Vail? Not this time!

Here is my Vail shot…not. Massive blizzard shutdown Denver, Jetblue flights cancelled, so we bought last minute flights on United…..which was cancelled in boston after boarding…. but United in their infinite wisdom decided sending us via Newark would work, yes…..no….how about LGA the next day, yes…..no….how about via SFO on Friday…..ok we want to stop playing!! We rented a minivan and drove home, after spending a great afternoon back in NoLita. Check out the gallery, either in the strip below or click through….

Looking towards Midtown on The Bowery

Diverted to LGA...walk around Elmhurst

After getting bumped over to LGA, we got to the hotel and decided to stroll the neighborhood, I guess it’s Elmhurst. Pete and Dominique and I had fun just trying to make shots of what we saw in a very ordinary neighborhood.

The Gilmore Girls

Sommer and Dominique somewhere in Elmhurst….

Neon Min-Mon

Dominique was so happy to get back to Min-Mon and coerced Sommer into getting a bag too. I tried my hand at shooting neon, two neons actually. I think this came out ok, focus wise….light was tough to get both in same exposure level….

Grouping of statuary

We paid a visit to the Elizabeth Street Gardens. I was trying to get the Sphinx but the grouping of statues emerged when editing.

Skull in Elizabeth Street Gardens

Focal practice

Elizabeth street gardens, spent my time practicing getting focus and depth of field on the new Fuji…..time consuming.

Portait of a lion

Elizabeth Street Gardens

Elizabeth Street Gardens pasture

I have a thing for shooting grasses……very tricky to get the focus and focal depth…..

Classic modern new york street

Crossing the bowery, camera was in auto AND I didn’t hit one of the bazillion buttons on the fuji…..full auto, no time since I was in a cross walk!

Subtle brick detailing

Look at the space between the windows (the corner windows themselves are striking) and there is an elegant brick stacked detail…..modern iranian architects also use brick as a textural architectural element….

Not an instagram

This one came straight off the camera in automatic mode, no edits. It doesn’t register until you view full size….

Why can't we have nice things?

While Boston gets a sterile crop of glass boxes (Seaport) or box store people warehouses (South Boston), lower Manhattan has some really cool buildings going in (design wise). Of course, they are a bargain……

REIcycled building

Distant cousin of the statues the abound in the Dutch speaking regions….

Sprinkler stilllife on The Bowery

Happy warriors

Cancelled from newark, off to LGA!

Bistro Eloise a Jackson Heights

A stranger in Elmhurst suggested it, and wow, did they deliver. If you want real French bistro food, you would do well at this place hidden in a strip mall. Sommer spent three hours waiting for United to get our money back!