Oh lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ...

! Janis Joplin's Porsche

In the courtyard of The Whitney Museum at "Summer of Love" show in 2007

"Nostalgia-Holiday Train"

In celebration of the holiday season, the MTA of NYC linked up some vintage cars from their museum and ran them on the 6 Avenue V line between the Queens Plaza and Lower East Side 2 Av stations every Sunday in December last year. On 12/30/07 one of my neighbors and I joined a bunch of train buffs on the 10:45 out of Queens for a fun trip back down memory lane. Below is my collection of the images captured that morning in a dotPhoto slide show:

An Early Christmas Meal in Astoria

A hawk that I have seen flying around the area decided to drop in on us last Sunday morning 12/23/07 but was kind enough to bring his/her own food. It was early, overcast, raining and the light was not great but I managed to grab a few shots with the only long lens I own from my kitchen window. We think it is a either a red-tail or goshawk but don't know for sure so if there are any bird watchers out there let us know.

In and around the hood

Astoria/LIC

Downtown NYC is where I work and spend the bulk of my days but Astoria/LIC is where I live. Aside from the rich ethnic tapestry of this place there are some pretty amazing places in this part of Western Queens and a major part of the reason I like living here. Interspersed among my "city" shots there are always a few "neighborhood" shots generally captured on the way in or back from work. I will be dropping those shots into this collection as well as some other weekend rambles that don't necessarily fit in on some of the other plog themes.

Stop in now and then ...

The first two are recent shots of a neighbor's front yard that I grabbed on my way to work in the morning - it is one of my favorite front yards on the block.

Rainbow over ChinaTown

Near the tail end of my day on the 18th I grabbed this shot from my window.
Too bad they have put this anti-blast/uv film on them.

Fireworks show on the East River - July 4th 2007

If the slide show does not run click on this pic:

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Postcards from the road #3 & #4

Spent two fun filled days in Montreal - the fireworks show was across the river from our hotel in the suburb of Longueuil - a 20 minute metro ride away from downtown.

The Montreal Jazz Fest kicked off on our last night in Montreal. Too bad we had to leave the next day ;-( !