On a visit to Peekskill, NY last September, I was walking down North Division Street when I noticed these seemingly sad figures crouched on the street. Then I noticed a boarded up window with the hand-written message “Taco District.” My first thought was that it was someone’s graffiti message, proclaiming this strip of Peekskill as … Read more
As I mentioned in my last post, I was walking around Ellenville, NY, at the suggestion of a friend who lives in nearby Wurtsboro. As I passed “Tony & Nick’s” Italian Restaurant on Canal Street, I noticed these photographic images of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Michelangelo’s David, with David looking over at the … Read more
On a day trip down to Princeton, NJ, just to look around and explore the town, I learned from looking at a map that there was a Picasso sculpture on the campus of Princeton University. Being a huge fan of Picasso’s art work (and not knowing what the sculpture was), I wanted to find it … Read more
I was on a day trip up around Bear Mountain and eventually over to Peekskill, NY, and I saw this large-scale octopus sculpture outside of the River Outpost Brewing Company near Charles Point Park. A closer look reveals that it’s made out of empty beer kegs, and I think it’s very impressive. There was no … Read more
I had been driving around Bear Mountain in New York and decided to cross the river and head down to Peekskill – you’re going to laugh when you read this – as I was in search of a Shamrock Shake on St. Patrick’s Day, and figured there had to be a McDonalds in Peekskill somewhere. … Read more
I was walking around Easton, PA, exploring the West Ward on foot, when I noticed some brightly colored shapes attached to a front door of a home on Washington Street. A closer look revealed them to be small animal sculptures, and there were a number of them surrounding the front door. As you can see … Read more
As I was walking down Main Street in Cooperstown on my Memorial Day weekend visit, I noticed these gorgeous details on a building there. It’s marked as the First National Bank Building, but is currently being used as the home for a number of smaller and different businesses, including the Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum … Read more
I enjoyed a visit to Cooperstown over the Memorial Day weekend, and stayed in a B&B called The Menagerie at the Corey House (now closed, unfortunately). For the sake of disclosure, it was owned by long-time friends of mine, but I wanted to write a bit about my own curiosity for a better understanding of … Read more