3 Cardinals in New York-WOW! – AMUSE-BOUCHE du jour

Talk about influence!! New York City will now have TWO red caps in the Vatican.  The news was announced last week when Pope Benedict XVI  selected Archbishop Timothy Dolan to be elected to the College of Cardinals.  For New York to have two Cardinals in the Vatican at the same time is quite rare. However, [...]

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New Yorkers Wear Black…BUT

FAB FOTO FRIDAY On any given day in The City you will see BLACK being worn everywhere.  Every New Yorker has a closet full of black clothes and for all seasons.  New Year‘s Day, which was a glorious sunny Sunday this year, was no exception…or was it?? BUT of course there are exceptions to every rule!!! [...]

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Central Park-What New Yorkers Do!

Central Park is New York City’s largest and best playground!  Adults have as much fun here as kids do and certainly tourists.  On any given day (but especially on weekends) you can watch jugglers, mimes, break dancers, listen to music, play tennis, roller blade, bird watch, dog walk, jog, bike, eat, read in a quiet [...]

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Day of New Year’s Eve 2011 in the Parks of New York City

Perhaps they were getting their last minute gathering done before the BIG NIGHT, or maybe they were gathering in the park to attend the fireworks display at midnight. Whatever their reasons were, there were colorful denizens in Central Park, Madison Square Park and Dag Hammarskjold Park today. All photos courtesy of Murray Head  

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5 Boroughs – 2 Minute Lead – 23 Second Loss

That’s the way it went down today for Mary Keitany today!  We were up and out early today (the fall back time change helped) to have breakfast at Gracie’s,  a favorite all night coffee shop.  Although I would love to live downtown, there are some big pluses to the UES.  Can’t beat the convenience of [...]

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Fab Foto Friday – A Day in the Life of a Turtle

It’s been a hot and buggy summer, I mean hot and muggy!  Well actually, it was a little buggy too.  Murray with his macro lens in hand, gave us some very up close and personal photos of bees, yellow jackets, wasps, hornets and a veritable bouquet of buds, blooms and blossoms.  Through his eyes and [...]

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The Day in the Life of a Queen Bee

Fab Foto Friday Murray has been back in Central Park where there are gardens galore.  And where there are gardens, there bees, yellow jackets, hornets, wasps and butterflies.  Today’s Fab Fotos are all about being the Queen.  Unfortunately in this case, the Queen works as hard as any worker bee.  Also I don’t believe this [...]

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A One Night Stand on Fifth Avenue

I’m not sayin’ that peacocks are easy or amoral but although he spent the night, he left right after breakfast.  Oh wait, he never got breakfast, maybe that’s why he left! Central Park is lovely place and one would think that if you lived there and someone fed you every day and let you roam [...]

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Fab Foto Friday – A Tuesday Afternoon in Central Park

Just another sunny summer day, not unlike most of the rest of the past two weeks.  Blue cloudless skies and warm weather, a macro lens, and some really cute creatures make up this week’s Fab Fotos.   All photos courtesy of Murray Head   Related articles MACRO MAGIC or Mother Nature UP CLOSE and PERSONAL [...]

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Once Upon A Time There Was A Spider and A Wasp…

BONUS PHOTO I received this photo after I had already posted the other Fab Fotos taken today featuring some amazing macro lens close-ups of bees and wasps going about their business in Central Park. This unusual picture of a wasp and spider deserves its own special place on the blog and since it didn’t make [...]

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