It's been a while . . . from late Winter into Spring, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and a bit of the highway from Baltimore to NYC

A painting of Anne Hathaway, apparently, at the campus shuttle bus stop at the College of Staten Island CUNY

these first three images are from the AOL office building on Broadway -- the lobby lit up on two different nights, and the longest couch I have ever seen

two piles, three photos,  of makeshift ugliness, not without humor, on the College of Staten Island campus

some food on offer - at Cinnamon Girl cafe on Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, from the Staten Island Ferry canteen, and from Scratchbread at Bedford and Lexington, Bklyn

signs of the subway

cotton candy vendor's wares on the A train at Hoyt St.

the No. 1/A/C train station at 168th St. on the West Side shows some fine tiling and gracefully arched doorways and tunnel-ways

this doorway used to be dirty, presenting itself as a slum, but one evening I walked by and it had suddenly been transformed into a nice place to come home to, with a new light fixture and a carefully placed abstract painting to greet the resident and visitor alike

a tall old building on Broadway near 11th Street - notice the beautiful windows

looking out at Lady Liberty as the Staten Island Ferry rolls on

exiting the subway at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn . . . too many lights! 

the widest intersection in Brooklyn at Atlantic and Flatbush

and also at Atlantic Center/Barclays Center, the humble and faithful  Spanish food truck

the yellow wall at the NSA supermarket at Throop and Gates, Brooklyn deserves two photos

a gorgeous sunset, looking west on Van Buren St., Brooklyn

three shots above from a rainy drive from Baltimore to NYC

waiting in line for healthcare at Bellevue 

It's starts off with spaghetti at Seraghina in Bed-Stuy

... then a coffee at the Tiny Cup on Nostrand Ave., also in fabulous Bed-Stuy

A bus ride from somewhere to somewhere

and a message thrown into the mix of the day on Staten Island

7AM, the day of the snowstorm, I'm walking to the G-train
through the park, on my way to do my work shift at
the Park Slope Food Coop . . .

. . . but first I stop at the Tea Lounge on Union Street, Park Slope, for a quick cup of java

the accidental geometry of my seating choice at the Tea Lounge catches my sleepy eye

time to go - my work shift is about to begin, but first a quick look
at the message board . . . 

later that day, only 9" of snow

another day altogether and my sweet tooth is rabid -
doughnuts and coffee at Dough, Lafayette & Franklin Aves. 

the lounge at the LIRR, Atlantic Terminal
and below, just another shot of the B38 bus stop at
Nostrand and Lafayette, with the G-Line Deli in the background

an ad campaign directed at the Orthodoxy, if I am not mistaken

breakfast, and breakfast a little closer up, below

just broccoli

I went to the Brooklyn Museum to see Duron Jackson's installation,
above, and took a quick look at some of the furniture and paintings
of yesteryear, below,  while I was there

ladies with two heads

and, finally, my 3 hours of meditation at the Zen Center on State Street
is immediately rewarded - this classic car parked across the street
in an audacious shade of green