ok, so thematically this is a bit disconnected. how could i NOT take a picture of a rare manhattan butterfly?

and anyway, that's the williamsburg bridge in the bachground, from approximately the same angle (on the opposite end) as these pictures: click, and click

something approximating this shot has been taken, albeit rather poorly, from the other side

which, despite apparently never having been adequately documented here, is clearly visible from behind, from my roof.

the entry for this picture currently accounts for the second most popular term leading people to this site from search engines

ps: this rather daring tag is over f.d.r. drive behind the 14th street Con Edison power plant

pps: by far the most common search term, as always, is "lewd"

you can see them on the left in this photo

you can even see the boat called the half moon which played host to this evening among several others, from which i can't find any photos.

there have been a LOT of pictures of this building here, but here are two notable ones: click and click

so today i walked home from work along the east river in manhattan, and saw some sights that i thought might help geographically connect some previous entries.

this is williamsburg beach, from the other side.

but mayor bloomberg is all kindness when it comes to his constituency. you should have seen the kids getting signatures and old ladies posing for pictures.

finished his interview and gladhanded the public for a while before exiting.

take note of the man in the suit to the far left, with the cord hanging over his ear. no kidding, he kept speaking into the cuff of his shirt.

today my department went down to katz's for lunch. this place has been in business since 1888. at the top of this picture you can see a sign commemorating a rather famous scene from the film "When Harry Met Sally" that was filmed here.

but what - other than indigestion - was going on today at this landmark deli?