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… maybe not Banksy, but it sure looks like Pancho Villa – seen on Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn today. Tweet

Fallen but not beaten on the corner of Irving and Troutman in Brooklyn. All in all Irene passed and left no major damage in the area where we are staying – not sure about the rest though, so all the … Weiterlesen →

As New York is getting ready to weather Irene the people will probably have to get used to walking again – they are shutting down the MTA, meaning, as the New York Times put it: “ … shut down the … Weiterlesen →

… we made it. Tweet

„When the Great Creator created the animals he assigned each one to a family. Only the skunk struggled with that for he just wanted to be on his own, he did not want to be part of a family. So … Weiterlesen →

Connecticut’s New London carries a strange atmosphere when walking along the beautiful yet lonely waterfront. And downtown – no bakery, no bookshop, fresh produce hard to find – quite a difference from similar East Coast towns. Sure enough, there’s quite … Weiterlesen →

They say you can watch whales from Cape Cod’s shoreline … there she blows … first we saw spouts only, later when we reached Chatham we were able to enjoy the sight of a humpback taking giant leaps out of … Weiterlesen →

Provincetown, located at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachussetts, is where in 1620 the Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, was signed by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Well, that was then – … Weiterlesen →

Just found this article via Jörg Colberg’s blog Conscientious – a photographer was detained for taking pictures that according to the police officer had no esthetical value. America, land of the free, home of the brave … ? Image source: … Weiterlesen →

Wandering through the streets of Boston last night this caught my eye: Romance? Crime scene? Or just a lost shoe in some back alley in downtown Boston … Tweet