the legion of the beast

This is the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Beacon, NY– number 666. Satanic! We stopped in Beacon for lunch on the way back to the city. Had lunch at the Piggy Bank.

A day in Queens

Threatening skies over Citifield A diner in sodden Willets Point The lights as we wait for a table in Joe's Shanghai These are from Saturday (Oct 3)– the rest of them (and more photos from Fire Island) are finally up at my flickr page.

Scenes from the Pines

We spent the weekend in Fire Island with some friends; a last chance at beachiness before the true changing of the seasons. We were lucky enough to have landed a lovely house on a beautiful plot in the Pines (thank you Shmul), and even with rain on Saturday it was such a gift of time… Continue reading Scenes from the Pines

treasure from afar

Ben brought this *magical* fifty year calendar for me from Amsterdam.

Harbor Day– Holland on the Hudson

Pennants flying in the breeze from the masts of boats at the harbor, Governor's Island What a beautiful day was Sunday! It's been 400 years since the founding of Nieuw Amsterdam, and on Sunday the city had celebrations of various sorts going on around the city's harbors– including free ferries to hop on and hop… Continue reading Harbor Day– Holland on the Hudson

A Baltimore weekend

Here are a few snaps from my trip to visit Kelley in Baltimore– a smattering flavor of the oddness and utter silliness that tends to pervade our visits; laughing til it hurts. Concocting plans like the founding of The Institute of Fun (for Higher Learning)*. Or, upon seeing a hideous and depressing structure (eg The… Continue reading A Baltimore weekend

Three Shillings. To counterfeit is Death

Here is a detail of a three-shilling note (facsimile); one of several found in the "Interpretive Center" building of the Minisink Battleground on the banks of the Delaware River, near Narrowsburg, NY. We were up that way over the weekend to visit Ben's family for the weekend, and a bunch of us hiked up the… Continue reading Three Shillings. To counterfeit is Death

waiting on a render…

Yesterday went to the small park-outside-the-park where the neptune fountain is; shot some footage of the water ripples and snapped a few of the man himself. Laughing, maniacal; trident-wielder in the spray. I think I'm coming down with the same under-the-weather/cold that ruined Ben's weekend. Just in time for the ramping-up of this project, too.… Continue reading waiting on a render…

Summer things

Our two giant plants in the windows of the front room, enjoying the sun. I've been typing dyslexic all day. Weird. Memorial Day weekend–  first great exodus of cityfolk to the hinterlands; civic start to the summer months. I've spent a fair amount of it working, but today has so far been for things of… Continue reading Summer things