50th St. Subway Art

I never noticed the subway art at the 50th St. ACE Subway station before. When I saw this designed icon system resembling the clear Swiss signage system icons, I had to take a photo.

Dumbo Walk

We took a bike ride through DUMBO a few weeks ago and stopped to walk around and check out some of the cool local art projects. I liked the color chip study as it reminded me of my college days in color class. I'm not sure what the dinosaur made from hubcaps was all about.

Brooklyn West Indian Festival 08

Living in Brooklyn has it charms. Not more then a mile from our place in Park Slope, we got to experience a taste of the Caribbean and West Indian culture. There is an annual parade that appears much like Carnival, with dancers in elaborate (and skimpy) colorful costumes. It's a madhouse spanning blocks and blocks along Eastern Parkway with many local foodstands. We had some delicious roti and jamaican jerk chicken. The festival seems to be just as much about the food as it is about watching the crazy parade!

Jones Beach

We also went to Jones Beach over labor day weekend. One of the most beautiful points on this long stretch of beach along Long Island. It's a popular escape for New Yorkers in the summer months. Of course, it's a bit hard to get to without a car which makes it all the more desirable a destination because the riff raff are kept away. We, being the riff raff, made this our first visit. We ate ice cream and watched the sunset as enormous seagulls begged for handouts.

Pet Cemetary

What started off as a harmless adventure to view Checker's grave, the beloved dog of our disgraced former president Richard Nixon ended in murder.... umm ha ha ha..

No just kidding, it really was a harmless adventure. We thought, what better way to spend a labor day weekend then visiting one of the best tourist attractions in the area, the largest Pet Cemetary in the vicinity. We were struck with how large the cemetary was an how old some of the graves were, some dated back 1918! One might think this a bit of an eerie adventure to mock the final resting places of beloved pets. But reading tombstones with the pet names engraved in true authenticy were hilarious!