Sunday, October 9, 2011
Occupy Wall Street: Day 22
On Saturday October 8th, the Occupy Wall Street movement marched to Washington Square Park in the West Village in New York City. It was a peaceful day that primarily served as a means to disseminate information and draw more support for the cause. Here are a few pictures I snapped on my first day covering the people's movement in person.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Summer's Coming to an End
I took my daughter to see my favorite band Incubus, this past weekend. This was her first time seeing them live and thankfully, she enjoyed the show. She actually picked up two songs, "Punch Drunk" and "In the Company of Wolves", that she's been playing on her Mac since. Young the Giant, another new southern California band, opened and were very good.
In support of their first new album in 5 years, "If Not Now, When?", Brandon and the guys put on an amazing performance. The visuals were intense and the songs from the new album were enlightening. My friend Nicole and I were a little disappointed they didn't perform "Stellar", but overall it was a great experience. A perfect end to a great Summer in New York. Can't wait to see them again already! Here's a few pictures I snapped with my Powershot from about 100 rows back.
In support of their first new album in 5 years, "If Not Now, When?", Brandon and the guys put on an amazing performance. The visuals were intense and the songs from the new album were enlightening. My friend Nicole and I were a little disappointed they didn't perform "Stellar", but overall it was a great experience. A perfect end to a great Summer in New York. Can't wait to see them again already! Here's a few pictures I snapped with my Powershot from about 100 rows back.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Hurricane Irene: Assessing The Aftermath In North Brooklyn
Hurricane Irene roared into NYC last night with winds reported by the local ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS media outlets as high as 80 mph. Evacuations and a complete mass transit shutdown had begun 24 hours in advance of this devastating storm with anticipation of the worst natural disaster this city has seen in more than 40 years. Flooding was expected to wipe out power to many of the boroughs and those that chose to stay in their homes spent untold savings on bottled water, groceries and supplies to hunker down with.
Less than 24 hours after Irene pummeled the city, we ventured out(against Mayor Bloomberg's orders) to document the devastation she left in her wake. Here's a sampling of some of the damage to the Bushwick area...
1) On Wyckoff street, a large garbage can still lies tipped over as emergency efforts to upright it have not materialized as of 2PM eastern standard time.
2) At the corner of Wyckoff and Hart street, flooding is still apparent as passersby brave the remnants of the storm in an effort to get ice coffee.
3) On Harman Street in Ridgewood, Queens, a leaf lies motionless on the sidewalk. A reminder of the devastation that could have been had this impaled an unlucky pedestrian.
4) An empty plastic cup lies in the street as the cleanup of Hurrican Irene's horrendous aftermath continues at a snail's pace.
Less than 24 hours after Irene pummeled the city, we ventured out(against Mayor Bloomberg's orders) to document the devastation she left in her wake. Here's a sampling of some of the damage to the Bushwick area...
1) On Wyckoff street, a large garbage can still lies tipped over as emergency efforts to upright it have not materialized as of 2PM eastern standard time.
2) At the corner of Wyckoff and Hart street, flooding is still apparent as passersby brave the remnants of the storm in an effort to get ice coffee.
3) On Harman Street in Ridgewood, Queens, a leaf lies motionless on the sidewalk. A reminder of the devastation that could have been had this impaled an unlucky pedestrian.
4) An empty plastic cup lies in the street as the cleanup of Hurrican Irene's horrendous aftermath continues at a snail's pace.
Monday, August 15, 2011
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