Me on the Brooklyn Bridge in April 2005. My roomate's friends came to visit. My roomate's friend had a cool camera that took long timed exposures. So we played around with it one night on the Brooklyn Bridge. Here is a sample of what turned out.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
On the Bridge....
The picture below was taken some time ago. However, I finally dug it out of my roomates photo collection for my own computer and thought it was still worth posting:
Me on the Brooklyn Bridge in April 2005. My roomate's friends came to visit. My roomate's friend had a cool camera that took long timed exposures. So we played around with it one night on the Brooklyn Bridge. Here is a sample of what turned out.
Me on the Brooklyn Bridge in April 2005. My roomate's friends came to visit. My roomate's friend had a cool camera that took long timed exposures. So we played around with it one night on the Brooklyn Bridge. Here is a sample of what turned out.
Adventure up Museum Mile
I arrived at 68th Street and Fifth Avenue (at Central Park) around 10:00 A.M. this morning. I took my camera with me as well as the Fodor's Guide my aunt gave me for Christmas last year (THANKS!). I took some pictures as I went. If you are looking for pictures of the major museums, see some of my previous posts for the Guggenheim. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exterior is currently under construction and is not worth photographing.
Nonetheless, here is what I saw:
Andrew Carnegie Mansion. Home of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. The Mansion, a 64 room house was built in 1901 and is located on fifth avenue (accross from Central Park) at 91st Street in Manhatten. Quite the site to see!
Fountain in the Conservatory Garden in Central Park. The gardens are in Central Park near the intersection of 5th Avenue and 104th Street.
Rose Bushes of the Conservatory Garden in Central Park.
Nonetheless, here is what I saw:
Andrew Carnegie Mansion. Home of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. The Mansion, a 64 room house was built in 1901 and is located on fifth avenue (accross from Central Park) at 91st Street in Manhatten. Quite the site to see!
Fountain in the Conservatory Garden in Central Park. The gardens are in Central Park near the intersection of 5th Avenue and 104th Street.
Rose Bushes of the Conservatory Garden in Central Park.
Friday, June 10, 2005
What Canadians Think About Everything
What Canadians Think About Everything -- Globeandmail.com
Think you are a Canucklehead? See how well you do. My roomate and I tried this quiz out together and got a 14/20.
Best of luck!
Think you are a Canucklehead? See how well you do. My roomate and I tried this quiz out together and got a 14/20.
Best of luck!
A night at the movies that wasn't
I went out last night with one of my roomates to see the advance premier of Mr. & Mrs. Smith at the Loews Theatre at 32nd Street and 2nd Avenue. We got there for 5:45 P.M. for a movie that started at 7:00 P.M. The movie was advertised in the New York Post as a free deal for the readers. There were no advanced tickets, all you had to do was line up.
We were told our chances of getting in were quite good considering the theatre held 673 people and was the largest theatre the movie house had.
Between 6:00 P.M. there were quite a few people who showed up and got in line in front of us because "they knew them". I would say these people cost us a spot in the that theatre. These people cost us a spot even though we showed upo more than an hour before the theatre opened and they simply "knew" someone in line.
I also blame the theatre for not pre-distributing tickets to those that showed up. Say at 5:00 P.M. they should have started handing out tickets to those in line who showed up. This guarentees the people that stayed in line for a long time would know they were guarenteed to be in the theatre. Also, this would have let the people waiting in line, like myself, what the chances were of getting into the theatre.
This would have also helped out the movie theatre who, after running out of tickets, would probably have had some of the crowd go and see other movies and pay and admission.
Not only did the movie theatre not do the above, the movie theatre didn't even let others see another movie. All of this despite one worker who said our chances of getting in were very good.
I feel cheated by the movie theatre on this.
Others also felt cheated as well. Twentieth Century Fox, the production company of the movie, handed out free passes to a lot of its workers and clients to see the show. These clients were told they had free passes to see the movie. Therefore, these people thought they were guarenteed to see the movie. Despite that, these same people had to line up with all of us with the newspaper advertisements. This despite, as one person in line told me, they were promised advanced tickets with this pass to get in for a job well done. Yet she didn't end up seeing the movie either.
To Loews Theatre, the New York Post, and 20th Century Fox: A BIG THUMBS DOWN on this one!
I do hope the companies got their pictures of the crowd lined up for their promotional pictures.
We were told our chances of getting in were quite good considering the theatre held 673 people and was the largest theatre the movie house had.
Between 6:00 P.M. there were quite a few people who showed up and got in line in front of us because "they knew them". I would say these people cost us a spot in the that theatre. These people cost us a spot even though we showed upo more than an hour before the theatre opened and they simply "knew" someone in line.
I also blame the theatre for not pre-distributing tickets to those that showed up. Say at 5:00 P.M. they should have started handing out tickets to those in line who showed up. This guarentees the people that stayed in line for a long time would know they were guarenteed to be in the theatre. Also, this would have let the people waiting in line, like myself, what the chances were of getting into the theatre.
This would have also helped out the movie theatre who, after running out of tickets, would probably have had some of the crowd go and see other movies and pay and admission.
Not only did the movie theatre not do the above, the movie theatre didn't even let others see another movie. All of this despite one worker who said our chances of getting in were very good.
I feel cheated by the movie theatre on this.
Others also felt cheated as well. Twentieth Century Fox, the production company of the movie, handed out free passes to a lot of its workers and clients to see the show. These clients were told they had free passes to see the movie. Therefore, these people thought they were guarenteed to see the movie. Despite that, these same people had to line up with all of us with the newspaper advertisements. This despite, as one person in line told me, they were promised advanced tickets with this pass to get in for a job well done. Yet she didn't end up seeing the movie either.
To Loews Theatre, the New York Post, and 20th Century Fox: A BIG THUMBS DOWN on this one!
I do hope the companies got their pictures of the crowd lined up for their promotional pictures.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Yesterday's pics at Virgin Records by Bill's demand.
So my friend Bill commented on a previous post that he wanted to see the pictures anyway. So here they are my friends (and enemies):
The scene at Virgin Records in Times Square before Shakira's arrival.
Another view of the scene at Virgin Records before Shakira's arrival. She was there to promote the record advetised in the top left of the picture.
Shakira's van arrives!
Shakira getting out of the van. At close look you can actually see her head. It is a little blurry, but she is there. Didn't notice her at first when I downloaded the pictures, but on closer look there she is!
The crowd outside the store as Shakira heads inside.
The assembled "legitimate" paperacy (aka media) throng before Shakira's arrival.
The scene at Virgin Records in Times Square before Shakira's arrival.
Another view of the scene at Virgin Records before Shakira's arrival. She was there to promote the record advetised in the top left of the picture.
Shakira's van arrives!
Shakira getting out of the van. At close look you can actually see her head. It is a little blurry, but she is there. Didn't notice her at first when I downloaded the pictures, but on closer look there she is!
The crowd outside the store as Shakira heads inside.
The assembled "legitimate" paperacy (aka media) throng before Shakira's arrival.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Shakira at Virgin Records in Times Square
Went with my roomate to Penn Station today so she could take the Long Island Railroad train then I went for a walk. I decided to go up 7th Avenue to Times Square. Why? I am not sure as I thought I might cruise over to 6th Avenue and walk that street since I hadn't really been on 6th.
Anyway, there was a crowd on both sides of the street at Virgin Records and I thought "hey why not check this out". All I could see, after waiting 45 minutes was a crowd swarming the van and two five second views of Shakira's face outside the van and in front of the store. Everytime I tried to take her picture from my vantage point, the crowd swarmed her with their cameras. So the pictures I do have aren't worth putting up here.
It was fun to be part of a Times Square event. I am glad I went for a wanderance. You never know what your gonna find when you just wander around the "World's Capital", New York City.
Anyway, there was a crowd on both sides of the street at Virgin Records and I thought "hey why not check this out". All I could see, after waiting 45 minutes was a crowd swarming the van and two five second views of Shakira's face outside the van and in front of the store. Everytime I tried to take her picture from my vantage point, the crowd swarmed her with their cameras. So the pictures I do have aren't worth putting up here.
It was fun to be part of a Times Square event. I am glad I went for a wanderance. You never know what your gonna find when you just wander around the "World's Capital", New York City.
A night at the museums...
Last night, Museum Mile (the stretch of musuems on fifth avenue next to Central Park) was having a "Museum Mile Festival" where the participating museums (both large and small) provided free admission to some of their galleries as well as closing 5th Avenue to traffic.
The following are some of the places I was at:
The Grand Hall entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh's "Cypresses" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh "Sunflowers" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh "Oleanders" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh "Olive Orchard" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Claude Monet's "The Four Trees" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Claude Monet "Haystacks" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Claude Monet "The Valley of the Nervia" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Claude Monet "Water Lilies" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pierre August-Renoir "The Daughters of Catulle Rendes" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Paul Cezanne "The Fishermen"
Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Sculpture Gallery.
The Guggenheim Museum of Art from the corner of 88th Street & 5th Avenue in Manhatten.
The glass ceiling of the main rotunda of the Guggenheim Museum of Art.
The following are some of the places I was at:
The Grand Hall entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh's "Cypresses" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh "Sunflowers" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh "Oleanders" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vincent van Gogh "Olive Orchard" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Claude Monet's "The Four Trees" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Claude Monet "Haystacks" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Claude Monet "The Valley of the Nervia" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Claude Monet "Water Lilies" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pierre August-Renoir "The Daughters of Catulle Rendes" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Paul Cezanne "The Fishermen"
Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Sculpture Gallery.
The Guggenheim Museum of Art from the corner of 88th Street & 5th Avenue in Manhatten.
The glass ceiling of the main rotunda of the Guggenheim Museum of Art.
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