Manhattan Bridge View – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 97)
The view from the subway crossing the Manhattan Bridge with the Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline is one of my favorite views of the city. From my earliest days…
Easter Bonnet Parade – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 102)
The 5th Avenue Easter Bonnet Parade in Manhattan is the most fabulous display of fashion anyone has ever thought up for a holiday. Actually, I’d like to believe that the images from this…
Flushing Meadows World’s Fair (Queens) – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 90)
Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens hosted the World Fair in 1939/40 and 1964/65 and still features several iconic and slightly extraterrestrial seeming structures left from those fairs. Among the structures at the Flushing…
Good-Bye, New York City – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 196)
The day finally arrived this week: Scott and I (with more fun distraction than help from Whiskey) packed up our apartment in Brooklyn and said our good-byes to our NYC friends and totally…
Thanksgiving In Brooklyn – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 31)
For the second year in a row we had the most amazing Thanksgiving at Alex’ and David’s apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Thanksgiving was never all that special to me because I didn’t grow…
Cosplay at Sakura Matsuri – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 105)
One of the intriguing features of the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival) at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are all the people participating in cosplay, which is a combination of wearing a costume and role-playing based…
Brooklyn on Instagram – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 64)
Instagram is a free photo and social network app for the iPhone. I tried to resist (I’m already an obsessive photographer and over-sharer)… but three weeks ago I broke down and now I’m hooked. Before…
9/11 Ground Zero – WTC 2001/2011 [extended version]
This video of 9/11 Ground Zero is the extended version of my 1-minute video “Ground Zero – WTC 2001/2011 – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 72)”. The video features photos I’ve taken on…