Reindeer on the door

They call it an Italian restaurant, but the menu is heavy on the burritos and quesadillas. They’ll take any customers, I think. For reindeer, they’ve gone the non-Rudolph route. What do you think? Donner and Blitzen?

 

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Time stands still at Melody Lanes

Lanes are available! Part of Melody Lanes has pop music and dance lights, there are these plainer lanes, and in between there’s a bar:  something to suit everyone. You’d think the place would be crowded; doesn’t everyone have happy memories of bowling?

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Gas station, Sunset Park

Black cars getting gas and pedestrians, that was the scene out around 36th Street. The weather was sticky, so maybe people stayed inside.

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Take-out this summer

China One is a very popular name for Chinese restaurants, FYI. But our topic today is eating during a heatwave. Cooking is not an option, but if people at your house insist on eating, take-out is an obvious choice. Chinese food is cheap and accessible. Taste is personal; there’s also a pizza place across the street.

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Do what you want in the wading pool

On the other side of the wall, in the back of the picture, is the Sunset Park pool. It’s where the big kids and grown-ups go, and there are lots of rules. Here, there’s a sprinkler and organized chaos: scooters and little bikes, food, water guns, and no dress code.

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Inside Out Project on 39th Street

I thought this stretch of 39th Street by the cement plant was no-man’s land, but it’s not. There’s a portrait poster from the Inside Out Project, a global art initiative by French street artist JR that is funded by a prize from TED.

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Gnome without a garden

With stoic resignation, the little guy grinds away on his little accordian. The deer, with its baby antlers, is less tortured by life in the cement front yard.

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No one was looking @ the view

In Sunset Park, kids were kicking a ball, a woman was reading, and families were picnicking. No one was looking at the views of the water, downtown Manhattan, or even New Jersey.

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Found object: diner coffee cup

Message for the trash collector: Thank you! Have a nice day!
Trash collector’s message to litterbug: &$*#$!! (Try putting your garbage where it belongs!)

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Bucks on the grass

These six-point bucks are out, as usual, in Sunset Park. I’ve visited there before. Today, the scene was rather austere, though Easter is two weeks away – no bunny or decorated eggs to be seen anywhere.

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