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A One Night Stand on Fifth Avenue

Posted in BY THE WAY, Only in New York, tagged Central Park, Central Park Zoo, Fifth Avenue, New York City, Peafowl on August 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I’m not sayin’ that peacocks are easy or amoral but although he spent the night, he left right after breakfast. Oh wait, he never got breakfast, maybe that’s why he left!

Central Park is lovely place and one would think that if you lived there and someone fed you every day and let you roam around, you wouldn’t want to leave…BUT yesterday, one of the zoo’s peacocks literally flew the coop! Some people didn’t know peacocks can fly but they can, God didn’t give them wings just so they could put their head under them.

Perched on a narrow ledge of a 5th floor apartment at 833 Fifth Avenue, the peacock spent about 20 hours attracting hundreds of New Yorkers, aka gawkers.

Tonight on the news, there were photos shown of the wayward peacock returning home. Well, he was almost home because for some reason, he missed the aviary and landed in the goat’s pen.

Proud Peacock

Photo by Murray Head

Peacock Back At Central Park Zoo A Day After Escaping To Fifth Avenue Luxury Building (newyork.cbslocal.com)
City Room: Central Park Zoo Peacock Escapes (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)

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WHY are New Yorkers So Fascinated By Pale Male???

Posted in BY THE WAY, Fab Fotos, Only in New York, tagged Big Apple, Fifth Avenue, Hawk, Mary Tyler Moore, Murray Head, New York City, Pale Male, Red-tailed Hawk on July 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Who knows, and quite frankly, who cares? Certainly not I!!! I’m not interested in why fors or whatevers – I think my personal fascination comes from a deep appreciation of all wildlife, flora and fauna.

There have been numerous articles about New Yorkers and the life and well-being of Pale Male and his former mate, Lola. We all have heard the story of the building’s maintenance crew destroying the nest of the two Red Tail hawks, invoking the wrath and retribution of thousands led in a crusade by Mary Tyler Moore! Rallies were held, committees were formed, newspaper articles written, and all the usual Big Apple hoo-ha you can imagine. FINALLY the nest was re-installed but it was not quite right; rumor has it that a spike from the pole it sat on was poking through, ugh, but who really knows. The upshot of that was several years of failed mating- no eggs or at least no survivors, a shame. A universal or at least City-wide mantle of guilt and shame lay on the shoulders of the citizens. Man had interfered with nature and now look what we did!

But that was then, and this is now. Lola is gone! She disappeared from the nest; old age? death? illness? Whatever, she was gone. Pale Male still the stud hawk he has always been found himself a new young mate (the trophy wife) and this season they produced two eggs that were studiously watched over by both parents and onlookers, not to mention the obsessive bird-cam addicts online. And lo and behold, two fine young Red Tail hawks were born and are now growing youngsters.

Here’s a peek at these two fine young Red Tail Hawks. If they have been named, I’m unaware as of yet. There’s a striking resemblance to their parents, one looking like Ginger and one in the image of Pale Male; however, for all I know they’re both males or both females – time will tell.

red tail hawk, Pale Male offspring, Ginger offspring, Central Park,

The Kids!

red tail hawk, Pale Male offspring, Central Park,

Is This A Chip Off The Old Block?

Does She Look Like Ginger?

Yippee!!

A Beautiful Bird

Central Park, Pale Mail offspring, New York city

Feet First Landing

Nice Mani-Pedi

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

Pale Male: Is New York’s Favorite Hawk a Father? (abcnews.go.com)
Hawk Cam | The Newsletter (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
Answers About Pip and Violet, Part 3 (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)

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Easter Parade New York City 2011

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Easter, Easter bonnet, Easter bunny, Easter Parade, Egg hunt, Fifth Avenue, holiday, New York City on April 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »

A couple more photos have been sent in and I said I would post them too!

Fifth Avenue, New york city, Easter parade, easter bunny

YES - It's Real and REALLY Soft

photo by Catherine

And then there’s the lovely Catherine!

Easter parade, easter bonnet, new york city

Catherine is a Pink Confection!

Three generations of annual Easter Parade strollers. So far Finley hasn’t missed one yet! And don’t you love her “bonnet”?

Easter parade, Easter hats, easter bonnet, fifth Avenue, New york

We Three - Me, Chiara & Finley

photo by Debbie Follett

Finley Ray, Easter hats, Debbie Follett, Easter parade

Debbie and Finley

Debbie joined Chiara, Tom and Finley in the stroll down the Avenue. Love her purple hat!

Finley Ray on Fifth Avenue

photo by Debbie Follett

Debbie and Francesca at the Easter Parade

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Easter Parade 2011 Photos!!!

Posted in BY THE WAY, Friends, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged Easter Parade 2011, Fifth Avenue, Finley Ray, Helen Uffner, Lori, Peter on April 26, 2011| 2 Comments »

Helen Uffner, Uffner Vintage clothing, Lori Press, Easter Parade 2011, fifth avenue

Helen and Lori

Here we are post-Parade and post-cocktails too!

Easter Parade, Fifth Avenue, Helen Uffner

Helen and her sunglasses!!!

Check out Helen’s saucy vintage hat!

Finley Ray, Easter parade 2011, Fifth Avenue, Easter hat, easter bonnet

Finley and Gigi on the Avenue

Peter Press, uffner vintage clothing, fifth avenue, Easter parade, new york easter 2011

Dapper Peter and Dazzling Jessica

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"Sorry about the hat" - The real Helen

I hope to have more photos soon!

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“In My Easter Bonnet”

Posted in BY THE WAY, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged Easter, Easter bonnet, Easter Parade, Fifth Avenue, Helen, holiday, New York, New York City, Times on April 26, 2011| 8 Comments »

Yesterday in spite of dire predictions of showers, Fifth Avenue was crowded with New Yorkers and tourists. The annual Easter Parade has been a New York tradition since the 1870’s. Over the years, it has attracted the colorful, the crazy, the fashionable and the NOT so fashion-minded.

Peter and I and our friends, Helen and Catherine joined us in strolling down the Avenue. Helen was wearing a very saucy hat from the 1940’s or 30’s (I should have asked her for clarification). Anyway, she looked lovely and maybe she’ll be in the Times next week. She had one of her employees join her who was decked out in an unbelievable knock your socks off vintage outfit. Jessica was a vision of the past in a deep wine red dress, sable fur draped over her arm, wearing net gloves and classic heels from that era. Topped off with a perky fur hat tilted to the side , she turned everyone’s head – check out the Times, I bet she’s there.

I’ve never gone for the vintage look when it comes to the Parade but that’s mainly because I maintain I can’t find vintage clothing in my size. Well even so, I like to wear wide brimmed hats and I like to decorate them with lots of flowers and ribbons. I have made a few and recycled them and sometimes reconstructed them so when Catherine decided to join us, I offered her a hat. She picked a favorite of mine, pink with a very wide brim. She wore a beautiful sun dress and the hat complemented it perfectly. Peter was dapper as usual in a soft gray double-breasted suit, vintage tie and a straw “boater”.

We had a great time, strolling along the Avenue and having our photo taken many times. And as the day wound down, we decided to top off the afternoon enjoying a cocktail. Now where to go? Elegant was the byword of the day so we headed to the King Cole bar in the St. Regis Hotel. It was definitely the right choice. Turns out many of the people whose outfits we admired apparently had the same idea. The King Cole bar was only the more elegant with everyone’s Easter finery.

I managed to forget my camera at home (that was a first). So I’m dependent on others to send me photos from the Parade. So far I only got one I can use but am hoping for more. I’d like to show Finley Ray in her bright orange and hot pink sun dress and wearing the wreath of flowers Gigi made for her.

Fifth Avenue, Peter Press, Catherine Reinhard

Lori, Peter and Catherine

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Crazy,Creative,Cute,Clever,Classy and Kooky! Easter Hats

Posted in BY THE WAY, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged Drag Queen, Dress, Easter, Easter bunny, Easter egg, Easter hat, Easter Parade, Fifth Avenue, holiday, New York City, Rabbit, Religion and Spirituality, Traditions on April 24, 2011| 4 Comments »

Since I know you don’t all live in New York City, I thought you might enjoy some FAB FOTOS of Easter Hats from the famous Fifth Avenue Easter Parade. These are some of the prettiest, wildest, biggest, smallest, and creative from Parades past. If the weather holds (and it’s not promising), I hope to take photographs of this year’s offerings.

Big Apple Easter hat, NYC Easter Parade, Fifth Avenue

The Big Apple

Easter parade, New York City, elaborate floral hat, Easter bonnet

Big Hat-Little Kid

New York city Easter Parade, Easter hats, paper flower hats

Two Flower Girls

Greg Moore, silk top hat, New York city Easter Parade, Fifth Avenue

Our Friend, the Dapper Dude Greg!

Photo by Dubois

Peeps!

Drag Queen in the Pink

Teeny Tiny Topper

NJ couple in Easter Parade, Fifth Avenue

On the Rotogravure

Going Green for Easter

In Search of an Easter Bonnet (aaronshaver.com)

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FIVE on FIFTH on FRIDAY

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged Fifth Avenue, Legos, Manhattan, Murray Head, Rockefeller Center, Tiffany's on September 4, 2010| 3 Comments »

FAB FOTO FRIDAY

Of all the streets in Manhattan, none is more famous than Fifth Avenue. Why half the parades in town march up this beautiful avenue! There are stores, museums, Rockefeller Center and one of the world’s great parks-Central Park. A stroll down the Avenue with a good camera and an even better eye and this is what you might see in one Friday afternoon.

: Fifth Avenue is for kids and Legos

photo by Murray Head

: Fifth Avenue is for Trying to Make It!

photo by Murray Head

: Fifth is Home to Tiffany’s

photo by Murray Head

Fifth Avenue is for Art and Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center

photo by Murray Head

Fifth Avenue is for Shopping

photo by Murray Head

Fifth Avenue is for eating Tacos

photo by Murray Head

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Fab Foto Friday – Faces of the Future

Posted in Fab Fotos, Finley Ray, Friends, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged Cinderella, Fifth Avenue, Finley Ray, Finny, Murray Head, New York City on August 27, 2010| 2 Comments »

New York is the ultimate melting pot of America. This richly diverse population not only affords a myriad of ethnic cultural events (parades, festivals), a fabulous assortment of ethnic restaurants and best of all the chance to see the world through a child’s eye by seeing the child. These are the faces of the future as our big world gets smaller every day.