A bunch of highlights from the last winter as we move into the unseasonably warm Spring.

Can’t go wrong with a nice sunset

This is from the historic train car on the E line. It was pretty wild to get in there

Some old signage

Rad shit

Right after Kiran had been joking to me about bringing back the 90’s hip-hop style  of wearing ski goggles I see this dude on the train. Much respect, homie

I was able to get in a bunch of hockey this year, between aching backs

Caught this little stinger in one game. Kid was from Minnesota so you know he knows how to take a shot. Thanks to Bauer for leaving a hole in the arms of their chest protectors…

I armed myself with some children’s soccer shin guards to plug the holes in the future (last line of defense)

Me and Dre on some night playing at the Acheron and sending out love to GG on the West Coast

This is my camera-phone-to-binoculars technique. It works sometimes, but this one sucked.

Walking through Long Island City and caught a dude with a sick bag

Another LIC at QBP. Love the lines in this place

One of the many, many snowy nights that me and the lady Chuck Davies went a walkin

#streetcats

One of the best/worst sights… garbage can full of hockey sticks from decades past

ODR at Central Park with Colman

 

My family restaurant from a different continent en Queens

After chatting with my mom one of the snowy nights I found the apartment my Grandma grew up in (or at least one of them) around my neighborhood. It still looks like it did in the 30s or 40s on the outside I imagine.

It’s amazing the things they are merchandising these days…

Ice mounts on the Hudson

A beautiful piece I regret not buying

We found these lockers for sale in Build it Green that are decorated almost exactly as I would have

Wu-Tang 90’s/00’s stickers and skate shit

Probably the pants size I was too

Also in B.i.G. a bathroom with which to do a Damaged homage

This is some weird truck with a gorilla evolving from man.. pretty cool

Another one from a crazy snow day of Charlotte “cooling down”

Snowfall out in the East River, Ice floating

and of course, C.R.E.A.M.

Late Night Skating at Astoria Skate PArk

These are some ducks out near LaGuardia… cute little guys. Most of the water was frozen over except over here

I forget what we determined these dudes are. Cute tiny little things

Lady Charlotte looking foxy as per usj

Boats frozen into the water

Hanging with Matt, Courtney, and Magic

Some night time lighting from a bus stop. That’s it for the moment of winter

This is a bunch of randos from over a couple months I guess. These scans aren’t very good, but I don’t mind. Sometimes a little dust adds some character. Each of these is from a hike, or long walk, and most with the lady Charles. This was from one we took through Flushing Meadows and made it back to the 7 in the frigid fall wind.

Here are a few from Coney Island. I always love seeing the giant shipping vessels on the edge of the horizon. It definitely makes the world look flat.

I must have about a hundred of this exact frame, but it always looks great in afternoon light, especially when it’s so vacant.

Come out to play, cause we’ll never forget you.

Especially dusty but again I like it. I seriously think there were only about 20 people here this day.

Long shutter speed by accident but hey, it’s artsy farty.

These are from a long hike / skate I did at Van Cortland. I skated all the way up to White Plains by accident. At that border it’s hard to remember you are still technically in New York City.

This photo  doesn’t show any of what I hoped it would, but I still appreciate it. There were about a hundred corvids swarming. Must’ve been on the move down south stopping off on this vacant trail for some grubs. They were all diving coming one after the other and didn’t notice me. It wasn’t until I got a little closer and tried to film their motions they actually freaked out.

These three are from a long skate through Queens until I found my way over to the strip of park by La Guardia. Its very loud over there because the Grand Central goes right by, and because planes are constantly taking off, but somehow it’s very peaceful.

Again another place where there are plenty of people around but still it feels isolated.

This is from the day that me and Chuck decided to take a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, something she had never done. I don’t blame her. It’s one of those things that you might want to do, but the amount of tourists doing it really turns you off to it. And unless you do it for necessity of work or travel you have no other reason.

The park around that section of Brooklyn is getting a lot of work done these days. That’s cool, I guess.

It wasn’t looking great at the time but it’s already a lot cleaner now

I think all this stuff is done now.

Anyway, onto the bridge. As expected it was so utterly crowded with unaware tourists and obnoxious “New Yorkers” that it took a lot of the fun out of it. But it was cool to do it once

We’re just gonna have to go back another day when it isn’t a weekend so we can maybe walk through without wanting to elbow people in the face. Maybe that was just me…