ho

After a long day recording characters for a short mockumentary in Greenpoint and Williamsburg I walk down this street in Astoria to the last appointment. It goes really well.

drift

The view from Manhattan Avenue looking south from 105th Street on the second day of the blizzard of December 2010. For more pictures look you know where.

blow

So wonderful to be back home as the white stuff piles up outside - eventually 20 inches of snowfall is reported for Central Park, though with the high winds many drifts go higher.

wings

The blizzard of December 2010 is just beginning.

elf

Actually one of Santa's elves didn't get left behind, but some good friends showed up for a pancake brunch on Xmas Day.

eve

Another traditional Xmas Eve in Brooklyn Heights, admiring Chris's custom Northern Italian tree decorations.

mall

Our last day in DC started with a dash to the Hirshhorn to check out the Kuitca exhibition, then a walk through the Mall to catch a bus back to NYC. 

moon

On the eve of the lunar eclipse in DC.

heights

Walking to brunch through the Columbia Heights neighborhood of DC with our host. It was friggin' cold, but I kept stopping to take pictures.

trip

On the way to a holiday 'funtasy' party in our nation's capitol with a good friend. Whenever you see such a Neo-Egyptian temple you immediately think of the Masons - and you are right!

sabon

sabon, originally uploaded by ridavio.

Walking in Soho, NYC.

fête

All is ready before the annual holiday party at 'the tenement.' You will note many new wine glasses, every single one of which was used and miraculously not broken - I even found one in the bathroom the following day! But the drink that won the evening was cololito - two versions of which arrived thanks to Puerto Rican guests who took the trouble to mix some southern happiness for the rest of us. The kasha holiday salad was a miserable failure - tip for holiday entertainers, don't try new recipes at the last minute. The caponatina on the other hand was a raging success. Not in this photo - the vegetarian paella, Cuban black beans and herb-roasted root vegetable medley.

happy

Happy Birthday to Lane!!!!

tidings

of greed and joy from Wall Street.

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