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Tag Archives: brooklyn
FACES. REFLECTIONS. REFRACTIONS.
Some more expected and unexpected impressions at the Brooklyn Museum First, encounters with some singular faces. It’s hot and humid out, but she is eternally the embodiment of frigid winter.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin'
Tagged Americas, brooklyn, busts, Ed Elder, faces, glass, idols, museum, Painting, portrait, reflection, refraction, statue, transformation
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Museum Impressions
Yesterday at the Brooklyn Museum with an unwitting special focus on the feminine
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, Female form, feminine, feminism, mirrors, museum, nudes, photography, reflections
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BROOKLYN PRIDE
Park Slope Comes Out! Highlights from the June 9 Brooklyn Pride Street Fare and Parade We are Family – Sisters Sledge
These Roses are Ready for their Close-Up, Mr. DeMille!
Another year… another June… This year the rose garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden had received a “hard cut”, as we heard a passerby explain. Which made it still lovely but less lush than in years past. So I’ll focus … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged A Rose by any Name, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Beth Ditto, Bette Midler, Blondie, botanic garden, brooklyn, Debbie Harry, Ethel Merman, For the Boys, Imelda Staunton, James Horner, June, Kate Winslet, Linda Lavin, Makin' Whoopee, Patti LuPone, Rosalind Russell, Rose, Roses, The Rose, Titanic, Tyne Daly
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MONARCH BUTTERFLIES’ BROOKLYN STOPOVER
In which Ed and I become Monarch Butterfly Paparazzi Ed and I returned from the gym to find a flock of Monarch butterflies flapping about outside our window. It appears that a particular vine wrapped around our garden fence was … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, Butterfly, Humming Chorus, Madame Butterfly, migration, Monarch, North America, Park Slope, Puccini
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WATER LILIES (Pics and Tunes)
Testing out the new camera at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Lily #1 (for details on the “Lily” songs, check on the “tags” at the bottom of the post) Lily #2
CHERRY BLOSSOMS GALORE!
Back in the BBG You don’t know just what you’ll see, boy! Back in the BB Back in the BB Back in the BBG (with apologies to The Beatles:) It’s peek cherry blossom blooming season this weekend at the Brooklyn … Continue reading
PRE-K 2 GOES ITS OWN UNUSUAL WAY – a surprise diversion in the ongoing saga of Mr. Danny’s Most Sung Song
Another year and another group of Pre-K students are learning “We’re Singing” AKA Mr. Danny’s Most Sung Song – this would be the third yearly installment in what is evidently and unexpectedly turning into a continuing series (the first … Continue reading
Posted in The Teaching Artist
Tagged brooklyn, Children's School, crawl, education, four-year olds, freestyle, gallop, Mister Danny, Most Sung Song, Pre-K, teaching artist, We're Singing
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The Lovers of Grand Army Plaza – updated
(Note 9/30/2018 – added some steamy shadowy shots I took yesterday of the lovers – see below) The photo above is one of my personal favorites I have taken during my random photo taking walks around New York City. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Bailey Fountain, brooklyn, Felicity, Grand Army Plaza, lamb, Lion, lovers, Spring, winter, Wisdom, World Trade Center
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Holiday Flee Market in the Classic Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
This post features holiday music from the damn bestest Lesbian holiday album ever: Venus Envy’s 1990’s cult classic “I’ll be a Homo for Christmas” The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower is the most famous building in Brooklyn. Completed in 1929 it … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Musicabilia, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, Carols, Flee Market, folk, Fort Greene, Holiday, lesbian, marble floor, Mecca of Dentistry, mosaic, One Hanson Place, Park Slope, parody, photography, Skylight, Smorgasburg, Tower, vault, Venus Envy, Williamsburgh Savings Bank
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Subway Motion Animation
Look at the video below. This sight thrills me every time I am on a Brooklyn subway train heading towards the Manhattan bridge. I think of it as Subway Motion Animation: The video clip above was taken … Continue reading
