September 30, 2007
Dean Johnson
Ode to Dean Johnson
Icon, Legend, Musician, Promoter, Force of Nature…
Dean & the Weenies, The Velvet Mafia, Mondo New York…
We adore you; we will miss you, like so many Icons, taken from us far too soon.
Scandalous in life, scandalous in death, you have touched so many in this short life.
We are all the better for knowing you.
Selfishly we wanted more.
Many memories flood thru my mind, I have them forever.
Yes darlin’, you are a Celluloid Hero forever
Young & Beautiful!!
Miss you; Love you, thinking of you!
Air Kisses to the masses….. Muah!
http://www.myspace.com/deanandtheweeniesfansite
http://www.velvetmafiatheband.com/
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/09/promoter_and_queer_icon_dean_j.html
July 31, 2007
Wall Art
This is one of the many perks of NYC to me! Wall art is everywhere, sometimes where you least expect it. That is part of the fun, seeing it just appear! Today was one of those lucky days for me. This Giant To Do list is made out of Post Its.
If you are in town and have a pen, add your toughs! It is on the corner of 1st Ave & 6th Street.
July 15, 2007
Koi ponds of the LES, NYC
This Saturday I had the extreme pleasure of going on the Green Thumb Koi Extravaganza!
It was a walking tour of some of the Community Gardens on the Lower East Side of Manhattan that have Koi Ponds. They were beautiful!
We started our tour at the 6BC garden. I just Love this Garden!
It is such a jewel tucked away on 6th street between Aves B & C.
You really forget you are in the city when you step into this garden.
The 2 floor freestanding building is such a charmer, with vines reaching for the roof, which has solar collector panels on it that power the waterfall in the Koi Pond.
A big thank you goes out to Cary who spoke for his garden, you guys do amazing work!
Our next stop was 6th and Ave B Garden, this garden was made famous with its large towering sculpture.
This was on the opening shots of NYPD Blues TV series.
This garden also boasts a large performance stage.
William gave us the lowdown on their Koi pond, thank you for all the great info.
Our last garden was on 8th St between Aves C & D.
This garden had the largest of all the Koi ponds we saw that day as well as the oldest it is 20yrs old!
They also have some lovely structures’.
Thank you to Jan, Jim & Asami for their wealth of info on Koi & pond care.
I had such a great morning, hope you enjoy the photos!
June 25, 2007
A Visit to the Flea Market
My good friend Claudia thought that I needed some time away from the gardens and decided to take me to the Flea Market. Sadly these have been downsized greatly.
The 6th Avenue Flea Market was world famous.
Now there are new high-rise luxury apartments where the main 3 spots were.
New Yorkers never say die though…a few have sprouted in the shadows of the skyscrapers, and seem here to stay, for now.
There is such a cornucopia of goods, and not so good, to be had for all.
After all the running around it was time for a break!
Hope that you will enjoy the sample of views….
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