Thursday, April 14, 2011

Borough Hall

As I was taking a nice stroll around the city the other day, I walked through the Borough Hall area of Brooklyn.  It is so lovely!  The building itself is nice, and the surrounding parks are just very pleasant, and lead you right up to the Brooklyn Bridge.  Though it was a slightly odd time of day, around 2PM, the place was teeming with people- most of whom seemed to be taking their coffee break, or playing with their young children.  

By the way... today is my 470 something-th post on this blog, which is just completely insane.  I can't believe I've come up with 470-ish different things to say and share with you.  Cheers to many more!

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Springy Spring Springing

I'm confirming the news: spring has arrived in New York City!!  I couldn't be happier about this.  Flowers are blooming, trees are becoming green, and the squirrels are chasing one another around in their nutty, spastic mating rituals.  Seriously, those little guys are just dashing up and down trees after one another like they are never going to run out of energy.  It's amazing.  Birds start singing their adorable songs outside of my window at about 7am.  People are wearing skirts and shorts, boots are becoming rarer.  I'm such a delighted kid right now.  Oh... and Cadbury Cream Eggs are for sale in stores.  That really means it is spring!


I know I have more photographs of frolicking squirrels somewhere... deep in the depths of my hard drive.  I'll find them and share them in the next few days.  Since they are one of the only animal species I see on a regular basis, I've grown rather fond of the furry guys.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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
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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Instantly

It feels funny to title this post "instantly" when I haven't posted for a week and a half.  So, this blog hasn't been so instant.  However, I titled it what I did, because I want to share my fun new Instagram photographs!  I recently (as in a week ago) got an iphone, and not only is it my first smartphone, it is my first phone with any kind of internet capability.  And oh my god, it has games!  Basically, it's the gameboy I never had, my computer in my purse and.... oh, right.  I can call people with it.  But, anyway, the camera on it is surprisingly decent.  It's really pretty good- better than some cheap digital cameras.  Plus, there is this nifty, and deliciously free app called Instagram that allows you to place film-effect filters onto your photos.  Some of them are very hipstery, and some are contrived, but they can all look cool on the right photos.

So, I've been around town snapping shots like a mad person and giggling like a little schoolgirl as I try all of the filters on each photo.  It's just fun.  Can you tell I'm excited?  Here's a sampling of my stuff...


Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens
New York City, New York, USA
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