It’s an annual event in our neighborhood in honor of Allen Ginsburg’s poem (the poem is here)
Victor plays in it as well.
This is the graphic part, there are many aspects to it
Canvases were spread
along the fences of Tomkins Square park
Maya becomes part of one painting
requiring confessions from the subjects
while I contribute
to another
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few nice days – a walk in the woods
I can now wear my 22 years old Star Trek t-shirts
Did I mention it was a nice day?
Boongo running wild in open spaces with her ears flopping up and down
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This was day one of Manhattanhenge
the half sun day.
We went on 14th street
where a crowd was packed in the middle of the road. Someone even had a tripod there. Tomorrow we go on 34th street (or 23rd)
Last entry on this was in 2009 but I updated there the info for this year
Manhattanhenge times for 2011.
Arrive a half-hour earlier than the times given below.
Mock-up of the half sun on the grid during Manhattanhenge.
Half Sun on the grid:
Monday, May 30 — 8:17 P.M. EDT
Tuesday, July 12 — 8:25 P.M. EDT
Mock-up of the full sun on the grid during Manhattanhenge.
Full Sun on the grid:
Tuesday, May 31 — 8:17 P.M. EDT
Monday, July 11 — 8:25 P.M. EDT
For best effect, position yourself as far east in Manhattan as possible. But ensure that when you look west across the avenues you can still see New Jersey. Clear cross streets include 14th, 23rd, 34th. 42nd, 57th, and several streets adjacent to them. The Empire State building and the Chrysler building render 34th street and 42nd streets especially striking vistas.
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Maya wants her birthday party here (I know, it’s belated)
so we went as soon as it opened to check it out
There’s a 3 minutes ferry ride here
and the views of Manhattan are stunning
There’s mini golf and bikes
but the food is airport priced
So we’ll have to schlep our own.
I had to get to this ripe age to finally get my first sports award. It’s not for speed or prowess – but mostly for patience and determination.
I managed to swim over 25 miles (40 km) -40 miles by the end of the season- in a month and a half.
They gave T-shirts for that. And a poolside party – with food and music.
On the roof, the gogosar
and the purple beans the gardening club put
and yeah, that’s the moon
Tomorrow she’ll be home.
We just got a couple of photos via e-mail
The bumper boats she was talking about
adding more
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On a cool afternoon
we dared go back
to the beach
Did I mention
it was really cool?
.
We left the air conditioning on for Boongo
and went to Brighton to cool off (yeah, that’s a Seinfeld ad behind them – he talks about shrinkage in it)
Not being a holiday, the beach was much emptier
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