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Pink Lady

Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

pink-ban-bike

Hurry and get on down to the Salvation Army on Atlantic Avenue to take a nostalgia road trip on this pink banana bike. Though it’s a little hard to make out, the chain guard’s printed with this beaut’s name: Pink Lady.

 

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Get with the season

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , on December 6, 2012| 1 Comment »

not Dora!

I’ve had Christmas burnout since Election Day, but I want the merchants to get it right: put away the pumpkins, already! And if it’s liquor you’re selling, don’t enlist the kids to decorate the decorations. What’s next, cartoon stickers on the bottles?

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Luchador mask

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , , on October 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Getting in the Halloween spirit with a giant lucha libre mask in the paper store’s window. For some, Mexican wrestling combines the best possible things: men in tights, brawling, and colorful masks, which make it seem more fun and less contrived than wrestling in the US.

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Party’s winding down

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , on October 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »

One more day of street fair pictures… wandering down the crowded avenue perusing the vendors’ stalls, eating and drinking. When everyone is getting along (i.e., not getting rowdy), the police look the other way when people with beers wander outside of the areas that the bars set aside for their patrons.

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Orange glow of the jail

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , , on August 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The late afternoon sun bounces off the correctional facility and what might be the borough’s longest street name, when it’s hyphenated like that: Boerum Place – Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard.

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Park Park Park

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , , on August 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

There’s a large dirt lot here ready to receive cars, but the painting of a flower on a plywood panel reminds me of the other meaning of park. Prospect Park is about a mile and a half away from this intersection. Serious park greenery awaits.

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One way to decorate a fence

Posted in art & photography, tagged , , , , , , , on August 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Maybe the artist was looking for a quick getaway, or the degradation of the cardboard is part of the piece. Nearby is some very colorful fence painting, so this subtle panel creeps up on you… Look, it’s Bette Davis!

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Summer scene with Vespa

Posted in Misc, Transportation, tagged , , , , , , , on July 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Should I worry? Every time I pay attention to my surroundings there is a Vespa within fifteen feet. I think the answer is clear – if I were more cognizant, I might find out something I didn’t want to know.

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South of here

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , , on June 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’m trying to get home and my house is somewhere south of this street fair on Smith Street… how do these things work?

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Dogs & drinks

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »

61 Local is a bar, but don’t take your dog there. The rule, generally, in Brooklyn, is that it’s okay to bring babies and kids to bars, especially during the day, but dogs are not allowed unless you sit at a sidewalk table. The Department of Health may have a completely other set of rules on the topic.

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