Thursday, October 23, 2008

Mental Indigestion

The difference between the eye and the camera is that the latter is a machine.
We don't get thrown for quite such a loop by reflections in real life since our brain only processes one thing at the time - thank goodness.



On the corner of 8th Avenue and 22nd Street, a pretty awful welfare hotel is being refurbished as the swanky 'Gem'.
Two thoughts: where are the poor denziens of the Allerton being shipped off to?
Is this the right moment to open a new hotel?
Hmm..........
This is a view into the window of the florist where the two bold black cats live.



Not sure what will be in this spacious retail space. We have about a zillion nail parlors and drug stores already.
Nice bright sunny day for photos. The Empire State Building is flying through the air in the upper right.



I like the colors of building materials.



It's lucky one can't think of more than one thing at a time.
Economic down turn.
S.Palin's shopping.
It's enough to make one's head spin.

15 comments:

  1. Maybe she was trying to stimulate the economy, singlehanded.....Yes, it is absolutely amazing.

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  2. Your opening photo is gorgeous! I would make a stunning poster.

    What is blogger doing with the comments? Some of the formats have changed and some haven't. Odd. Maybe a Halloween bug!

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  3. Some sort of problem today with posting comments.
    Is anyone else out there experiencing this?
    Also the format seems to have changed!
    I'm confused....as usual.

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  4. Stunning photos. I love the idea of taking pictures of the reflections!

    The comment thing is weird. I had to go in and change my settings to make it go back.

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  5. Oh yay-- you set the comments back to the old way! I don't know what Blogger was trying to do...

    I always wondered about all those nail salons. They reproduce around here, too. How many nails are there to be done?? Wonder if S.P.'s nails match her lipstick... ;-O

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  6. Excellent photos Elizabeth - love the reflections - especially in the first one.
    Blogger changed the comment format on the 22nd. Commenting below the post will now be the new default - luckily it can be changed back to the original :)

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  7. ...intersting, the reflections on the glass...almost like a collage!
    visual delights dear...

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  8. I'm not much of a photographer, (unlike talented you), but it is always fascinating to end up with something that was not quite what "you" saw . . . especially if it yields surprised or unexpected beauties.

    My English mother-in-law called last night -- and wanted to talk about Sarah Palin's wardrobe, as reported in the Daily Mail! My MIL knows almost nothing about Palin -- (but believe me, my husband was filling her in) -- but she knows about her clothing costs! It is amusing and disturbing in equal measure.

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  9. The mind boggles.

    Love the reflective photos/ponderings.




    Yes...Blogger has been acting wacky for two days now...

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  10. good analogy: sara palin gets refurbished/welfare hotel in chelsea gets refurbished...what was that putting lipstick on a pig hubbub about again?

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  11. Excellent photos and goods reflections about each one.

    It's really wonderfull finding differents blogs as yours.

    Have a nice weekend!

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  12. I love the reflection photos! I'm not having problems other than blogger seems slow today.

    Sarah Palin's politics, lack of experience and city bashing worry me more than her wardrobe. I blame the Republican Party for the gross spending on clothes in hard times, but I have to say they did pick her a nice suit for the debate. Maybe we were better off before TV.

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  13. I love that first one. I did try to comment last night but blogger wouldn't oblige!

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  14. These reflection photos are so interesting! Yes, how nice that our minds can discern the differences . . . sometimes.

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  15. When my head is spinning it helps to look at beautiful photographs such as these. That pink orchid is just the ticket!

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