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SUN GLARE, 46th Street, Early February
Specifically February 4, 8am, on 46th street between 7th and 6th avenues. Do you too see animal faces in the steam? A boar, a schnauzer, a fox? … or maybe Fuchur AKA Falkor the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged 46th street, animals, dolphins, Falkor, Fuchur, glare, Neverending Story, New York City, photography, photos, steam, sun, Times Square
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OOO! LOOK AT THE LIGHT!
Pics with a Touch of Light plus a complimentary light-hearted music quiz Light Music Query #1: Which musical features this dance into the light? (as ever, the answers are tucked into the tabs below) Above, my gym’s basement … Continue reading
6TH AVENUE, MIDTOWN, DECEMBER
I think my phone’s camera has astigmatism. The way artificial light gets smeared, blurring the images, especially at night. Reminds me of why I need glasses at the movies and theater under stage lighting. And last night … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th avenue, astigmatism, blurring, december, Holiday, light, midtown, photography, photos, smearing
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SECRET GARDEN SONGS or The View From My Lawn Chair
Secret Garden Song #1 The other day I was lying in my lawn chair under the Japanese maple tree in my little back yard in Brooklyn and I got intrigued by the variety of colors and shapes and shades catching … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Elton John, Empty Garden, Garden, I Want You, Kate Bush, lawn chair, Maple Leaf Rag, music, nature, Octopus's Garden, photos, Safe in My Garden, Savage Garden, Scott Joplin, Secret Garden, The Beatles, The Garden of Allah, The Mamas and the Papas, Under the Ivy
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MANHATTAN BRIDGE and Associates
A Grab Bag of Bridge Photos, Bridge Songs and Bridge Memories. Art Garfunkel lays himself down like a bridge: Bridge Memory #1 (Spies and Walls) Adele’s love ain’t water under the bridge:
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works, Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Adele, Blondie, Bridge, Bridge of Spies, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Fellowship of the Ring, Glee, Kate Bush, Manhattan, Manhattan Bridge, Pantanal, photos, Simon and Garfunkel, Spreewald, Stevie Wonder
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SPEAKEASY REHEARSAL SCRAPBOOK 2
Matias Polar and Kayleigh Shuler (John and Jane Allison)
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Live! On Stage, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Alice in Wonderland, Bri Molloy, Camille Atkinson, Gay, Jonathan Fox Powers, Kayleigh Shuler, Lewis Carroll, LGBT, Matias Polar, musical, photos, Queer, rehearsal, Speakeasy, Theater for the New City
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