Georgia Aquarium

Calling themselves the world's largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium was indeed pretty damn big. How insightful and perceptive of me.

Japanese crabs


Sea anemone


Jellyfish


Shark in a very cool ceiling tank thing.

I Heart G.R.I.T.S.

Went down south again to visit the family in a yearly ritual of dread and obligation.

Commerce, GA. Old farm equipment.


Close up of farm equipment.


Commerce, GA. Ice crusher.


Atlanta, GA. In a Christian bookstore looking for a large print, NIV translation, red leather bound Bible for my mother. After cursing loudly and taking the Lord's name in vain numerous times while trying to find the bible, I found some annointing oil to wash away my many sins.


Nothing more needs to be said.

Backstage at City Center

Went to see Alvin Ailey the other night and got to go backstage.

More night pictures

Ah...Christmas in Brooklyn!

Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn.


Close up. This tasteful LED tree changed colors, sporting the traditional holiday colors of pink, blue, green, purple and white.

Night

I headed out last night to play around with the camera...

Food edition

For which we give thanks.

Wild turkey in Battery Park


Sinister butcher in Sunnyside Queens. Check out the cleaver to chop off little Bessie's head in the lower left...right after the he strangles her with his beefy arms.


And everyone knows, Thanksgiving isn't thanksgiving without the requisite can of cranberries. Thank goodness the good folks at Ocean Spray thoughtfully give us directions on how to produce a perfect can shaped log of cranberries and corn syrup.


Yum.

(And sadly, I'm not being sarcastic here. I actually love canned cranberries far more than the homemade kind ruined with additions of orange, ginger and other crap that don't belong with cranberries)

Williamsburg Savings Bank

I think I might be the last person to post pictures from the Open House NY event a few weeks ago...but here they are, finally.

close up of mosiac


close up of windows

Thrilling, no?

Hispanic Day Parade

I usually abhor parades...boring spectacles of floats with B-list celebrities, unwieldy balloons and the requisite marching bands. However, on my way to an OHNY site in Rockefeller Center, I stumbled onto the side streets where people were getting ready for the parade. Just wonderful. You could feel the energy and excitement as everyone cranked up the music, got dressed and practiced dancing in the streets.

Sky Mirror

I just had the most wonderful, I heart NY kind of days. I took a lot of pictures which I'll post in the next week.

Let's first start with Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirror in Rockefeller Center. I orginally intended to see the rooftop garden as a part of OHNY but the line was SO long that I skipped it and watched the preparations for the Hispanic Day Parade instead (pictures coming soon).

Moving day

Work moved from Soho/Tribeca to the Financial District.

Brooklyn in the morning. The view from my desk.


Where I used to work 5 years ago.

Butterfly

Went to Central Park the other day and saw a guy with a huge butterfly kite. It was taller than he was and when it was in the air, it looked so surreal and wonderful.

Seattle

Another friend of mine got married and I went to Seattle to celebrate. We had only a day to poke around the city and have a look-see. I think I should visit again...

Totem pole with pigeons


Exit ramp sign


The Experience Music Project is housed in a fantastic building designed by Frank Gehry. I'm not sure how the red and sky-blue sections of the building will stand the test of time but right now, it's simply wonderful. A handful of folks paid the $20 to get in and came out with mixed opinions. In general, those who didn't know anything about music, loved it...while those who actually played instruments, etc thought it was a waste of money.


I really love the way the building interacted with the Space Needle.


Self portrait reflected in the EMP.

Orcas Island, Washington

Went to the San Juan Islands (about 2 hrs north of Seattle) for a few days of exploration before another wedding. It's simply beautiful in this part of the country.

View from the top of Mt. Constitution


Self portrait with friend and seaweed


Sunset view from the kayak


Starfish are much more harder than I thought they would be. For some reason, I thought they were soft and squishy.


Old gas station


The pine trees dripped sap in a way I've never seen before. Globs of soft, sticky sap would ooze out of pinecones. Tasted pine-y.


Sunset view from hotel


Another sunset view from the hotel with a long 15 sec exposure. I love how the water is blurred out and looks almost like a cloud.


And with all remote places, you have your crazies.