Welcome back to another “Open Thread Monday With Sheepshead Bites,” where we can grouse and gripe about how Mondays suck, but we won’t, since that’s what Facebook’s for. Instead, make Monday — in particular, this Monday — awesome, by joining Ned and some of your Sheepshead Bites pals, friends
The Brighton Finance Station at 3157 Coney Island Avenue. Source: New York Daily NewsAs federal cost-cutting measures continue to affect just about all aspects of our lives, uncertainty also looms for five borough post offices, one of which is in our area. Even after the United States Postal Service signed
I shot the above photo with my first digital camera [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Photosmart_M407] on February 13, 2005, at 1/128 of a second, ISO-100, and f/3.2, before I knew what shutter speed, ISO and an f -stop even meant.
Since I used Google Translate, it is probably a literal translation. Apologies to the native Spanish speakers who are appalled by my ignorance. Photo by nolastname. Or, in español: sin apellido.
annie hall
Diane Keaton, Woody Allen and Tony Roberts in a scene from Woody's 1977 masterpiece, "Annie Hall." Source: http://pakbote.blogspot.com/I have never made a secret of my deep, abiding love for, admiration of, and decades-long crush on Woody Allen (who I, incidentally, also share
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.
codfishing
Fishing rods in hand, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth flank ELMAR II's Captain Gus Rau. Source: "You know you're from Sheepshead Bay when........" (facebook group) / Howard GlatterRobert Fernandez of “The Bite [/tag/the-bite/]” recently got me interested in perusing through some of the local
Yesterday we had sexy skies [/morning-mug-sexy-skies/], today we have “SOME SEXY 50mm [http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/247091-GREY/Nikon_2137_Normal_AF_Nikkor_50mm.html] macro for you. 1.8 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture#In_photography] with the set up i used – it acts like a 0.
Photo by the amazing Adam Lerner of Adam Lerner | PhotographyAs an inexhaustibly enthusiastic photographer, a little more than a year ago I found myself on the website FroKnowsPhoto.com [http://froknowsphoto.com/], described by its Philadelphia-based proprietor Jared Polin [http://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredpolin] (from his LinkedIn bio) as
Emailed to us via iPhone, along with the text: “Sexy skies over Ave V.” I’ve never heard of the sky being called “sexy” before, and yet, it seems the most apt description. Photo by ShadowLock.
exercise
Source: MYoga.comWell, for one thing, MYoga [http://www.myogany.com/] — which says it is opening at 1002 Quentin Road, Suite 3020 — is donation-based. According to MyYoga’s Maksim Khasin, who emailed Sheepshead Bites: > The studio offers a tremendous service to the community by allowing people to enjoy yoga
the faded past
Stretch of Ocean Parkway facing Brighton Beach Avenue. Source: Google Maps (bottom image)There’s a pretty cool new website in town. Part Forgotten-NY [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/], part Fading Ad Blog [http://www.fadingad.com/fadingadblog/], The Faded Past [http://www.thefadedpast.com/index.html] — the brainchild and creation