Home from the Big Apple

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I went to New York City, and I had a great time, and I had a camera! In no particular order, I lost (and found) my day planner, forgot my PIN and found myself at Penn Station with about $0.06 and a credit card, discovered my cell phone recharger was 200 miles away on Sunday night, walked most of the way up Fifth Ave next to Central Park, criss-crossed Midtown, left Forbidden Planet unscathed, then visited the Strand; saw a tiny bit of the beautiful New York Humanity and Social Sciences library (the 5th Ave branch), completely failed to make it to any museums; did karaoke and Rock Band with limnrix and friends; caught up with scifantasy, and took a nap on the southbound bus before finishing my cheerful holiday reading. I owe limnrix and scifantasy huge thanks for rearranging their weekends to see me.



The cab clumps, like schools of fish, were eye-catching.



I splurged and took taxis twice, but I also made use of the subway to get around midtown and environs. (In the last week, I have used taxis three times. Between 1989 and 2002 I rode in a taxi once. Not counting the parent taxi services, of course.)



There's always so much going on in NYC. I was going for the sleeping-on-cold-stone guy and the biker, next to the noble lion statue, but people kept wandering into the field. All I did was resize and frame this; I may go back and crop it differently.



Mounted police. Awww. Included as an example of the horror that is ISO 1600. But also: horse. A block off Times Square. It must be a very placid horse.

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I didn't make it to the shows, or to the museums. Next time!