here's a peek at the section that just opened in early June:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRChNwWKCoqoyT4_LQnBxYHkj5fVN0m_t9VLbxiuaiqmK9ctsgpji2fJoLOJ37-omI00EiiAZWfRjPVXfL79G2HIyuREzenx-wepx_Bb3c9iJdphgA37FSCn0QHBVmHbjXwJ3oHTvDFI/s1600/DSC06695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRChNwWKCoqoyT4_LQnBxYHkj5fVN0m_t9VLbxiuaiqmK9ctsgpji2fJoLOJ37-omI00EiiAZWfRjPVXfL79G2HIyuREzenx-wepx_Bb3c9iJdphgA37FSCn0QHBVmHbjXwJ3oHTvDFI/s320/DSC06695.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">It's distinctly different from the rest of the High Line, and I love it. Some of the highlights include this old mural painted on the side of the building, People's Pops for coconut popsicles, the 23rd Street Lawn (an expansive stretch of grass for naps and picnics), and...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qu6J-1awPCYEoDXHTDFri47GgUpKFrMpaHqd_QpYj6FYRVHffdiRQ8unJESGxIOYcGfFjAHY2_vZsjhJ2JvFNcd9HHTlakDkxKxvgpAk4OB7PSAzrBfh_OvVjrgIVZ3xxAzPGM8CH_c/s1600/DSC06699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qu6J-1awPCYEoDXHTDFri47GgUpKFrMpaHqd_QpYj6FYRVHffdiRQ8unJESGxIOYcGfFjAHY2_vZsjhJ2JvFNcd9HHTlakDkxKxvgpAk4OB7PSAzrBfh_OvVjrgIVZ3xxAzPGM8CH_c/s320/DSC06699.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">...an elevated section with gardens growing under the pathway. Here's a bird's eye view of a small section of garden on the lower tier:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioraM3bt6zpL9W5RW8ubMDS_HrlXR4z4aG5GNg_9HvBNy7aSLMZzVbu_dY-aDAMYEz6WDhGZemvZsfww8SoP1FltpjN2S3heUPEE2peq7tRbvrAMZ9UWzMoGRh0AuyEvdYOlpT2qC8iK0/s1600/DSC06688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioraM3bt6zpL9W5RW8ubMDS_HrlXR4z4aG5GNg_9HvBNy7aSLMZzVbu_dY-aDAMYEz6WDhGZemvZsfww8SoP1FltpjN2S3heUPEE2peq7tRbvrAMZ9UWzMoGRh0AuyEvdYOlpT2qC8iK0/s320/DSC06688.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The new section is pretty close to where I work, so it's been nice to be able to stroll the High Line on my lunch hour. (It seems to be much less crowded on weekdays and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><a href="http://oldhouseclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/high-line.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">in the winter</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">.)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPoFxQOO_URmu2o3T1WPi9VV_h32RLxfKnGxjis2-9A-JVLXP2IJxs28Do4-iOjoBxSCgmKAihUqBONpSOikEwxC7se4M7YQkjzVVGg2uNnJgx8YP-7K4pUoUDyo3z9wLLQ03jiu3dxQ/s1600/DSC06685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPoFxQOO_URmu2o3T1WPi9VV_h32RLxfKnGxjis2-9A-JVLXP2IJxs28Do4-iOjoBxSCgmKAihUqBONpSOikEwxC7se4M7YQkjzVVGg2uNnJgx8YP-7K4pUoUDyo3z9wLLQ03jiu3dxQ/s320/DSC06685.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The other day I mentioned to Seth that the ornamental grass and giant puffball-shaped flowers that make up the High Line landscape reminded me of a favorite gardening book by Piet Oudolf. Turns out, he's the High Line's planting designer. Guess I need to brush up on my High Line history. At any rate, <a href="http://www.oudolf.com/piet-oudolf/gardens/public-gardens/high-line/high-line-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">check out his Web site</span></a> to see before-and-after photos. Here's the 34th Avenue stretch. It hasn't been renovated yet and it's not open to the public:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVobXiMFWyvlzKxEDrIetLP4Npyrv6JZ7nKmxPUnoczIsYe315qZgZq85pF2IgOYfH7fsICxxFotSF4Nlg6xwsr5u8SgWrSgyB6QN4lMXcHngq0nThg7tp8TN3ttyDhuczmyZpd1glHdw/s1600/DSC06684.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVobXiMFWyvlzKxEDrIetLP4Npyrv6JZ7nKmxPUnoczIsYe315qZgZq85pF2IgOYfH7fsICxxFotSF4Nlg6xwsr5u8SgWrSgyB6QN4lMXcHngq0nThg7tp8TN3ttyDhuczmyZpd1glHdw/s320/DSC06684.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">And finally, a close-up of the showy foxtail lily. If I ever have my own home, it's going to be one of the first things I plant in the yard! (Wonder how much Oudolf charges to design a private garden. <a href="http://www.oudolf.com/piet-oudolf/gardens/private-gardens/thews"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">This</span></a> would be nice.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NceC2LCMga8OVxmgBPVxpwbPSY4XPmrtUCHUC7HHmaBnrfaMHteLg2DBatd3VUji1F57BdxPuxky8RAUphmwRQyuoiEtfkBEYL0ek0AG7uHW1xAvpf0oLsy3R5Us98KqK2XQV-tqb70/s1600/DSC06674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NceC2LCMga8OVxmgBPVxpwbPSY4XPmrtUCHUC7HHmaBnrfaMHteLg2DBatd3VUji1F57BdxPuxky8RAUphmwRQyuoiEtfkBEYL0ek0AG7uHW1xAvpf0oLsy3R5Us98KqK2XQV-tqb70/s320/DSC06674.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-88307750985695091172011-05-21T07:44:00.000-07:002011-06-18T08:47:19.622-07:00Chasing rainbows...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...in southern Illinois...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnyiO-L9jYj1b528JcCvBCBYiTlgCtwu_aTO-ty1X17jBe1Rz6DGqjv-ur3HZSTelNq0Mpbf_VVeb5MxO1t-U45i8YFxTLyLge_jiHCo9dvQi48-QIaFHlCHWeZCrffit6vJyvTgAATQ/s1600/DSC06498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnyiO-L9jYj1b528JcCvBCBYiTlgCtwu_aTO-ty1X17jBe1Rz6DGqjv-ur3HZSTelNq0Mpbf_VVeb5MxO1t-U45i8YFxTLyLge_jiHCo9dvQi48-QIaFHlCHWeZCrffit6vJyvTgAATQ/s320/DSC06498.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look closely. It's a double rainbow!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...and in St. Louis.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk10CngWfcqEGwtO2He3SmyZWkfmtAS5b9B1qvoZ9ttBp7HvxSvUCDn1-sttbOdjSTz0NnIb95f20oJwCmI7aDKdCI7r-UiDII9s-BBWNgRGA5fZO7B3M01FxKJQuFcxvM3sm7ucAxdj0/s1600/DSC06504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk10CngWfcqEGwtO2He3SmyZWkfmtAS5b9B1qvoZ9ttBp7HvxSvUCDn1-sttbOdjSTz0NnIb95f20oJwCmI7aDKdCI7r-UiDII9s-BBWNgRGA5fZO7B3M01FxKJQuFcxvM3sm7ucAxdj0/s320/DSC06504.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The arch. Spring trip to home sweet home, April, 2010.</span></span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-22736769565445013352011-05-07T11:06:00.000-07:002011-05-07T11:22:45.370-07:00Birdwatching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Birdwatching at the <a href="http://www.watershednaturecenter.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">Watershed Nature Center</span></a> in Edwardsville, Illinois. I spy...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The shy Cardinal perched in the treetops. Why won't you look at me?:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfebKkV8Cgha0CPCBnzLFB-bqTi8yhaKQi_sNOS_sWDWyuwLzNI8uqwetkzQW3O1fMMUKOVJHdQLUC6EgCBAHoUWlG1yp_PLm0qkq5rKyUf9Up6fe9NDrv99zEaQDOSxfsBoo5QkxVh3Q/s1600/DSC06466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfebKkV8Cgha0CPCBnzLFB-bqTi8yhaKQi_sNOS_sWDWyuwLzNI8uqwetkzQW3O1fMMUKOVJHdQLUC6EgCBAHoUWlG1yp_PLm0qkq5rKyUf9Up6fe9NDrv99zEaQDOSxfsBoo5QkxVh3Q/s320/DSC06466.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The not-so-elusive Redwing Blackbird:</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKqbT_BYejkoTWvJs-0isix3f4FAzN0CkLz6xWwvsnpAlMU-jRLRcZZyHG7HMHlCwyRY1ZTxJWUacvP-BRh_XF1H9_LgWCvC2NM_Fb3jMVNvxj81cDCBE3aYqy2rY5CV0q63lnx27Y4c/s1600/DSC06473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKqbT_BYejkoTWvJs-0isix3f4FAzN0CkLz6xWwvsnpAlMU-jRLRcZZyHG7HMHlCwyRY1ZTxJWUacvP-BRh_XF1H9_LgWCvC2NM_Fb3jMVNvxj81cDCBE3aYqy2rY5CV0q63lnx27Y4c/s320/DSC06473.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
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Brower's copy of the A7LB looks incredibly lifelike, and cost a fraction of what NASA spent to manufacture the original. On his Web site Brower describes the suit as having "several layers, and a mechanical and air conditioning system that mimics the actual artifacts, although made in my art-poverty-compromise vernacular. I machined all the fittings and fabricated all the plastic and rubber parts in my shop."<br />
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<a href="http://expulsive.browerpropulsionlab.com/" style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Gouache <span style="color: black;">paintings </span><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="color: black; display: inline;">from the BPL-004 Experimental Outsourcing Mission To China</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, the </span><a href="http://browerpropulsionlab.com/directory/Limper_Mission_To_Detect_Life_On_Earth" style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">LIMPER</a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> (Limited Intelligence Marginally Produced Exploration Rover), and other models and inventions, including a karate chopping mechanical arm were on display at the Brower Propulsion Lab open studio that took place on April 23, 2011. It was too crowded to take many pictures, but I did get a shot of BPL's "</span><a href="https://bpl-solutions.com/" style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">recycled mugs</a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">":</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: left;"><a href="http://oldhouseclub.blogspot.com/2011/04/off-beaten-path-in-brooklyn-navy-yards.html" style="color: #e06666;">The last time</a> I was in The Brooklyn Navy Yards I wanted to take a closer look at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the building in the photo below: BLG 128163-A1</span>. Well, wishes do come true since the Brower Propulsion Lab is also in the The Navy Yards right next door. In its heyday this building was at the center of "America's premier shipbuilding facility," but it's seen better days. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This building consists of many terminals and multiple floors, and spans at least a city block--it's so big my friend Bryan noted it has its own atmospheric haze. The terminals needed to be massive enough to accommodate the ships constructed inside them, for scale the most famous battleship built there, the </span><i style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">U.S.S. Missouri, </i><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">is longer than the Washington Monument.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's fun to imagine this factory up and running, especially during World War II, when female mechanics and technicians reported for duty for the first time ever. At one time thousands of people worked in this building, today broken glass and inoperable bits of machinery are all that remain.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Back to reality on the streets of Vinegar Hill after the Brooklyn Navy Yard tour. It was hard to acclimate to life in the city after roaming the eerie grounds of the campus hospital, where I kind of felt like I was in a gothic horror movie.</span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-10885845621204881252011-04-16T11:11:00.000-07:002011-04-20T15:54:39.577-07:00Off the beaten path in Brooklyn: The Navy Yards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"When we got to the shop the men told us to go home where we belong in the kitchen and we told them to 'Shut up!'." That's what Carmela said happened on her first day on the job at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1941. She was one of the first women trained to weld the deck of the battleship <i>Missouri. </i>It was a man's world, but <i>woman</i>power was in high demand since so many men were being drafted for World War II. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Our tour guide Cindy had interviewed Carmela along with many of the men and women who worked in the Navy Yards back then and hers was just one of the many oral histories incorporated into the Navy Yards tour Seth and I took last week on April 9, 2011. Ida from the Bronx who was also part of the "female invasion" of this traditionally male workforce said, "Boy, did we learn how to curse...and we liked it." Another woman welder who helped to build the <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://www.ussmissouri.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">USS Missouri</span></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">had this to say about being at its christening:</span></i> "I felt so patriotic, fuhggedaboudit!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That's about to change though. <a href="http://www.brooklynnavyyard.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">The Navy Yards</span></a> will soon welcome more visitors when the Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum opens in November of this year. To celebrate <a href="http://atlasobscura.com/obscura-day"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Obscura Day</span></a>, the Brooklyn Navy Yards opened its doors to a small group of <a href="http://www.urbanoyster.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Urban Oyster</span></a> tourists</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">most of us from Brooklyn, a few from the other boroughs, and a handful of national and international tourists as well.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There's a lot of history here--way too much to cover in a three-hour tour, but our tour guide Cindy did it in such a way that the really made the time fly and made me wish the tour was longer. An interesting historical tidbit: about a third of the medical supplies used to treat Union soldiers during the Civil War came from the hospital campus. It's a beautiful and eerie place that would make the perfect setting for a gothic horror movie with its old trees, vines, and feral cats fed by the Navy Yard's own Cat Lady.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I wouldn't be surprised if parts of the Navy Yard were haunted. The remains of runaway slaves and soldiers killed in various wars were disinterred from the Naval Cemetery back in the 1920s, but it was fairly recently discovered that some were left behind. The area where the cemetery used to be is now considered "hallowed grounds" and may eventually be turned into a memorial park.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If you're a history buff or love getting off the beaten path, definitely check out one of the <a href="http://www.urbanoyster.com/navy-yard-tour.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Urban Oyster tours</span></a>--or the <a href="http://atlasobscura.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Atlas Obscura Web site</span></a> for that matter. The photo below is taken from the bus on a street that flanks the Navy Yards. This is part of Admiral's Row. There are plans to restore two of these buildings, but it won't be easy; they're in a major state of disrepair.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Many years ago there was a window at the corner at Havemeyer and Grand in Williamsburg that was always filled with the neatest collections. I didn't know much about it--and then it was gone. Well, a couple weeks ago Seth and I happened upon The City Reliquary on Metropolitan Avenue and found out that the person responsible for the window displays on Havemeyer and Grand opened this tiny museum about five years back.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The museum consists of a foyer and a small back room that you enter from the foyer through an old turnstile. It's such a cool place. Look to the left to see a cabinet filled with Statue of Liberty souvenirs, including a figurine of Lady Liberty as a hula dancer--to the right is a shrine to the Brooklyn Dodgers and the late great Jackie Robinson, a shelf lined with green glass seltzer bottles, and a tiny cone that you hold to your ear to hear a sample of Sonny Rollins playing sax. Turns out he would practice for hours at a time on the Williamsburg Bridge because as he said in an </span><a href="http://www.sonnyrollins.com/faq.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">interview</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, "I'm a sensitive person and I know that people need quiet in their apartments." It was little bits of information like this that made The City Reliquary so fun. (Seth also wanted me to mention that Sonny Rollins plays the sax at the end of "Waiting on a Friend," one of Seth's favorite songs from the Rolling Stones album </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Tattoo You</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. They shot </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8MhpofxMgk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">the music video</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> at 96-98 St. Mark's Place in the East Village, which is also the backdrop of the album cover for Led Zeppelin's P</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">hysical Graffiti</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. Who knew? Not me! So, there's a little NYC music factoid for all you rock 'n' roll buffs.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Some of the other highlights include anything and everything having to do with the subway (from tokens to NY Subway Rail Dust), a carnival attraction revealing the history of burlesque, even a tribute to the 1939 World's Fair. If you love collecting, discovering the unexpected and the odd, if you want a unique perspective of New York's history, </span><a href="http://www.cityreliquary.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">here's</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> more info on visiting The City Reliquary.</span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-45842999166104526282011-03-27T14:30:00.000-07:002011-04-20T15:38:48.465-07:00Behind Every Curtain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovUZk229azhIxzkBNoajQAktuQO8Kn_YDxR3uqsVyecK_99EV3D-mSi8aQ_lt333OV0JlZMMYZxBfTYC46quNA8c7C_YQUrmXh04TLuI63G4UOAq4ZIQPjUcb-kBnZnC2kQioJT2wLJ0/s1600/DSC06296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovUZk229azhIxzkBNoajQAktuQO8Kn_YDxR3uqsVyecK_99EV3D-mSi8aQ_lt333OV0JlZMMYZxBfTYC46quNA8c7C_YQUrmXh04TLuI63G4UOAq4ZIQPjUcb-kBnZnC2kQioJT2wLJ0/s320/DSC06296.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've never seen </span><a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/dzama/dzama.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Marcel Dzama</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">'s artwork in person so I was super-excited to check out </span><a href="http://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/233/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">his exhibit at the David Zwirner gallery</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.</span><br />
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Go<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1367956/Super-moon-Amazing-pictures-lunar-planet--nearest-Earth-20-years.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> to see some great ones.</span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-6454622421154231092011-03-10T18:42:00.000-08:002011-04-20T15:40:30.865-07:00Just because...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFFTtVGI57O7GfIEE32ipFfefJdJXbPLA1Bskg9ZZUaGKJyc7rQEYelQ8En-v86YQ7bjD8nsC9MNW7kML97V1rfQRgWYw3roJj1IxinCg2CSQZVrwh0hHovps6jqWy6Jbrmn4_UJlqNQ/s1600/DSC04193.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583679614941679634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFFTtVGI57O7GfIEE32ipFfefJdJXbPLA1Bskg9ZZUaGKJyc7rQEYelQ8En-v86YQ7bjD8nsC9MNW7kML97V1rfQRgWYw3roJj1IxinCg2CSQZVrwh0hHovps6jqWy6Jbrmn4_UJlqNQ/s400/DSC04193.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A long-tailed Macaque spotted in Langkawi in the mangroves. I took this photo about two years ago when Seth and I vacationed in Malaysia.</span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-19708211360459341742011-03-08T19:31:00.001-08:002011-04-20T15:40:58.897-07:00Big Foot?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK7HuiblvXk4Wp6IyrDlofaxklE_7ArJnOKc-0JnEICSZeh1xH4Sj73iGqdIPXPideRTas069YIBuG2xWA0iAEAMzPCRxwoL6vz0t4hVfJwCf4UT9PMzjq57IFwbR21VGpPw6vkjCf58/s1600/DSC06269.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581918877452624482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK7HuiblvXk4Wp6IyrDlofaxklE_7ArJnOKc-0JnEICSZeh1xH4Sj73iGqdIPXPideRTas069YIBuG2xWA0iAEAMzPCRxwoL6vz0t4hVfJwCf4UT9PMzjq57IFwbR21VGpPw6vkjCf58/s400/DSC06269.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Spotted in Gowanus a week or so ago.</span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-42076448818376026802011-02-27T08:22:00.001-08:002011-02-27T14:19:12.052-08:00Birdwatching in Tompkins Square Park<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06jvw1j5eSSIKZG6MR4ln6TloLNCMX78i2_G95t7JvtKwDOKpP__3jwD-vcSL5YydwTy6lBpkxW7735taBbwzR4TPvPlceM9lHbcquAKuD7t6QmpDNCXUMmpb-oc4QA4b-Yc9K9Hqpbo/s400/DSC06277.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578493817988816962" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One of the homeless people in Tompkins Square Park called this hawk the "King of the Park." He did look rather regal until he got tangled in a discarded shopping bag...</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9ZGVgTyBF5j7u6oj1WZlXdkNWXavsnPRyOrGT0Q8NfFyWx7AigcBT9ndvQEFYWoFEHZObw4gW3f6QnZ6McSlAde2zUMCXwEGdlmWk0ie2_jO-q8MPUeLREDb1yTVMuNeKdio-dCOMJI/s1600/DSC06281.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9ZGVgTyBF5j7u6oj1WZlXdkNWXavsnPRyOrGT0Q8NfFyWx7AigcBT9ndvQEFYWoFEHZObw4gW3f6QnZ6McSlAde2zUMCXwEGdlmWk0ie2_jO-q8MPUeLREDb1yTVMuNeKdio-dCOMJI/s400/DSC06281.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578495379409552786" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">...after swooping down from the branch and coming </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">thisclose</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> to catching a squirrel. Luckily he was able to free himself.</span></span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-58542105794458734392011-02-21T08:39:00.000-08:002011-02-21T19:36:07.826-08:00City Safari<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A friend of mine asked me if I'd been on any new urban adventures lately, like <a href="http://oldhouseclub.blogspot.com/2010/08/back-to-dead-horse-bay.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">treasure hunting at Dead Horse Bay</span></a> or <a href="http://oldhouseclub.blogspot.com/2009/05/urban-spelunking.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">urban spelunking</span></a>. Sadly, no. Just read </span></span><a href="http://coilhouse.net/2011/02/roa-in-mexico/#more-22074"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">this article</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, though, at </span></span><a href="http://coilhouse.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Coilhouse</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> about a street artist named </span></span><a href="http://roaweb.tumblr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Roa</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> who makes large-scale paintings of animals. Turns out, Roa's painted a few larger than life creatures in NYC. Guess it's time to plan a city safari to find them.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Seth and I have walked by this stencil art by </span></span><a href="http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=dolk&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=yytjTfSaFJKltwfho8n1Cw&ved=0CDYQsAQ&biw=1465&bih=871"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Dolk</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> a million times (well, almost a million) on our way to Red Hook. Last time we saw it, it was covered over in red paint:</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORM4S49-zREdZnpXfeGzNEeKuck8UU8KvxzvIL4UNML4u_jCXwF8j0pXSC916fTGbxYGA2TCaumXTyouSpXzwWsmrGgcjPmMXdIZ31Br3C2pJttuHoegIjD_9pmdbAHu5dcLFytXPZG0/s400/DSC04191.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576246926896921874" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here's another Dolk, long gone by now:</span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WFOpskBHM5DIOVnn5J2zx50x6yhZbHjbZadLNgUtMk48htVvBKod0bb2TYL5nMWQl6lEXOnht9Orfw72Q3K9ldaPFSYHn2orAfzqMVrxMd_ptRJ6JASoF_JrafTa9vZxfe_keFI51r4/s400/DSC05346.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576246945996962898" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It's nice to see something unexpected on the side of a building--or completely covering a building. This has probably peeled away or been painted over years ago, but it's my favorite piece of graffiti covering </span></span><a href="http://5ptz.com/graff/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">5Pointz</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">:</span></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecU1mITVjRvG6iRkZPmvSQRiF3ssJrMjVkvbk9xV6DoS3ZPDTVQlKrAse1tVFtDkKAYiW3yUaNeFz_LQISThB7t9dXk36sLojBjPDqVpkaXdrGtZO0pWjxbfuvodN_KHOFJYxpCgbQUI/s400/DSC05166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576246931383086050" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sometimes, you'll spot the same thing hanging on the walls of a gallery as you do on the side of a building on a street near where you live--such as these from </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoon_(artist)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Swoon</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">'s exhibit at the now closed Deitch Gallery in Long Island City...</span></span><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxFTpXp-MPYGQm7yisgsWtKvkSe_GaVzJfYYVvtH25h1Zna_R4qAcyz_pFgavitdcZGmsW2gfNoXyh4c0E61JZ3Z4DcvKoVSsT7jgbBDVXYKrANw445gyN2gVfJR0dwvPxOoCLq4vCQA/s400/DSC05211.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576246939916791154" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPnPjUhKc5Qivrs3ZlDdSt8_INGKuEWDlLE5Ih22383II5H5sSWnu-t-lcpUciFFEmhoz-u-kx0v3ZWdSyrEDfj6zqP4ZXnCjZkJtFxwRPb2VcUYog7OmTqkMerT7UjdTMrKOvfIB7bg/s400/DSC05194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576246938215097202" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">...and this, in the neighborhood:</span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEGz9nfiTu1_d9qv1BRh4SYyapejRf0QxctLThHNRHQUDBr87ArOidi1jzfXqb0XE5DeispmbPsn2YuNxm7TSOwIyyvIpARB6HNP0D0JUg6NNpvZjAke93UCfTP4ll4pZh0C5lRDLo_s/s400/DSC04907.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576343057666679538" /><div><a href="http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you want more info, the folks at </span></span><a href="http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Brooklyn Street Art</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> could</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> give you more about these than I ever could.</span></span></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-28461610835918006082011-02-15T17:37:00.001-08:002011-03-08T19:28:08.988-08:00Feeding Frenzy<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sunday afternoon at Prospect Park. The ponds are mostly covered in ice so it seems that all the birds in the park--at least the waterfowl and the seagulls--gathered in the one spot that was partially thawed. It's a good idea to stay out of the swans' way, otherwise something like </span></span><a href="http://oldhouseclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-swans-attack.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> might happen. Some of the swans looked like they were in a barnyard brawl. Talk about grimy. I wonder what happened to them. </span></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2oEFg6j542moCqnILMFpcXsUDVBEeVOoHmrA-iXQlxaRpN0O3HTCmSb-pyAzb-u3Rde2XPDDb5bPPPmbc8n3qycoaY5yFlKRdeTSVBHtBKZD6J5IDxq8hli4YqtlriN7ihAZZdvRpZc/s1600/IMAG0009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2oEFg6j542moCqnILMFpcXsUDVBEeVOoHmrA-iXQlxaRpN0O3HTCmSb-pyAzb-u3Rde2XPDDb5bPPPmbc8n3qycoaY5yFlKRdeTSVBHtBKZD6J5IDxq8hli4YqtlriN7ihAZZdvRpZc/s400/IMAG0009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574108489819730114" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I never noticed this before, but mallard ducks have really cute curly feathers on their undersides, noticeable when they dive underwater for a bite to eat. I'm no bird expert, so I'm still trying to figure out the names of all my new feathered friends--especially the small black ducks with white beaks and the pale reddish and creamy white ducks that are slightly larger than a mallard.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">UPDATE: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: small; ">When it comes to birds, I'm a bit of a bird brain. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; font-size: small; ">Thanks Matthew aka <a href="http://brooklynbachelor.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Brooklyn Bachelor</span></a> for answering my bird-related questions. Turns out the "barnyard brawl" swans are still in their awkward ugly duckling phase. And the black "ducks" are actually American coots. If you want to explore wildlife in the city Matthew's <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://matthewwills.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Backyard and Beyon</span>d</span></a> </span>is a fantastic place to visit.</span></p><meta charset="utf-8"><meta charset="utf-8"></div>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-71827043467368503722011-02-06T20:32:00.000-08:002011-02-06T20:41:26.995-08:00Happy New Year!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68suoTQKGvsAqOCj7kMzCMsYE6hL7ppjt6tefA2neCmbLDf49gpvZBKCX5YvaUe8QK-igmiY7YKEXstw_6nqtPi3na69Cy6wq3_lQD76HNmK-Rz0ISpd4k8oST3DZ24URbzPdCYGtHxw/s1600/DSC06190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68suoTQKGvsAqOCj7kMzCMsYE6hL7ppjt6tefA2neCmbLDf49gpvZBKCX5YvaUe8QK-igmiY7YKEXstw_6nqtPi3na69Cy6wq3_lQD76HNmK-Rz0ISpd4k8oST3DZ24URbzPdCYGtHxw/s400/DSC06190.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570801905445306882" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit in NYC's Chinatown. See many more pictures </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46403603@N00/sets/72157625993939268/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">.</span>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153420910234426163.post-44328509205856532612011-01-30T07:08:00.000-08:002011-01-30T07:20:44.269-08:00Narnia? No, just Prospect Park.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJoCS8buOWvORWIOlmkZ046KI7NYrWLyykaKdMXf5_rVJbeGtMlmI2npiZs-Oe2XbkUj5b_sGBCvoQPeFv3C8bQ4fFsLxR58_uqZqBILEprVW2iVJc0O7fNUCGy7fWatyPPXUgPdg5Ik/s1600/DSC06121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJoCS8buOWvORWIOlmkZ046KI7NYrWLyykaKdMXf5_rVJbeGtMlmI2npiZs-Oe2XbkUj5b_sGBCvoQPeFv3C8bQ4fFsLxR58_uqZqBILEprVW2iVJc0O7fNUCGy7fWatyPPXUgPdg5Ik/s400/DSC06121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567996632878835234" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">"As he stood wondering why there was a lamp-post in the middle of a wood and wondering what to do next, he heard a pitter patter of feet coming toward him." --paraphrased from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</span></i>Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065358232848550964noreply@blogger.com0