[Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/12/2021: finishing the year in New York

[Philippe]

Bowie himself was greater, but that’s another story :-)

Nice takes Nathan, thanks for sharing


Amities

Philippe



> Le 6 janv. 2022 à 16:11, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
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> That Bowie mural is great!
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsYp9q3QNaQ
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> Cheers
> Jayanand
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> On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 7:42 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> December 31st was our last day in New York, in addition to being the last
>> day of 2021. So I offer a bit more in this PAD than I usually do.
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>> I started the day by driving to Jersey City to see the large mural of
>> David Bowie, painted after his death in 2016:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WJd7zdD/A
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>> We then spent a couple of hours in Central Park. I sometimes jokingly say
>> that everything is bigger in America, and that was certainly true of the
>> soap bubbles this guy was making:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-dz2Txsf/A
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>> The first signs of the upcoming New Year’s Eve were in evidence:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-smtVtkn/A
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>> We had taken Euclid with us—he loves going on car trips, and he obviously
>> loves exploring places like Central Park, with all the smells, sights and
>> other dogs. We did some family portraits as well:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-9Vnr7Wr/A
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>> The principal traffic hazard in Central Park:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-p2fZdHv/A
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>> Then New Year’s Eve arrived. In these corona times, this not a time for
>> big parties, and anyway my son and his wife do not have that many friends
>> here. So my son had gotten the idea of spending the evening in his office
>> (which would be otherwise deserted). He works for Boston Consulting Group,
>> and the office in on the 45th floor of a building in midtown, so it
>> promised great views of the city during the evening. We got some takeout,
>> my wife bought some decorations, and this was the official NYE family
>> portrait:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vgwpZc9/A
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>> We could enjoy views like this:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-LR7c4nr/A
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>> Then midnight arrived, we drank our toast and looked at the fireworks over
>> the city (which were a bit underwhelming, truth be told):
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-n59Q3bT/A
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>> The next morning we drove to JFK and flew to Puerto Rico, where I am right
>> now.
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>> Happy New Year to all my friends on these lists.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
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