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Short story is the clouds made for not optimum conditions – they reflected so much light from the city that you could only see the Tribute in Light (barely!) through a lens.Look on the right side of the photo. This is the best one I got, argh. It might help to click on the photo to make it bigger.

The place we went to is Eagle Rock Reservation, which has a very nice lookout point on Jersey and NYC. It also has a 9/11 tribute, and had quite the crowd there tonight as expected.

And since we got crappy photos of the tribute, here are some Mallory pics to make up for it.

And one from I think yesterday. Two well-deserved naps!

Photos I’ve taken over the years we’ve lived here. From the Jersey City waterfront:

From downtown Jersey City:

From our apartment window in Jersey City:

The weather may not cooperate, but I may attempt one more capture of the tonight’s tribute from out here in the ‘burbs.

Here’s a cool article with great photos about the set up of the tribute.

It was great to have Derek and Heidi in town, if even for a short time. We crammed a bunch in, including walking 11 miles on Friday (and seeing lots of the City…), some good home-cooked meals and a bout of mini putt! Adrienne totaled the scores (David helped just a bit), and announced that Heidi came in 4th, David third and Adrienne and Derek tied for first. The next day after Derek and Heidi left we recounted – and have new results! Heidi fourth, Adrienne third, David second and Derek in first place!

Roosevelt Island is a 2-mile long, 800-feet wide island off the eastern “coast” of Manhattan – that is, in the East River between Manhattan and Queens. It has a long history, from its purchase from the Indians, to Dutch hog farming, to prison and hospital locations to now – a community of about 12-thousand, complete with school system, church, hospitals and more. And — you can’t drive to it from Manhattan. The island is only accessible via subway and aerial tramway (cars can use a bridge from Queens, though the island’s master plan forbids use – you park you car at a garage and walk or ride the bus). I recently saw the tram was going to be shut down for several months for repair, so I thought it’d be a good idea to get over for a visit – to ride a skycar to an island off New York City. Pics of our visit below:

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And here’s a panorama from the southern tip of the island (click for biggie version):

Downtown Newark as I was leaving to go into NYC today:

And in the village, NYC, where someone built a tiny snowman bike rider:

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A few days ago David got the pot rack up, which has helped move forward the kitchen organization:

And I had to share this photo. Too bad I don’t have one from WNIJ, the only other radio station for which I’ve worked!

I got tickets for a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center tonight, so Adrienne and I went in a little early to walk through Central Park on this misty, fall day:

And of course today was the opening day of the new Apple store on the Upper West Side, so we walked by there as well:

Friday night I met Adrienne in the city for a concert at the Manhattan School of Music. Afterward we strolled down Broadway and found ourselves at a Ben and Jerry’s. We both got 2-scoop mini waffle cones, but Adrienne didn’t/couldn’t finish hers, and so decided she’d take it home… on the subway, then the PATH then walking home. Here’s a photo of it at the World Trade Center, waiting for the 7-minute PATH train ride and then 7-minute walk:

Adrienne put it in the freezer and had it the following evening as we watched “The Wrestler.”

The cats always seem to like laying on my trombone cases, and my new one seems to be no exception. Though due to the design, it’s more of laying in vs. on:

And Sunday evening Adrienne went for a little ride out to the house. We were a bit disappointed to find very few houses decorated for Haloween, but that’s less competetion for us (still hopefull we’ll be in it by then…). We did come across this laying on the sidewalk in front of the house. Hope it’s not a sign…

Not the first time I’ve mentioned this group, but I do like their hijinks.