LES Love Song

Every time I am in the Lower East Side, it isn't my destination.  I can think of maybe two times in my life that I have specifically gone to LES.  I am always just passing through, walking, on my way to somewhere else...  Chinatown, Williamsburg, the East Village- wherever.  But, every time I find myself there, I wonder why I don't go there more often.  It's such a neat neighborhood!  

LES is often associated with professionals who are no longer young, and have recently realized that if they don't get married and start having kids soon they will miss their chance, so they had better go to lots of classy bars and find someone asap.  It is also associated with shifty project buildings that one shouldn't go by during the night.  To some, this would seem totally strange, but I like this mix of people.  The upscale and the... lowscale?  (Is that a word?) meet and mingle in LES.  There are trashy bodegas next to swanky nightclubs, collapsing tenements across the street from modern palaces.  It is a beautiful mix of high and low, with a lot of neat places to go, and things to see.  The parks are nifty, there is a lot of waterfront, and well, yeah.  It just appeals to me.  Sometime I'll go hang out there for real.  Maybe.  Or, I might just keep saying that I should.

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Funky Town

I'm scheduling this to post in late morning, but as I sit down to write this post, the clock is about to hit 2:45am.  I'm sighing.  And yawning.  New York City doesn't sleep, and apparently, tonight, neither do I.  Trust me, it's not that I'm not tired, it's just that I can't sleep!

Maybe there is just too much excitement in the world.  Yesterday was really warm, and I spent basically the entire day walking around the city with Danny taking in the sights, flowers, air, and the fact that we could wear summer clothing.  I was in a sundress with no jacket or tights and, wow, it was just heavenly!  If every day could have that kind of weather I would be such a happy lady.

But the other kind of excitement is the city itself.  This place is so insanely vibrant.  Most of the color comes from the people, the fascinating individual people who make up the insane populous.  However, I am way too chicken and self-conscious to take photographs of people most of the time.  I would love to, don't get me wrong, but I don't want to offend anyone, or bug them.  So, I've captured the life of the city from around the people.  The signs, the street art, the plants.  I know I've posted a lot of things like this recently, but it's what happens to be capturing my attention at the moment.  I hope you like it. It's pretty funky.

These were all taken on a walk through Red Hook and Park Slope.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

I'll Have it With Lemon

I love seafood.  I don't eat meat, but I basically cannot live without fish and shellfish.  Though I believe that animal lives are important... I'm sorry.  They are just so tasty!  Especially when they are fried.  Clam strips and fried shrimp are two small joys in my life.  I don't indulge often, because fried food is not particularly good for me, but when I do, I go all out.  So, when I was at a cafe in Coney Island, on the Fourth of July... I used the holiday as my excuse to essentially pig out.  I got clam strips and fried shrimp.  With lemon. It was a great day.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Like this?  Take a look at Gala for another photograph of fruit.

Grandeur

Gorgeous buildings in the Grande Place.

I had coffee with my friend Pam in the one on stage left house right.

Brussels/ Bruxelles, Belgium

If you loved this photograph, you will probably like Back Alley of Comfort.