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Pet dentistry signage

Got out briefly to go to the post office and noticed this interesting handmade pet dentistry signage. The vet lady’s motorized hand brushes the kitty's teeth.

First picture from my iPhone...testing

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Chris, taken somewhere near 5th Avenue..

Snow at the Seminary

Snow in the Slope

7th Ave. near 10th

Car engulfed in flames

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Thursday morning, Nov. 13.

A Visit to Trinity Churchyard

Here's an image I took yesterday that I thought was appropriately post-Halloween-ish, the beautiful and spooky Trinity Churchyard on ghoulish, haunted Wall St. It's the final resting place of many dignitaries including the first U.S. treasurer Alexander Hamilton, who died in 1804 after being shot in a duel. The Gothic Revival-style Trinity Church designed by Richard Upjohn is to the right.

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Late afternoon at Coney Island

What a beautiful fall afternoon walking around Brooklyn with Chris. We discovered Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, and ended up getting on the train and going out to Coney Island. Kind of a surreal day. I've been to Coney Island once before, last summer late at night (an old friend of Chris introduced us to The Cyclone and we had after hours beers at some nasty pit called "Cha-Cha's"). Parts of Coney Island are silly sleazebaggery, while other things I saw genuinely gave me chills and made me want to bolt. I don't even want to get into it.

Had a hot dog at Nathan's. It was gross, and that surprised me, because I typically set the bar for my food standards embarrassingly low. I was extremely turned off by the fact you can buy a "frog legs platter" there. What is up with the Kenny Rogers Roasters franchise embedded within the place?  I thought that chain went bankrupt years ago, but Kenny lives on in Brooklyn.

Anyway, the ocean's beautiful.

No more corporate bullshit, etc.

Seen at 3rd Ave. & 3rd St., Brooklyn, October 17, '08.

Imagine

We're still job hunting. So yesterday we went next door to Lincoln Center for part 2 of one of my interviews. Right now is apparently not the best time to see Lincoln Center because it's being renovated. The signature fountain is shut down and the whole thing is obscured behind a maze of construction walls.

While waiting for me, Chris walked around and happened to discover the Dakota building. After rejoining him I checked it out, too. What an ominous spectacle. I've seen its front gate on the news over the years possibly as many times as I've seen the White House. We found Strawberry Fields across the street, and the memorial was covered in flower petals and fruit. There was a conglomeration of old, shady hippy characters that were tending to it, picking out dead leaves and so forth, and I guess taking "donations" for their efforts. Maybe I'm too cynical, but it rubbed me the wrong way.

It was an odd coincidence to come across these sights on what we later learned was the eve of John Lennon's birthday.