The END, but not quite yet…
Bad idea having the "Rapture"the day before my birthday, huh?The end is near?I thought the end was May 21!This can't be good for the collection plate...
Bad idea having the "Rapture"the day before my birthday, huh?The end is near?I thought the end was May 21!This can't be good for the collection plate...
This is the plan for the memorial. Note the two blue squares, representing the footprint of the original towers. They will be downward cascading fountains.Memorabilia will be on displayin a new museum on site of Ground ZeroStill a construction site,grand opening [...]
Despite the newness of the stadium(opened in 2009) history still oozesfrom every corner - Mickey Mantle,Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Yogi BerraNew York law requires caloriesto be stated on the menu.Watch out for the cheese fries, [...]
Founded in 1870, now has over 5 millionvisitors a year. Spectacular entrance!!Vincent Van Gogh, who painted over thirty self portraits, said at one point he had to invest in a REALLY good mirror. He was one of the [...]
Yoko Ono still lives on the 7th floor,up above the black wroughtiron railing. You can see the whiteshutters on the left window - that'sthe white room with the white piano.Entrance to the Dakota,where Lennon was [...]
Times Square as viewed from our hotel room window. The red plexiglass bleachers are a new addition so people can sitwhile they take it all in... The official ball for 2011 -the first ball drop was in 1907
Memphis! Energetic, fresh, brand new.Mike's favorite, an outstanding show.We got to meet lead star performerChad Kimball backstage after the showthanks to a Boys and Girls Club auction item.It was really fun to come out of thestage door after [...]
Skaneateles (prounounced "skinny atlas") is in upstate New York, not far from Syracuse and Ithaca. We visited Mike's pilot training buddy, Jack Haggerty, who gave us each a ride in his 1929 Brunner-Winkle Bird biplane. [...]
My, oh my. Brothers Charlie, Mike and Dan were more than happy to pose for a photo op with the "Naked Singer". This gal was standing out in the middle of Times Square on a [...]
In Times Square, they have a bicycle that you can ride - everyone sits in a circle and peddles through traffic (with the supervision of a pedicab driver). We had a narrow miss with a [...]
Yes! We successfully navigated the subway. It was fast, clean and pretty danged quick, too. The underground stations have spectacular tile work on some of the stops.