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Subject: [Leica] NYC
From: pmcc_2000 at yahoo.com (pmcc)
Date: Wed Dec 13 12:21:57 2006

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 
> 
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> 
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