The High Line

Went to the newly opened High Line which is a stretch of abandoned railroad track running from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, to West 20th Street, in Chelsea, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, NY, NY.

Getting off the M11 I'm greeted by 3 little pigs, obviously locked out by the wolf.

There is the High Line cutting through a luxury building.

The entrance is under construction and the whole park is strictly monitored for overcrowding.

Beautiful day to stroll on deck, but the wind makes everything feel unstable.

Tracks and concrete with plants growing in between. The concept is to have the plants overtake and break the concrete over the next few years.

Across the park, only in New York City is four feet a park.

From the bench.

Rust colored plant.

Underneath the building the hangs over the park.

More tracks and plants.

Allegedly some of the original trees.

Merging old, new, organic, and manufactured.
Shhh, like Central Park the whole thing is artificial.

The amphitheater.

A people viewer, remember don't tap on the glass it makes them angry.

More merging of elements.

Nice park but too high and too windy. Oh yeah too small it took all of 5 minutes to slowly walk the entire park, twice. Hopefully the expansion will continue.

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Frogs Live

A quick stop at American Museum of Natural History to see the frogs before they turn to princes.

First stop the gift shop.

Skeletal stegosaurus $375.00.

Skeletal spinosaurus $550.00.

Sabertooh skull is $450.00.

Finished models are $98.00 each so I left with no souvenirs.

Golden Poison Frog with enough skin poison to kill 10 people.

Yellow-banded Poison Frog

They look like toys but they move, so maybe robots. Nature is wonderfully colorful.

No wonder they weren't turned into princes yet, poison.

Some leaf frog looking very alien.

Such great camouflage I can't tell if this is a ahead or backside shot.

Blue frogs just chillin' or heating up.

That is such a nice green, it would make such a nice coin purse.

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Prince Harry & Me

So HRH Prince Henry of Wales, Prince Harry to all the common folks, came to New York City today and went to my favorite island. He was there to play a charity polo match with a VIP section at $50,000 a table or $500 for a piece of lawn. Luckily the free section was just my price.

Lines to the ferry were ridiculously long.

The tents for the elite which included LL Cool J, whom I did not see.

The lawn was packed but everyone was decent while sporting their phony British accents.

The Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic was a fundraiser for charity that helps poor children and AIDS orphans in Lesotho.

The national anthems were played.

Then the games began.

Look Prince Harry, no really right there behind the hat.

There he is again number 1 on the horse. Hey, Harry turn around! No, okay.

The changing of the horses prompted me to leave early as the elusive Prince would not listen to my plead to hold still for a decent shot. His team did win.

A nice image of the Statue of Liberty from Governors Island.

One of the bus-trolleys that tour the island.

At South Street Seaport they had a Texas on Tour display, seriously.

The Christmas store was not as busy as last December I have yet to figure out why.

Beautiful day, big bridges, blue sky, fluffy clouds, and a plane to round out this future postcard.

On top of the Peking ship some girl was doing something slightly dangerous.

My souvenirs:

One Woman's T-shirt: $22.00

One key chain: $5.00
One wine bottle stopper: $12.00
One box of matches: Free
One bag: Free with purchases
One yellow wristband: Priceless...wait no free at the entrance

It was a great time but heat and sun were a bit much and $30.00 for an sun-umbrella is a bit much. After some hot coffee all was better but time to go home and prepare for the next mini trip.

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Valley Stream

Let's take a quick trip to Valley Stream and their famous mall. I'm always hearing about it on the news but I never been there before. Wait don't I hear about it in the crime stories...oh well here we go.

The trains are nicer than your average NYC subway car.

Out the window are some scenic if not ominous views.

Okay some quaint homes, covered in graffiti.

Finally an old fashion foot bridge.

This must be the Stream of Valley Stream.
Reminds me of every movie where the find the body.


A modern Long Island road.

Thanks for the welcome but I don't think there is enough time to read all your club sponsors.

It was foggy I hope to catch the increasing creepiness of the day.

Hey at least the spelled the sign correctly, know who do I email to repaint the grass green.

Middle of the day in spring and not a soul is in the one green park.

Well I think this was part of the mall, I'm guessing it's a Staples.
Good opportunity to write a sticky note reminding me never to come back.

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