Saturday, November 22, 2008

People of Boston

A cartload of kiddies...
An obnoxious real estate agent @ Quincy Market who could be heard for blocks while she carried on her phone conversation...loved the stance tho'
Irish Famine Memorial Monument...
And again...in honor of my heritage...
Busker at Quincy Market
Nappin' @ Long Wharf
Lovebirds @ Long Wharf
Brat arguing with her mom on her cellphone @ Long Wharf
Heading out to his sailboat, moored near Long Wharf...
Molicepan @ Boston Common & the Public Garden Head up, chin up, walk tall...whatever you do...protect your eyes from that tie!
Some headless guy buying pretzels...weird.
Thought you had a rough day...bet it was still better than his...
Egad...I think we've spotted Mr Mafia in Little Italy...

The "real" people of my vacation...

This vacation (of which I've only posted about 1/2 of the pics so far) wouldn't have happened or would it have been so much fun...except for these people...
Kari, Karen & Rick
Kari & her Mom
Lori & KariShane & Joni
Us three gals...Lori, me, and Kari
Me & my pal Kari

Times Square...

NYPD surveillance stand...
The Chevrolet clock...and the Toshiba sign was hiding the "Vote" sign, which was behind the post that the ball drops on the countdown to the New Year...
The other end of Times Square...
And some more...
And again...
Our double decker tour buses...which helped us cover a lot of NYC in only 48 hrs...
More of the square...
And again...
And we're heading back to Boston...

Streets of NYC

The streets of upper Manhattan
And again...
NYC parking garage...w/ elevator
3 vehicles wide...
Old Cobblestone streets...
Canal Street...
A sea of yellow cabs...
More yellow...
And again...with buildings to the sky...
Central park...
I have no idea what kind of trees these were, but loved the bark!
A mailman's cart along Canal Street...
Wall Street which was buzzing with media - for some reason...
Monument near Ground Zero...
Our shadows @ Battery Park...
The monument from the World Trade Towers Plaza that survived 9/11 with some damage.
It is now in Battery Park.
There we were...Central Park West...

Friday, November 21, 2008

Peeps of NYC

A typical hot pretzel & hot dog street vendor...
Cart lady in Chinatown... Speedy dog walker...
An interesting combo...
Traffic cop...I should have captured her with a video...she & her whistle were louder than the downtown NYC traffic and honking.
Here's a game...
Wanna play along?
Guess which one is the NYer?
Ok...it really wasn't cold...but these dogs were prepared for winter.
Two generations of buddies...
Some school girls...
A multi-tasking NY business man...