Category Archives: Arts-a-Poppin’

Special focus on the Visual Arts (or when I am being extra artsy with the camera) with a side hustle of nature photography

Comedy and Tragedy on the Bathroom Wall

Posted on September 17, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

It occurs to me that the title of this post may suggest we will be looking at particularly dramatic graffiti in public bathrooms, but no, sorry to disappoint on that account. I am sharing pictures of small tragedy and comedy … Continue reading →

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Climbing Up the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Posted on September 5, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Join Us On Every Single Step Up The Tilting Tower We took a day trip to Pisa, to see the famous tower in person and climb it. These three videos really give you the experience, starting with this vertical view: … Continue reading →

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Self Portraits in the Black

Posted on August 28, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Taking a break in shooting takes for my new short film Poe musicabre, I picked up my phone and took some selfies, taken by the stark look and angles created by the blacks I had set up behind myself in … Continue reading →

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A Dulcimer, A Fountain, and a Kiss

Posted on August 21, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

I’m touristing most two-fistedly in Rome at the moment (next stop Florence), which leaves me near to no time to blog, but will give me much material for future Two-fisted Touristing blog posts. I’ll give you a little taste with … Continue reading →

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Psalms of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on July 29, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Trust me! We got no where to go but up! Episode 17 of the ongoing series. The New Yorker keeps making the cartoons available, and I just keep cranking out my captions. And then sharing the latest batch of six. … Continue reading →

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Study in Crossed Legs and Shadows

Posted on July 25, 2025 by dannyashkenasi
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SOLID GOLD

Posted on July 20, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I caught the elaborate Solid Gold exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum before it closed a few weeks ago. I took lots of pics to share; not all there was to see (because it was a lot!), but still … Continue reading →

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MANHATTANHENGE

Posted on July 13, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

This last Friday and Saturday was Manhattanhenge. Ed and I each took some pictures on 42nd Street while it happened around 8:20pm on Friday. Manhattanhenge is what we call those days when the sunset aligns perfectly with Manhattan’s street grid. … Continue reading →

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Lying in the Grass, Looking Up …

Posted on July 5, 2025 by dannyashkenasi
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PRIDE VIDS!

Posted on June 30, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Happy Pride from Ed and me! We watched much of the parade at a perch on 5th Avenue, north of 8th Street, then walked up to 27th Street to gather and then march with the Quakers. Here is a video … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on June 23, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

This is from our high end “Me? not Me!” collection. Book 16 of the cartoon caption collections. Find all others here. It appears the blot would beg to differ. And now a word from our sponsor, Dixie Cups. I thought … Continue reading →

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NO KINGS MARCH NYC

Posted on June 16, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I joined the estimated 4 to 6 million people across the nation protesting MAGA fascism last Saturday. We gathered with the Quakers near Bryant Park. There were so many people joining the march that it took hours before … Continue reading →

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PRIDE SATURDAY at the BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Posted on June 9, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

It being June, Pride Month, the Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturday was a celebration of Queer community and art. NYC Gay Men’s Chorus performs Andra Day’s “Rise Up” The Beaux Arts Court was turned into a fair for queer figure drawing, … Continue reading →

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Prospect Park’s New Sculpture

Posted on June 6, 2025 by dannyashkenasi
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Approach to Chicago, April 2

Posted on May 31, 2025 by dannyashkenasi
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ITHACA SPACE WALK

Posted on May 23, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

An edifying stroll through our solar system in an upstate town Looking from the sun towards its closest four planets.

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