2am, 1/1/10 New Years, Times Square

I attended a dinner party on Ludlow Street. The Lower East side. Great Fun.

At 1am, I rode the subway uptown to Times Square.

I documented the "aftermath" of the New Years Eve celebration.
By then it was 2am

Where will you be New Years Eve 2009 ???

I will not be in Times Square this year at midnight..

I have a previous engagement uptown.

But you can believe I'll be soon there after

A few truths...

People start standing as early as 9am..

By 3PM Times Square is in lock down..No one gets in or out..

You never see it on TV but people are backed up to 57 street and down to 34st ..

Cross Streets from 41st to 57st are Blocked with huge cement boulders.

If you live in the area, you are stopped at 6 ave or 8ave.and have to prove were you are going.

Since I never get in the thick of things, the closest I have ever gotten to the New Years Eve happenings is mid street on 47th.

From there one can only see the Coke sign..That is looking up.

47th is jammed with people from the 47 street's hotels, bars, and residents, partying in the street.

I'm sure every adjacent cross street to Times Square has similar partying going on..

Once midnight comes and goes people pour out of Times Square.

Laughing, singing, stranger greeting stranger with a "Happy New Year"

as they walk to the subway, bus or car..

No one can enter or re-enter Times Square until 1am after the clean up.

You'd be amazed what the cleanup crew finds..

The confetti which is the size of a silver dollars (no tiny stuff) is everywhere..

Even with the clean up, confetti is everywhere for days after.

I have been remiss in my blogging ... Part 2

I stayed in Downtown Las Vegas, The Golden Nugget Hotel. Where The Fremont Experience was celebrating the "Summer of 69". The night light shows were spectacular.
No pictures of San Jose, don't ask why.

I have been remiss in my blogging.. Part 1

I said I would Twitter and Blog my way through South Dakota, Las Vegas and San Jose CA.

Well, I didn't.

Arrived in Rapid City, SD a few hours after a hail storm.




Here are some pictures of the Back Hills, SD

Imagine, The Black Hills, a convertible & Strauss

Just Realized

Hi All,

I just realized that when you click on the individual pictures they get really big.

I hope everyone enjoys the pictures and much as I enjoyed Alaska.

My Last Trip Into The Mountains

I leave for home tonight, one hour after midnight, 9/6/08.

Yesterday, I made my last trip (this trip) into the mountains.
Hatcher Pass was closed because of snow when I was here in April, 2008, but not yesterday.

My photos can never convey what my eyes have seen.
An indescribable kaleidoscope of color and texture.
There is no way to describe the vistas, mountains, valleys, glaciers, colors, the rugged wilderness, so diverse, so dazzling, photos and words, can just not impart.

I am so lucky.
I have had a wonderful time.
An experience of a lifetime.