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And Since We No Place to Go…

A perfect snowball Winter trees look like capillaries On shoveling duty Ol’ lady & ol’ man winter Before I ruined it Trying to see The Great Conjunction brought me the bridge. I forgot my gloves so I didn’t last very long.


These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things: Stephen Powers Art

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I’m a huge fan of Brooklyn artist Stephen Powers. His bright and colorful street art is so full of heart, so full of humanness. It is child-like yet potent with insight; the best of youth with the best of age. And since his art has joined the list of things Read more…


March of the Mermaids
{2019}

After months of crafting and preparation the Mermaid Parade was finally here! My first order of business was to finally decide upon a mermaid costume, from head to toe and in-between. And after I decided I wouldn’t wear a wig, I had some last minute hair crafts to make. And Read more…


The Colors of Summer

Within a wacky week of work, a field trip to Coney Island with 270 middle schoolers. It was the annual honor roll trip to Luna Park. Of course I had to take the opportunity to capture its colorful summer-associated parts in the moments I could. Coney Island is, after all, Read more…


🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Season Continues: Staying Inspired {2019}

That which is not fed… dies. So keep feeding what you wish to grow. 🌱 A simple truth I have to remind myself of on occasion as I can sometimes feed the wrong things with all my nourishing goodies. But I have a symbiotic relationship with Inspiration ( “her” ) Read more…


Last Day Stuff.
Day 6 in Texas

Zucchini Kill, You Really Had To Be There Zucchini Kill is likely thee best name for a vegan bakery. I was so excited about checking it out that I bought some merch, just like going to shows back in the day.  A shirt, stickers, a button… and of course a Read more…


Pet Sematary Screening

Watching an old and dear friend achieve Hollywood success is quite surreal. Watching them be swarmed by others in every direction… we basked in the love and added ours to it. And we also got star treatment, as special guests of Paramount Pictures, special guests of director Kevin Kölsch, at Read more…


The Fisheye in Green-Wood

I’m breaking in my new lens! My Rokinon 12mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Fisheye Lens captures a ton more than my other lens. Just look: On the left, my old lens (Tamron 18-200mm) and on the right, the Rokinon, taken from the same cushion on my couch. That’s the fish eye. Read more…


Slush Day Photo Expeditions

I really wanted to take snow pictures today, but I had to settle for slush pictures. The bright white would help me play a little bit with aperture, shutter speed and exposure compensation, the three variables that were the subject of my first photography class. Setting out, I wanted to Read more…


My Grandma and The Colors of Bowling

I love going bowling… even though I am not very good at it. Well, that’s not really true. I go from rolling two gutter balls in one frame to two strikes in the next frame. The problem is that bowling in New York City can be very expensive. Dive bowling Read more…


…In with ’19

New Years traditions are intriguing. There is a sweet whimsy to the symbolic gestures intended to tuck away the old and ring in the new. There is an innocence to their hope. This is day 1—potent and pure in a way that time will soon taint and obscure. So bask Read more…


Ten Things To Do Instead of Shopping: #10. Embrace the Hullabaloo.

Oh Come Let Us Adore… This Spectacle. Just a quick walk from my place is Dyker Heights, Brooklyn–home to The Dyker Heights Christmas Lights, a popular attraction that clogs the streets with fascinated festive folk annually. Gaining more and more word of mouth and over-the-toppness every year, it is now Read more…


Angel Hunting in the 5 Boroughs (Brooklyn)

🔔 Every Time A Bell Rings… A New York City angel gets stalked by me. I had a list of angels I wanted to find in Green-Wood for this, the first of a series of posts documenting the best angel sculptures in New York City, starting in my home, Brooklyn. Read more…


Winter Color Break {Pictorial}


Amongst the Angels, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn

Now, whenever it is overcast out, I want to head to a cemetery.  The Fort Hamilton entrance to my beloved Green-Wood Cemetery is not that far from where I live.  And since it is such a tremendous cemetery, entering through this gate is like entering a whole new cemetery.   And Read more…


Green-Wood

In keeping with my Parent Teacher Conference tradition, I spent the 2 hour gap between the afternoon and evening conferences within Green-Wood Cemetery.  Though most certainly not in walking shoes and pretty darn cold, I was excited to get back in for many reasons.  For one, complete solitude.  Parent Teacher Read more…


Rip’s Malt Shop

Besides really enjoying the opportunity to step into a learner’s role during off-site teacher professional development, I also enjoy getting to see the New York City views atop various high rises about Brooklyn and/or Manhattan.  It has become a bit of a past time of mine.  This time, the top Read more…


Deciduous [Pictorial]

As soon as I stepped into Green-Wood Cemetery for a photography mission last Spring, I knew I’d have to return to see its Autumn.  Because: Trees.  With peak foliage being so fleeting, I took advantage of a beautiful Spring-like Autumn day to hunt and capture it, holding onto a season so Read more…


Birthdaze: Fancy Pants Dinner 🎁🎈

I got my favorite kind of sky on my birthday.  Bright blue with bright white clouds.  And a very cold wind.  A fancy dinner with friends at Sans in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.  This “worship the vegetable” eatery is only going to be around for a year as a test of Read more…


Explosions in the Sky

It was the last of Coney Island’s Friday Fireworks, the end to a week of spending hours setting up my classroom for Back to School.  So I sat with my fellow teacher friend on Brighton Beach to watch the show from afar after we decided we wouldn’t jump in the Read more…


Making Home: Bay Ridge Exploration

When I visit a place, I look into its history, find its hidden goodies, look at with curiosity and hunger.  Doesn’t your home deserve this level of attention to detail, if not more?  Determined to not take home for granted and to claim it as all my own, I explored Read more…


Summer’s Here

Nothing says “Summer” like Friday fireworks in Coney Island… Hello, Summer 😘


Busy Days Outtakes

Passenger seat cityscape A cupcake from Sprinkles on the floor at Penn Station after a teacher PD. Driver seat cityscape while stuck in traffic on the BQE All done with my first year as a middle school teacher Berry season upon me Morning has broken, like the first morning The last Read more…


Mermaids On Parade {2018}

The Buck n’ Ears… All ready to march in the 36th annual Mermaid Parade. But first, my commemorative vegan cupcakes.  Mermaid Hair, Don’t Care Getting ready in Brighton Beach Our “float” made with recycled bottle fishies Mermaid bling A beautiful day for a parade  Back where a mermaid belongs


Pretty Girls Make Graves /
These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things: Old Cemeteries

I work several blocks away from Brooklyn’s historical Green-Wood Cemetery. And I had been meaning to get in there the entire school year.  Now that the weather is relatively nice, I have taken a few opportunities to kill time, getting lost within its 478 acres. The cemetery is beautiful, quiet, Read more…


In the Gray of Things

And just like that, 2018 is 1/12 done.  Here’s to the color in the gray. 1) Fire in the sky. 2.) A complicated vegetable sushi roll with greens and pickled things  3.) Summer-inspired vegan macarons from Confectionery! in the East Village: orange creamsicle, mango-lime, strawberry milk, toasted coconut, and jasmin 3.) Read more…