Super bad

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June 20, 2010

I almost got into a squabble over this photo. This shirt, which I've seen elsewhere, was in a booth at the 7th Avenue fair. I liked the image of the silly shirt with a brownstone in the background. The woman at the booth got mad and told me I had to ask her permission to take the picture, and I (nicely) told her I didn't . If the shirt had been on her, it would have been nice for me to ask her but at present you can still take a picture in a public space (the street) in NYC, legally.

Dangerous doors

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June 19, 2010

A building in downtown Brooklyn. I think it's in the process of being torn down I think, and this row of doors just open to nothing.

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June 18, 2010

I planted the garden back in May and you could see a lot of dirt back then. This photo is a little blurry, but you can see that the impatiens are coming in nicely. I love my colorful backyard.

Hydrangea flowers

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June 17, 2010

I cut these from the bush in the yard. The raw photo was kind of boring, so I thought this was a good one to play with in editing. I really like the finished product here, but maybe I'm just biased.

More home made pizza

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June 16, 2010

This is another decent attempt at pizza, but this was before my pizza class so it wasn't amazing. I used sourdough starter for to make the crust and then let the dough sit for 24 hours before baking to let the flavor ripen. Boy did it ripen! The taste of the crust almost overpowered all of the toppings, but Craig really liked it. This is pre-baking.

CSA week 1

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June 15, 2010

I mentioned the CSA in an earlier post. This week I got more than we needed with the regular share plus the make-up share for the failed first week delivery.

Some of the stuff I got this week: strawberries, various greens (kale, bok choy, spinach, vitamin greens, lettuce), turnips, radishes, green onions, garlic scapes (the green part of garlic plants), cut flowers, and a pot of mixed herb plants. I probably left some greens out of the list, but you get the idea.

Dinner at Joe's Shanghai

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June 14, 2010

A friend we made from Craig's grad program at UNC, Leo, was stopping through NYC with his girlfriend so we met them for dinner. They are both Chinese (as in born and raised there) and she lived in NYC for a while a few years ago and was craving real Chinese food so we went to Joe's Shanghai. It's known for its dumplings (at least that's what I had heard about), among other things. Leo's girlfriend chose most of the food, starting with dumplings and ending with this fish. The colors from the fish dish were so overwhelming (orangey fried crust and read sauces) that I had to make it black and white to make it more tolerable. I am not an adventurous eater, but I tried everything but the fish. To make sure I didn't go hungry, I ordered myself the nice plain chicken and broccoli dish pictured below the fish. I think we were all very full by the end.

Through the stairs

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June 13, 2010

This is another shot taken while waiting for a train that never came (at least during the 30 minutes I waited) at the Jay Street station. I eventually took those stairs up and walked to another station.

A whole lot of pride

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June 12, 2010

One of the many street fairs/festivals around here is the pride weekend fair. It happens on the road along the park (they close streets for these fairs) and there are the usual street fair booths with food, jewelry, sheets and this event also has things like churches (that are gay friendly) and health vans.

This guy is apparently a fixture at the event. He just cracked me up with his outfit, the parrot on his head, and the poodle in the stroller. By the way, a dog in a stroller is far from uncommon here. I think most of the dogs in strollers are old and not very mobile with owners who take them out for fresh air.

Oops

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June 11, 2010

Deck, meet fire. Fire, meet deck. This has now been fixed but it ruined our mood for grilling for a while. I focused on the flowers for the shot on purpose-I'd rather not think about that hole incident much.