Halloween Brooklyn Style

Brooklyn Museum

Rainy days were made for art, cafes and netflix.

Water's Edge

Coney Island and Brighton Beach

on a warm, sunny late day in October.

A bride and groom, tots in halloween costumes,

Russian sunbathers, and goombahs ambled the wooden walkway 

immersed in the long shadow of summer's afterglow.

A Marriage in Three Frames

Stoop Life

Fort Greene in the fading light of day.

Kim McCarty

Kim is a fellow book group member, and a superlative watercolorist.

Her new delicate and evocative works were showcased tonight in Chelsea. 

Commuting

Emerald City recedes into the background

Exploring Brooklyn

Brooklyn Library/Grand Army Plaza/Prospect Park

Street Life

Stealth Mad Whip took my pic as I went to meet her at New York Theater Workshop

to see Carrie Coon in MARY JANE.

Chinese in Flushing Queens

Only for PKH would I schlep to Flushing for dinner.

In the middle of a brightly lit banquet room of large round tables we feasted on delicious authentic Cantonese fare.

If you ever find yourself at Lake Pavilion

 order the melon soup, pickled cabbage, Chinese broccoli and lobster sashimi. 

You may want to bring your own birthday cake

since buns stuffed with sweet lotus root didn't meet traditional expectations.

The chaser was late night karaoke in the West Village.

Battery Park City

Another section of downtown which has gone through a massive transformation.

Streets are clogged with construction, tourists paying their respects to 9/11 victims

and New Yorkers seeking waterfront tranquility.

One again, the temperatures soared today, close to 80.

I sweated in a tee shirt and wondered when it will feel like Autumn.

Perhaps that's why these alterations feel so seismic.

Nothing is as it was.

Mother Nature is in a tailspin,.

The genie has been let out of the bottle on 

the widespread prevalence of sexual abuse and harassment.

We have a leader with the disposition of a toddler, and questionable mental health. 

Out on the street, it's nearly impossible to capture photos of people without a device in their hands.

Pedestrians are bustling down the canyons of NY with their heads down.

The site is disturbing, as is the energy.

There's a hesitation in each step, as focus is splintered from fast pedaling cyclists at intersections

to a technological world taunting for constant attention.