Saturday, November 7, 2009

New York's Sexiest Couple





Hamlet!


Staten Island Ferry: The JFK is a mighty fine ride

Perhaps the best in the fleet. You have access to the open air on port and starboard, not just the prow.

Five faces of the woman I love





Menaced by the Coast Guard while on the Staten Island Ferry



Patrick at the Chinese Scholars Garden

Ladies in bamboo

Gold fishes at Staten Island

Details from Snug Harbor




Wherein we venture into Staten Island

The woman at the desk told me this window was replaced often because the old sailors didn't care to be called "aged, decrepit and worn out." They expressed their dissatisfaction, she said, by smashing the glass.

Dorritos-loving swans at Sheepshead Bay

Coney Island!








Big gull at Brighton Beach

For an afternoon, we were among the Russians

And while walking below the subway line at Brighton Beach, we encountered a derriere full of hope.

J at Grant's Tomb

This place was always locked when I was a kid. Not anymore.

It's worth investigating.

Bas relief nicotine fiend

J and I spotted this fellow while walking along Broadway in the vicinity of Columbia.