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
My excitement is palpable as the 2024 NBA Playoffs are approaching and the NY Knicks have clinched the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference. As you may have read in my last post, I’ve been a long suffering NY Knicks fan as far as it being a long time since they were in the NBA … Read more
The recent death of OJ Simpson from cancer on April 10th brought back some memories of when I lived in New York City. The picture above was taken back in the mid-1990s on Avenue A in NYC – around the same time that OJ Simpson was on trial for the murder of his wife, Nicole … Read more
I’m walking down the street and see this blue car from the back; where’s the front? Walking a full circle around it reveals it to be a Snyder three wheel car. More specifically, a 2012 Synder ST600-C, and it is available for sale (price not listed, just a “for sale” sign with phone number in … Read more
I was at home this morning, when I noticed some loud noise which at first seemed like someone banging on the walls or the ceiling, and I immediately wondered “why is there suddenly a construction project on my condo roof? What the hell are they doing up there?” It was sudden and jarring, and as … Read more
I was recently down in the area of Freehold, NJ, and decided to take a look around. Part of it was some real estate research – there were some affordable homes on the market (seen on Zillow), and Freehold is not far from the beach, but I had never been there before and thought I’d … Read more
I’ve had some strange experiences related to the US Mail, or rather the United States Postal Service. But today’s mail brought me an example of the complete disarray and mysteriously unreliable service of the United States Postal Service. In my mailbox today was a letter addressed to my mother with a yellow sticker saying “undeliverable … 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
I was walking around a Belleville (NJ) neighborhood, when I walked by this church and did a double-take. The white shape in that window, it seemed to have a suggestive shape. If you look more-closely, as I have below left, do you see the suggestion of a forehead and brow, with the right-side eye in … Read more