new york
NYC pictures
05/25/08 Filed in: Rambling
There are some photos
from the New York shows on the BrooklynVegan
site, especially
good ones of the three other bands we have been
traveling with on this tour.
Saturday in the park
05/24/08 Filed in: Rambling
It is a beautiful day in Central Park and we are off to Washington DC. After three days without the tourbus it is good to be reunited with our home away from home.
Have bike will travel
08/30/07 Filed in: Rambling
Having fully embraced this nomadic lifestyle, Johnny & I decided that it was time for some bikes. Yesterday we purchased a pair of Dahon folding bikes & they are an amazing design. This morning we spent two hours riding along the Hudson River, on the West Side Waterfront Greenway path and then pedaled home for lunch. Yesterday we rode around Central Park, where we spotted Brad Pitt riding in a horse and buggy, surrounded by paparazzi. I cannot wait to explore cities all over the world on these folding bikes. We also ordered the Airporter suitcase, which allows us to check the bikes as luggage when we fly and store them in the bus bay while on tour.
Bridge and Tunnel Beach People
07/02/07 Filed in: Rambling
Today, I had planned to put together a slideshow of my old postcard collection, before packing them away for a year. Only to realize that I had already taken the scanner off to the storage unit.
So- the slideshow above is a mini-tribute to the start of summer and New York's Playground of Coney Island and the Rockaways. You see, I come from a family that spent their summers floating in the salty waters of Jamaica Bay off Brooklyn and Queens (and sometimes the Long Island Sound). My grandfather, August Wiedemann was a high diver in the Rockaways. And to this day, my parents hop in their car on Sunday afternoon, leaving the city heat of Manhattan, to spend some time floating out at Jacob Riis Park. OK- sometimes I get a tad homesick & I guess today is just one of those days. Sticking with this nostalgic theme, there is a good video about the sale of Coney Island's Astroland Amusement Park in today's New York Times online. Click the Cyclone image to watch it.
