Bear, hero

Grizzly bear, American Museum of Natural History, February 16, 2009

Grizzly bear, American Museum of Natural History, February 16, 2009

“Red Hook? No, sorry, this bus only goes to Red Hooh.”
Feral parakeets along Sixth Avenue:

Vacant storefront on 5th Avenue:

Transit ad in the 9th Street R station:

Washington, D.C., January 20, 2009:
Gerritt, Melanie, Tom, Matthew and I had a fine time on the mall in D.C. earlier today. It was a long, cold morning but everything went as smoothly as possible under the weight of the huge crowd. We got caught in a big mob scene at one intersection on the way out, but after a few minutes of muddling through it we escaped to the relative calm of Capitol Hill SW. The crowd itself was really great… Cheerful, patient, exhuberant. Will post a few more of my snapshots later, but here’s one:


(Sterling the cat, photographed by Sydney.)

Severna Park, Maryland, the day after Thanksgiving.
I finally got around to posting a page of photos from my September visit to France. Click here.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, October 31, 2008