A cruise on one of these will never be on my Bucket List*.
*photos were taken from inside the Ikea Taxi, through a very dirty, scratched plexiglas window.
Tag: Thoughts
Ikea Water Taxi
The Ikea Water Taxi runs from the pier adjacent to the Ikea store in Red Hook to the old Fulton Fish Market Pier on the east side of Manhattan ( Pier 11 ). The views from the taxi are incredible as you cross the East River.
A Vespa Driving Lawyer?
This Vespa has some dings and scrapes. Rough going in Brooklyn.
I’ve Found It
I’ve been searching for the ‘unknown’ for quite some time. I found it last Fall on a bench in Brooklyn. Precisely, a bench on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
Caught
Location: Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Self Promotional Post
Two items to pass along to those following this blog:
On May 1st I will be having my next photo show at Capital Hill Hair. The display will run for 6 weeks. The business doesn’t have a website, but is located on 19th and Republican(522 19th Ave E) on Capital Hill, Seattle.
#2: Today I started an account on a photo sharing site called 500pix.com. I have a few photos uploaded and plan to do more soon. I believe you can purchase prints from the site at this link:
http://500px.com/search?utf8=✓&q=fred+king
I think if you do a search using my name (Fred King) that might be enough to get you to my store.
I’ll be Your Waiter this Afternoon
Don’t mind my missing thumb…
A Sunny Morning in the Lower East Side
Modernity, with people. I don’t recall the purpose of this building, but I’m not sure I care for the look. Maybe it does serve a function, other than looking like it is going to tip over?
LES Street Art
As opposed to the previously posted street vandalism on the Lower East Side here was a couple of examples of something akin to Street Art.
Passenger
In a departure from the photoblog content I have been posting for the past three years I thought I would take a moment to present an idea with the support of a song:
I think, if all 7 billion of us on this planet could thing of ourselves as ‘passengers’ on planet Earth, we and the planet might create a better future.
How Jay-Z Got His Name
Disclaimer: I know nothing about rap or hip hop music, therefore, I am ably qualified to propose the following theory: the popular ( and very rich) rapper/hip-hopster Jay-Z ( formerly known as Shawn Carter) chose his nom de rapper from the NYC subway station of the same-well, similar-name. I submit, in evidence, the two photos in this posting as well as this link.
Leaving Dumbo
My exit from Dumbo, as witnessed by these two inanimate images.
L&H Stern Company in the background. A fading ad through the prism of an archway.
One Girl Cookies
Located in DUMBO, even the outside lighting sends a less than subliminal message: “Cookies“. Yum 🙂
Vespa Trio
My ‘all things Italian design’ obsession continued in Dumbo where I spotted a trio of Vespas this particular morning. Oh, I do love the cobblestone streets, too!
Autumn, Prospect Park
Taken this Fall in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The leaves were just beginning to turn colors. I had to walk for some time to discover this tree.
Odd
I’m not sure what to make of this piece of ‘art’?
Flowers from Red Hook
Thought I would end the year with a couple of images from Van Brunt St. in Red Hook ( Brooklyn). This area was hard hit by Sandy. These images were taken a few blocks from the waterfront so maybe they survived. Taken 10 days prior to super storm Sandy.
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