By Vladimir Brezina
Or is it Saturated Relaxing?
In any case, The Daily Post‘s Photo Challenge this week is Saturated, and Ailsa’s on Where’s my backpack? is Relaxing.
And the two came together very nicely yesterday, on the first day of Oktoberfest in one of the few remaining beer gardens in NYC.
Full story is here.
Posted in New York City, Photography
Tagged New York City, Oktoberfest, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Relaxing, Saturated, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Relaxing.
On a paddling trip, we don’t paddle all the time…
Regarding the last two photos… we do seem to have a knack for finding, in the unlikeliest out-of-the-way spots, on tiny deserted islands, chairs.
We call them “dictator chairs”. We’ve probably all seen somewhere that iconic photo of the dictator—well, a would-be dictator at that stage—seated on a cheap plastic chair in his hideout in the jungle, flanked by menacing bodyguards with machine guns and mirrored sunglasses. (So as not to offend any dictators that might be following our blog, I’d better not show any particular photo of that kind here.) The first time we saw one of these chairs, on a little island, that was the image that came to mind. The white plastic chair gleamed in a sinister manner against the dark undergrowth. There was no dictator or bodyguards, but the chair was surrounded by a luxuriant growth of poisonous plants. And it did have a lovely view out over the water…
Posted in Kayaking
Tagged Kayak Camping, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2013, Relaxing, Sea Kayaking, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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