This year we were fortunate enough to be offered the chance to visit Gerry’s friend Marc Silber who has a place in in San Miguel de Allende, in central Mexico.How lucky can you get?
To say that San Miguel de Allende is a colorful town is a tiny bit of an understatement, as these few pictures will testify. These were taken around the town between October 28th and November 2nd, the Day of the Dead.
I have hundreds more shots to go through that were taken in the next few days, both in SMA and also in neighboring Guanajuato, an ancient silver mining town. Watch this space for more pictures. 
As time allows I will add to the captions.
It’s been a while since I posted anything to this blog of mine. A blog that nobody appears to read, except for me I think. ;-(
Well anyway enough of that. At least I get the satisfaction of going through the zillions of shots that accumulate relentlessly and pick out one or two successful ones.
After our maiden camping trip (with our new kit) in July, August and September found us enjoying the great outdoors in Columbia county, New York, and here are a few botanical shots, including some from those trips.
One of the great things about camping is you see so much wildlife. Even rank city slickers like us.
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Then there are these few more city oriented shots.
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And lastly a few more abstract pictures.
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With the heatwave mercifully having passed on, Celebrate Brooklyn got off to it’s 30th start tonight with the great Isaac Hayes. Here are a few snaps of the crowd and the action.
Some Terracotta Style.
The Childs Restaurant is in a pretty rundown condition, but fortunately has a preservation order on it. Fortunate because of the wonderful terracotta decoration on the frontage.
The building was constructed in 1923 in the heyday of Coney Island as a resort, when hundreds of thousands of people visited the beach each day. This probably accounts for the enormous size of the building. While relatively modest in width, it must be a city block deep or more. I can only imaging the clamor that there must have been when it was crowded with hungry beach goers.
This is a ‘mosaic’ shot of the building that I took some time ago. It’s composed from about twelve individual images.
One of the nice things about this building is that though the taggers over the years have used it bare brick walls for their graffiti, they nonetheless do not touch the fantastic terracotta decorations.
Here are some details of the Childs Restaurant on the boardwalk at Coney Island.
Last Sunday it was only in the eighties (26-29°C), but this weekend it hit the mid nineties with lots of humidity. So I’m taking a break from the great outdoors today, which gives me the chance to post some more shots from June 1st.
It was a beautiful day last Sunday with fresh breezes and the occasional cloud, unlike today’s unremitting, brutal baking from the sun.
The ‘race’ between the two masted schooner ‘Imagine’ and the small sloop who’s name I did not get was quite entertaining. Though I’m not sure of the drink imbibing paying passengers in the main deck area actually appreciated the overtaking maneuver and the jibe around the bows of the sloop. But it was fun to watch from the shore. Also look out for the wonderful bronze sculptures in the park along the Hudson River
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 07.jpg "Ancient Greek sailing ship?")
 06.jpg "Fanciful fish.")
