When it is a hot town, summer in the city [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbQK-w2ARsw], and the back of your neck’s getting dirty and gritty, nothing cools you off nicer than an old-fashioned Brooklyn johnny pump. Although, if you have to open one, please make sure it
Photo by Barbara Pearson
Is it just me or does this portrait-shaped photo take the cake for the longest Morning Mug we’ve ever run? Photo by Marc Faiman
From the photographer: > Here is an image shot of the storm Saturday evening. The sky is half lit up and half in darkness. I call it Sky Drama, Coney Island[.] Photo by LiLy Diamond
> “The Sunflow’r, thinking ’twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t’ excuse the blame; It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.” > ~ Abraham Cowley Photo by 4-year-old Emma Harrigan, and submitted by her
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We publish the week’s statistics for the 62nd Precinct reports every Friday. The 62nd Precinct is the police command responsible for Bensonhurst and Bath Beach.
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
I do hope that kitty’s for sale. Shot in front of Cinderella Florist, 1921 Avenue Z. Props to the photographer, our venerable publisher, who moved slightly to the left of the door so as not to catch his reflection in the glass. Photo by Ned Berke
An Instagrammy self-portrait in front of the ALPHA Vision Center on Sheepshead Bay Road. Photo by Erica Sherman
I don’t know what this is, but it’s exquisite. Photo by Max Bolotov [https://www.facebook.com/MaxBolotovPhotography]
I had inadvertently placed this image in my “already used” photo folder that I created for Morning Mugs and puzzles, and just now (Monday night) discovered it as I scrambled in search of a photo for this morning. Sorry, Yuriy… A little cool weather would be perfect right about now.
This weather we’re having right now — ick, yuck, I hate it. And it looks like we’re going to be stuck with it until tomorrow [http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NYZ075&warncounty=NYC047&firewxzone=NYZ075&local_place1=&product1=Heat+Advisory#.UeNhPY3U_HQ] . Drink