September 5, 2021
With the new moon overlooking Port Bay, New York, the Milky Way came out to play. Merged faces caught by the ultra wide 📷 Shooting stars 🌠
September 4, 2021
While I attempt to get my head in the game of returning to what will likely be the most ridiculous school year of my career, enjoy the happenstance exploration of this abandoned school in upstate New York.
You may have heard of David Abercrombie by way of of Abercrombie & Fitch, though he has nothing to do with the brand since 1907. Prior to 1907 he had established the brand of sporting equipment for the elite and very wealthy drawing from his many years of working as Read more…
August 28, 2021
August 27, 2021
Since I had a car, I thought I’d check in on Letchworth Village‘s grounds. Because when the sun blazes the temperature into the 90’s, nothing is more satisfying then slinking around putrid abandoned decay. To follow, the current state of things–in four parts. This is part 1: Congregation B’nai Israel.
August 25, 2021
Happy to be right across the street from Cider Belly Doughnuts for ease of breakfast fulfillment–for both vegans and not-vegans. Also, an oat milk latte from Dunkin’ because of convenience. I bought two for me… thinking I’d have one now and later. Buuuut, it was more now and now on Read more…
On the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse is the annual The Great New York State Fair. Being a fan of carnivals, state fairs have been on my bucket list for quite some time. NY ❌ State Fair Core Vegan Eats at the New York State Fair, 2021 Though there Read more…
August 24, 2021
It was a lovely and invigorating hike up (and down) to the abandoned ski lifts of the now-defunct Cortina Valley Ski Resort in Haines Falls, New York. Requiring quite a bit of bushwhacking, the hike was a bit of an adventure including hidden deep puddles of soaking ground and unknown Read more…
August 22, 2021
Stumbling upon magnificent decaying remains almost blindly, the enormous spaces we entered in Colonie, New York, north of Albany, were mind-blowing in scale. The rain, though a nuisance, made for slick breaks of texture and reflection. To follow, some of my favorite shots from three separate structures. That hole though… Read more…
July 11, 2021
Based on my experience, sanatoriums–hospitals that treat patients with Tuberculosis which was once thought to be cured with fresh air and sunlight–carry a lighter psychic energy than the ruins of sanitariums, typically to care for the mentally ill. I’m not challenging google search results that ultimately claim both to be Read more…
July 10, 2021
Was passing this place, previously called Moon Wink Hotel, on the way to Vermont and had to pull in. It’s in sorry shape, with a tremendous amount of mold festering within. But I still day dreamed of owning it and decorating it. I have those fantasies a lot. I do Read more…
The Hollow Bar & Kitchen serves up some seitan wings, along with other vegan options, at their happening space in downtown Albany, NY. So I had to partake after a day of driving. The seitan comes from Halo Vegan Food Company, a wholesale supplier of vegan “meats.” Though they do Read more…
July 9, 2021
Staying close by in Albany, I took a quick trip in Albany Rural Cemetery because my previous visit was snow-blanketed. And I am pretty nostalgic for cemetery visiting. But soon the Fall will give way to the cold and it’ll be cemetery season once again. Here are the ladies of Read more…
May 31, 2021
On the way back south from my Memorial Day road trip I stopped in on Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital‘s ruins. On my last visit, I was taken back by the ease of exploration and the dynamic decay. This time, after heavy rain, the prospect of climbing into a building that Read more…
It wasn’t sitting well with me that though I explored Homowack Lodge a great deal of time, I didn’t find the bowling alley! So I stopped by on the way home determined to find it. I did, finally… after some dead ends and amidst my giving myself consoling thoughts. It Read more…
May 30, 2021
When she shows up on her way out, after a day of grey, it’s pretty spectacular. Enough to pull over on the side of the road. A gallery that rotates and revolves, leaving you in the dark. The Erie Canal reflecting the fire. How spectacular, the birth and death of Read more…
Abandoned for the last 20 or so years, Camp Beechwood in Sodus, New York still contains the decaying remains of a Girls Scout camp that operated from 1929 (!) to the 1990’s. It was a must on my trip to New York’s Finger Lakes region… and I packed my vintage Read more…
Being in Ithaca during Cornell’s graduation ceremonies meant it was extremely difficult to grab vegan food at the all-vegan Angelhearts Diner, a recommendation from the counter guy at Binghamton’s Parlor City Vegan. So I opted for Mix Kitchen & Bar which has a small section of vegan options. But this Read more…
The accessibility of large scale abandoned ruins fluctuates. Though there are plenty of photographs of The Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane on the world wide web, the property is currently owned by the New York State Corrections Office. It’s secured. And even photographing the exterior is a concern. But Read more…
May 29, 2021
To follow, many pictures of an outstanding sandwich from Parlor City Vegan. But first my usual spiel: We need to celebrate eateries that are doing way more than offering processed, packaged foods on their menus. We need to support eateries who make food from scratch, partner with their community, and Read more…
Between the 1920’s and 1960’s the Catskills was the premiere summer destination for Jewish New Yorkers, earning the area the colloquialism The Borscht Belt. Before the dawn of commercial air travel, the sprawling resorts of The Borscht Belt offered activities and a lot of fun in the sun. Though some Read more…
December 5, 2020
Though I am not finished with dressing up my apartment for the holidays, I am delighted by my progress thus far in creating a mid century modern holiday wonderland. It truly is just beginning to look a lot like Christmas. After a hot tip, I checked out Newburgh, New York’s Read more…
December 1, 2020
The future of Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital, a groundbreaking care center that employed homeopathic techniques in treating mental illness that opened in 1874 as the State Homeopathic Asylum for the Insane at Middletown, is still in limbo. Its history remains in a sprawl of buildings off State Route 211 in Read more…
May 3, 2020
Facing the active parking lot for the walking paths the runs through Letchworth Village is an administrative building with no roof. A victim of arson years ago, the building is barely fenced and, upon our arrival, explorers walk freely within the crumbled walls that remain. In fact, people wandered through the Read more…