09 August 2012

Manhattan's Majesty



This island will probably stand out through the test of time, like the Pyramids, as the definition of what we were about in this period of human history. No where is that question answered best than here.

My wing-fling Eastvillagepeeps brings us more from their Flickr account where one captures good poses and dramatic shots with little acrobatic or stuntman assistance.

Above, the UN from the Spirit Cruise Lines' yacht, from the upper deck while drifting past in the East River. The one below is of the apartments along Central Park West somewhere in the mid-80s. The green sludge pond is in the upper northwest center of the park, with nice trails that go through relatively untouched portions of the park in that area. But safe, you are not far from a major road, there are police substations and patrols all around, and in general a safe area to be in on a nice day. You can also rowboat and paddleboat downstream from here. Nice, right?

Thanks EVP!

Color Contrasts

sexy to look at, is this lovely honey who makes a decision to go back to somewhere, where she probably forgot something. her contrast in white dress, with cool tattoo on her shoulder, and in the background of dark suits (I'm in the back of this pic talking to chicka with orange top). in the meantime, she probably forgot something at the bar, perhaps her drink. Or perhaps she forgot to give him her phone number.... :-)

*** another hot capture by Eastvillagepeeps' Flickr pages.

Tiki Tavern Hut in The Park

Tavern on the Green is no longer with us, the casualty of changing times for dining out and a hard recession of 2008 and its lingering years of tight times thereafter. It could no longer survive. Hard to believe a peer of the Russian Tea House or 21 or Le Cirque for sure, truly a finer dining experience than Jean Georges or Aquavit or Per Se in its regal display of outdoor Manhattan that made it such an enchanted place of a new era back in the 70s and 80s. It really shares history with Sylvia's in that it goes back to the 60s. Another great icon of a restaurant that is no longer with us.

But things change and stay the same, in effect waiting for each emotion to return, like the seasons. These tiki lights remind me of leaves about to fall from a tree, as the seasons change, but to re-bloom in the spring into ever-anew tiki lights. Amen.

Ground shots with tiki candle starlights by Eastvillagepeeps and their Flickr Pages