Shadow Shot Sunday

These adorned the table at Le Boeuf

à la Mode, where I've enjoyed several

great meals compliments of good (and

generous) friends who live right around

the corner (with this amazing view).

If you're looking for real French food on

the Upper East Side, this is the place.

And I'd like to offer this bouquet of

roses to my friend Lily Hydrangea,

whose birthday this is—Happy Birthday,

dear blogpal!

[And you can see more Shadow Shots here.]

photo Hunter — "average"

So is this the average cost of a 3-tiered cake?

Some 20 years ago, I had such a cake custom

made for a party I had for my parents' 

50th anniversary—mine was both tasteful and

tasty, and it cost exactly a tenth of this ugly 

concoction.  $650?  Seriously??  

That's 470 euros . . . 737 Australian dollars . . .

58,551 Japanese yen . . . 64,703 Albanian

leke . . . or 12,002,250 Vietnam dong!!

I don't think so.

[Find more "average" photos here.]

Skywatch Friday

Well, this beautiful ship has certainly been 

around.  I guess the Peking will

remain moored here at South Street

Seaport from now on, but I'd love 

to see her under full sail!

[See more Skywatch here.]

Bull!

This massive beast now resides in front

of 26 Broadway (where I worked 30 years

ago).   Do you suppose that if I rubbed

a certain part of his anatomy, then the

funds that used to be in my 401k 

would magically reappear?

abc wednesday - C is for "columns"

Here are Bernini's, set like elegant

parentheses around St. Peter's

Square, in Rome. I think they're

wonderfully photogenic.

[See more ABC Wednesday pix here.]

security

They don't take a lot of chances in this neck

of our woods. Took these two shots on

Martin Luther King Day, when pretty much

no one was at work down here in the

Financial District.  Even so, just try to get

anywhere near the Stock Exchange in a vehicle. Don't 

actually know what's on the streets where

they've put up these barriers—but I'll just trust their 

judgement and figure better safe than sorry.

[Find more shots from That's My World Tuesday here.]

mellow Yellow Monday

This is Astor Wine and Spirits. If there's

something you've tasted in Europe and you'd 

like to enjoy here—let's say, for

example, Pineau des Charentes (a fave

from France) or Aperol (essential for

concocting the quintessential Venetian spritz)—

I promise you can find it in this well-stocked emporium.

[See more mellow yellow here.]