Syracuse - Snow-Doh

A New Nickname
For a spell, a nice fluffy batch came down.  Dodo followed me to the porch to take photos.

Syracuse - Family Portrait

Can't Believe We Got Everyone to Hold Still...
D, what's up with the eyeballs?

Syracuse - Games

Water Pong
Otherwise known as beer pong, but we had an underage kid so it was what it was.

Syracuse - the Toothpaste Incident

We Know How This Worked Out...
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Syracuse - Thanksgiving

Scenes from Mom's Diner

Syracuse - Characters

There Was No Shortage of 'Em

Syracuse - Thanksgiving

Prep Work
Pops laying down the placemats.

Syracuse - Thanksgiving

Otherwise Known as i-Turkey Day
Nobody was immune from the tech bug.  You can't blame Caleb, he'd never played with an iPad before.

Brooklyn - Redhook

i-Addiction
At Baked in Redhook with the new iPad

Manhattan - Hairstyles

Walking Advertisement
But does it entice you to come into the hairstyling shop?  Doubt it.

Manhattan - Reflections on the Peak

Caught at the Top
The past few years developers raced to complete buildings prior to the crash.  This narrow residential tower on 23rd Street wasn't so lucky.  I thought they might make it, but the developer went bankrupt just as the building was nearing completion.  The building sits empty and dark, which is nice if you want to photograph reflections of the Met Life building.  I've learned that I probably need a tripod for night photography.  In order to allow in sufficient light, you use a very slow shutter speed and if you make the slightest movement you end up with a blurred photo.  I'd like to try this shot with a tripod to see the difference.

Manhattan - Giant Playground Frog

You Could Break a Tooth Falling on That
Houston and Avenue A, Lower East Side

Manhattan - Flatiron Building

A Classic
I know, not original - but it's right next to the job so I snapped a photo.

Manhattan - November Golf

Getting Lucky Late in the Year
I don't think I've ever golfed so late in the year in NY.  When I got home last week Che got my hopes up "keep Friday open, it's gonna be close to 60 degrees."  I didn't believe him but he was right.  Perfect reason for a half-day.  We played in New Jersey.

Manhattan - Madison Square Park

I Shoulda Been an Artist
Not that I have any artistic talent, but then again, did the person who strung up this box of lights?  Caught at 7am this morning in Madison Square Park, a park at 23rd Street that I  pass through on the way to work.

Paris - Struggling to Make the Jump

No, Not Him, Me
I'm trying to take more photos of people.  There's no end to the characters here in Paris but I'm having trouble making the adjustment.  People move. They walk around the corner and right by you while you're still fiddling with your camera buttons.  Even this guy, doing his Tai Chi routine, got fed up with me. I was ringside playing with my camera and he stopped and waved me off.  "People don't like having their photos taken, babe."  said Dodo, trying to console me.  Man, this is harder than it looks.  You gotta be ready for them, you gotta be quick and you gotta be discreet.

Paris - Color Me a Convert

It Sure Took Me Long Enough...
I finally took the plunge, I was so tired trying to find an open newspaper kiosk in Paris for the pleasure of wasting $4 on a watered down NY Times known as the International Herald Tribune.  What a crap paper.  I got the latest Kindle, the one that weighs about 3 feathers and quitely delivers my NY Times each morning via Wifi.  I get it every day, including Sunday for just 19 bucks/month.  Brilliant.  There are pros and cons: no ads but no color either.  Nope, cannot page through a paper, you use a button to scroll.  Unexpectedly, since you see one article at a time, you end up reading more of the paper than normal.  No distractions, no other headlines vying for your attention.  I am an unabashed convert.  I also have a New Yorker subscritption and am reading a book.