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

[Don Dory]

Yes indeed,  bikes are a hazard in Central Park.  The chastisement I
received when I dared to pause in the street to take a picture.   Almost as
bad a scolding when I was on the "wrong" side of an escalator coming out of
the subway.

On Thu, Jan 6, 2022, 8:12 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> 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
>
> The first signs of the upcoming New Year’s Eve were in evidence:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-smtVtkn/A
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> We could enjoy views like this:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-LR7c4nr/A
>
> 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
>
> The next morning we drove to JFK and flew to Puerto Rico, where I am right
> now.
>
> Happy New Year to all my friends on these lists.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
>
> Alicante, Spain
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