Long Island City.... Queens!

Long Island City.... the 'hood I've spent the past 4+ years working in.  My office is kind of in the slums (I work in manufacturing... what did you expect, Madison Ave?!), but here's a nicer part of LIC...

Dad, Pizza & Tequila

Father's day pizza lunch at Gruppo in the East Village, and then on to some ladies night tequila fun at Mayahuel, several hours later, and also in the East Village.  I give two thumbs up to and will be spending plenty of time in both establishments once I move into the 'hood.

cutest parents ever, waiting on our pies at Gruppo

Stokes fam, minus Wayne :(

love the tequila, love the tile.  go check out mayahuel.

Seeing Double. Seeing Double.

Got caught in a downpour on my way home tonight (third time in 2 weeks) and was ever so happy to have my camera on me this time.  How often do you get to see a double rainbow?  It lasted only a few minutes, and I caught what I could of it...

And we're back!

...with a serious upgrade!  I'd like to introduce you to my sweet Canon S95.  Finally bit the bullet and replaced my poor SD1400, and instead of going the SLR route, I decided someone on the go as much as me needs something more compact. Here are a few shots on my way home from the city tonight.  After scooting over the WB bridge, I stopped to take a few shots.  No tripod... just my somewhat steady hand...

Keep in mind the shots of the manhattan skyline were taken from Williamsburg, about 100 yards from the water, behind a fence (around Kent/N8).  Photos are untouched.

williamsburg bridge at dusk, from brooklyn

flag day

BROKEN CAMERA?!

:(

Well, this is somewhat inconvenient.  I'm going to have to play catch up, I suppose.  I guess I can start posting other photos I've taken this year in the interim until I get this situation under control, but I clearly have missed a few days (and will miss a few more) of photos.  Unless of course someone would like to donate a camera to my project... anyone??  Haha, yeah....

So the problem is that I'm getting a lens error and I can't turn my camera on.  Went to a repair shop today, and it seems canon doesn't make any replacement parts for the model I have.  For around $160 they will replace my camera.  I paid around $300 for this camera, and they want me to pay another $160 for a replacement?  Can we say markup?!  Mothereffers!  I haven't even had it for 6 months!  Canon is making me very sad right now.  I'm going to call them this week to see if they will replace a camera with no receipt... ugh... not looking good...

So sad...

51/365

Sabino Canyon - Tucson, AZ

50/365

pre-ceremony... Solyn & Furmanski

49/365

Tucson, AZ... a breath of fresh air!