Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great decision to spend New Year's Eve in your son's office! What a view. Enjoy Puerto Rico! Tina On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 9:12 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > December 31st was our last day in New York, in addition to being the last > day of 2021. So I offer a bit more in this PAD than I usually do. > > I started the day by driving to Jersey City to see the large mural of > David Bowie, painted after his death in 2016: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WJd7zdD/A > > We then spent a couple of hours in Central Park. I sometimes jokingly say > that everything is bigger in America, and that was certainly true of the > soap bubbles this guy was making: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-dz2Txsf/A > > The first signs of the upcoming New Year?s Eve were in evidence: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-smtVtkn/A > > We had taken Euclid with us?he loves going on car trips, and he obviously > loves exploring places like Central Park, with all the smells, sights and > other dogs. We did some family portraits as well: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-9Vnr7Wr/A > > The principal traffic hazard in Central Park: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-p2fZdHv/A > > Then New Year?s Eve arrived. In these corona times, this not a time for > big parties, and anyway my son and his wife do not have that many friends > here. So my son had gotten the idea of spending the evening in his office > (which would be otherwise deserted). He works for Boston Consulting Group, > and the office in on the 45th floor of a building in midtown, so it > promised great views of the city during the evening. We got some takeout, > my wife bought some decorations, and this was the official NYE family > portrait: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vgwpZc9/A > > We could enjoy views like this: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-LR7c4nr/A > > Then midnight arrived, we drank our toast and looked at the fireworks over > the city (which were a bit underwhelming, truth be told): > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-n59Q3bT/A > > The next morning we drove to JFK and flew to Puerto Rico, where I am right > now. > > Happy New Year to all my friends on these lists. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- https://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/index https://pbase.com/tinamanley