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Some odds and ends from last weekend's trip to New York City. "Odds and ends, odds and ends.
Lost time is not found again" Bob Dylan
All in Travel
Hey Gene, Is It Loaded?
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, I see former KISS co-founder, Gene Simmons, strutting down the street dressed in black and wearing model studded boots. All that security is not for him, but that doesn't stop him from enjoying the stage as he struts his celebrity. New York's finest are enjoying the spectacle, as Simmons poses for photos with dozens of cops.
Erasmus Bridge Spanning the Nieuwe Maas
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I am in a modern hotel room on the 23rd floor (top) of the Nhow Hotel that occupies one of the three buildings comprising the Rem Koolhass' Rotterdam complex. We overlook the Erasmus bridge in this thoroughly modern city. The bridge, designed by Ben van Berkel, was completed in 1996. Known as the "Swan," it is a cable-style bridge, with an asymmetric blue pylon anchoring the cables. A tram line runs down the center of the bridge, with automobile and bicycle traffic also supported.
Contemplating
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A bicyclist ends the day watching the river flow from the boardwalk running along the Potomac River in Georgetown. Rosslyn, Virginia is lit by the setting sun. It doesn't get much better than this.
Watergate
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Take this Chris Hayes. Next time do the rooftop.
Summation
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Undecided
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It is impossible to spend 10 days in Paris traipsing through museums and not have some of the Impressionist works rub off on you. Or as Kaiman Wong says, "Bokeh."
Time to pack.
Evelyn
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Well, on our tenth day in Paris, Evelyn was difficult to roust from bed, but I eventually got her out the door. We climbed Notre Dame. Despite telling her that I did not need another photograph with her in it, she insisted on posing.