Sunday, August 9, 2009

re-discovering NYC


Mateo and I set out to walk Scout yesterday morning on a stunningly beautiful morning and re-discovered our neighborhood just by walking down 6th street. First we went to the newly re-designed East River promenade and could actually smell the sea. Unlike the Hudson, there were no plane crashes to report, and just a lot of pleasure boats and barges. Scout loved the waves. Then we walked back west on 6th street and Mateo coaxed me in to the 6th Street garden off of Avenue B. I hadn't been there for years and had it not been for Mateo's persistence would have skipped it entirely. It's magical there -- wow -- and worth every donation, large and small or even compost. Mateo loved the goldfish pond with turtles. The Barak street art is part of my continuing series on LES art. Another fabulous billboard from Chico, famous airbrush artist of the lower east side. I love that Cheney looks like such a putz and that Barak looks Puerto Rican.




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