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Category Archives: Arts-a-Poppin’
The Homes of Pompeii
Post 2 of the Pompeii Series In the first post we explored the streets of Pompeii, with the temples, the Forum, the amphitheatres, bathhouses and the Coliseum. This time we will look at the homes of the inhabitants of Pompeii. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Actaeon, ancient, art, cistern, courtyard, Diana, Ed Elder, erotica, guard dogs, mosaic, museum, Painting, photography, plaster cast, Pompeii, rituals, ruins, skeleton, slave, victims, Villa dei Misteri, Volcano, wall painting
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Looking Through Leaves From My Lawn Chair
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged abstract, art, bushes, framing, Garden, green, lawn chair, leaves, light, nature, negative space, perspective, photography, shade, sky, trees, vines, yellow, Zoom
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Return of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions
And we’re back! The New Yorker chose not to include any of my first six suggestions as a finalist in their “make up your own cartoon caption” contest. And they haven’t chosen any of these either. So the sequel apparently … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Literary Lyricism
Tagged Bergkäse, bilingual, black market, caption, cartoon, Contest, frogs, humor, Iceberg, Internet, Magazine, Netflix, New Yorker, Twilight Zone, William Shatner
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VISITING VAN GOGH’S CYPRESSES
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News
Tagged Bridge, Cypress, exhibit, nature, orchard, Painting, poppies, sky, Starry Night, still life, Van Gogh, Vincent
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A VIEW
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged frames, gym, Hotel, rectangles, swimming pool, water, window
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NAPLES’ GALLERIA UMBERTO
One particularly photogenic part of Naples, Italy – worthy of its own little blog post – is the Galleria Umberto 1. It is a public shopping gallery with apartments built 1887-1890 across from the opera house, and named after the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 1890, Edward Elder, Galleria, Gallery, glass dome, mosaic, Naples, photography, San Carlo Theatre, shopping, Umberto, Umberto I, Unesco, Via Toledo, World Heritage Site, Zodiac
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On the EDGE
The tallest building in the Hudson Yards – also the 6th tallest building in New York City or 8th tallest in the United States – boasts The Edge, a viewing platform on the 101st floor. Above is a shot I … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Edward Elder, Empire State Building, Financial District, glass floor, Hudson River, Hudson Yards, Love is Love, Manhattan, New Jersey, New York City, observation deck, photography, The Edge, tilting ladle, Upper West Side, viewing platform, World Trade Center
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MANHATTAN PRIDE ’23
Up Close at the 2023 New York City Pride Parade – Watching and Marching – Getting ready at home (my head still wet from the shower)… She said we were a “cute couple”… Our vantage point for the first three … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 5th ave, bisexual, Buddhists, Cheer, costumes, drag queens, Drag Race, Empire State Building, Flaggots, Gay, Lea DeLaria, lesbian, Manhattan, New York, Parade, Pride, Quakers, Rainbow, Symone, transgender, World Trade Center
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SOCCER MAD NAPLES
Last April Ed and I attended the Robinson Film Festival in Naples, Italy. Naturally in addition to picking up two awards for “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” we found some time to do some exploring. On our … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged alley, Baba, banners, blue and white, Cannoli, Easter, Edward Elder, Italy, Maradona, Naples, Napoli, Pastiera Napoletana, pizza, procession, Quatieri Spagnoli, S.S.C. Napoli, soccer, Spanish Quarter, Via Toledo
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BLOODY HATS AWARD FOR MARIANA
Bloody Hats Film Festival awards Mariana Soares da Silva, production designer of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, the Certificate of Achievement for Best Scenography
New York’s Little Island
Rising from the waters of the Hudson River where Pier 54 used mark the western end of 14th Street, the man-made Little Island is Manhattan’s newest park attraction. From its website: “Little Island opened on May 21, 2021 as an … Continue reading
MOMA Selfies
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged art, Blue, Danny Ashkenasi, Edward Elder, Magritte, modern art, MOMA, museum, Painting, photography, Pollock, Rothko, selfie, White, Wyeth
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APRIL BBG SPLENDOR
Colorful Impressions at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on a Mid-April Day The Brooklyn Museum as seen from the BBG Many more cherry blossom pics, and flower selfies, are at the end of this post…
SPRING WELCOMING in PARK SLOPE
Ed and I returned home after a week in Naples, Italy (plenty photo posts on that forthcoming), and new Spring blossoms welcomed us back in our neighborhood and garden.
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Tagged blossoms, cherry, flowers, Garden, magnolia, nature, Park Slope, photography, pink, Tulips
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Notes from a Composer 