Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My bad as to tilted horizons. Don't know what possessed me, maybe the ghost of Gary Winogrand. But: Center of the Universe = home of world's foremost nitrated sandwich meats? Big Bang theory? Peter. SF, CA --- Hank Kellner <hankpix@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Larry, > I think we'd better button our lips before > those who aren't lucky enough to live in our fair > city and can't even enjoy a nice pastrami sandwich > come after us with swords and daggers. > I haven't spent all of my young life here. For > a few years, I lived in other places. But now, like > Governor Arnold, I'm back! > I don't have a body of work that shows the > changing city, but I do have some others that I've > posted to www.gallery.users.org/v/hankpix. I'll be > posting more photos in the future. Comments and > criticism are always welcome. > By the way, maybe we could get in touch with > all the LUG members who live in the Big Apple and > get together somewhere for a few beers and a couple > of belly laughs. > Cordially, > Hank > > larry.k@rcn.com wrote: > Hello Hank, > Haha, a fellow New Yorker! Wow, 71 years in the > city, congratulations! Do you have a body of work > showing the changing city? I would love to see your > work, well, at least the edited version of it. ;-) > > Yeah, New York is still a wonder to me. There is no > place like it in the country. I love E.B. White's > essay on New York, he does capture the spirit of the > place. > > Ah, the food, the restaurants are amazing. My wife > and I treat ourselves to some fine dinners once in a > while (Daniel, Aquavit, etc) and always come out > feeling refreshed and reinvigorated. Besides that, > it is great to live in a place where everything is > delivered (food, wine!), and you don't have to mow > the grass or shovel snow! I've done enough of those > things. > > Now, with a few analog and digital devices (sound > and vision), life is pretty good! > > Regards, > > Larry > > ------------------------------------------------- > Hello Everyone, > Well, no matter how you look at it, NYC is still the > Center of the Universe...at least as far as many of > my fellow city dwellers and I are concerned. After > all, where else can you find the best cheesecake in > the world, the best knishes, and restaurants like > Katz' Delicatessen on Houston Street? Not to mention > enough great hamburger joints and other eateries to > clog your arteries and cause you beg to for > more--even while the paramedics are carting you off > to the emergency room to have your stomach pumped. > Okay, go ahead and shoot me down. But I can't help > myself! I was born here 71 years ago, and I'm sure > I'll leave from here when I finally go to Leica > Heaven. But not too soon, I hope. > Regards, > Hank > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > > > > Hank Kellner > Author, SHADOWS AT GARNER LAKE > www.iUniverse.com > Toll free: 1/800/288/4737 > > > > --------------------------------- > Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! > Small Business. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com