Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, Sept. 10, 2014: Putting on a Face
September 10, 2014
Under renovation, like other buildings around Place Vendome in Paris, this 18th-century building hides its surgery scars behind a curtain.
Under renovation, like other buildings around Place Vendome in Paris, this 18th-century building hides its surgery scars behind a curtain.
Customers contemplate the bounty of the sea in Barcelona’s famous Bouqueria Market. One of Europe’s oldest and largest indoor market halls (and one of over 20 in Barcelona), this is a mecca for both wholesale and retail buyers and for the…
I visited The Grand Canyon in January and was a little saddened to wake up that morning to see that lots of snow had fallen in the night and I immediately thought that it would impact the view in a negative way. It did not! It was a…
We went to Hawaii expecting surf, mountains, palms, pineapples and all the rest…but no one told us about the chickens! Here and there around the islands we found them…on the beach, on mountain trails, in parking lots. Sometimes one or two,…
The new 1 World Trade Center building and Frank Gehry’s 8 Spruce Street apartment tower join the Brooklyn Bridge in this image shot through the
The new 1 World Trade Center building and Frank Gehry’s 8 Spruce Street apartment tower join the Brooklyn Bridge in this image shot through the imperfect plate glass walls of the carousel pavilion in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Artistic taste, perhaps, but not very tasty! These kids are admiring a market table of fruits and vegetables…all cast in bronze! We ran into this in the cloister garden of the Basel Munster (cathedral). So far, all I have found in explanation is…
Streetcorner buskers are a common sight in many cities, especially those with a tourist trade. There are singers, dancers, dressed-up cartoon characters, and living statues.
Streetcorner buskers are a common sight in many cities, especially those with a tourist trade. There are singers, dancers, dressed-up cartoon characters, and living statues. And once in a while, a real puzzler. We saw these two on the edge of Piazza…
I met this squirrel—and quite a few of his furry friends—on a late-winter stroll through Prospect Park in Brooklyn. I don’t climb well enough for close-ups in his world, but the magic of telephoto made it seem very personal. After a…
Under renovation, like other buildings around Place Vendome in Paris, this 18th-century building hides its surgery scars behind a curtain.
Customers contemplate the bounty of the sea in Barcelona’s famous Bouqueria Market. One of Europe’s oldest and largest indoor market halls (and one of over 20 in Barcelona), this is a mecca for both wholesale and retail buyers and for the…
I visited The Grand Canyon in January and was a little saddened to wake up that morning to see that lots of snow had fallen in the night and I immediately thought that it would impact the view in a negative way. It did not! It was a…
We went to Hawaii expecting surf, mountains, palms, pineapples and all the rest…but no one told us about the chickens! Here and there around the islands we found them…on the beach, on mountain trails, in parking lots. Sometimes one or two,…
The new 1 World Trade Center building and Frank Gehry’s 8 Spruce Street apartment tower join the Brooklyn Bridge in
The new 1 World Trade Center building and Frank Gehry’s 8 Spruce Street apartment tower join the Brooklyn Bridge in this image shot through the imperfect plate glass walls of the carousel pavilion in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Artistic taste, perhaps, but not very tasty! These kids are admiring a market table of fruits and vegetables…all cast in bronze! We ran into this in the cloister garden of the Basel Munster (cathedral). So far, all I have found in explanation is…
Streetcorner buskers are a common sight in many cities, especially those with a tourist trade. There are singers, dancers, dressed-up
Streetcorner buskers are a common sight in many cities, especially those with a tourist trade. There are singers, dancers, dressed-up cartoon characters, and living statues. And once in a while, a real puzzler. We saw these two on the edge of Piazza…
I met this squirrel—and quite a few of his furry friends—on a late-winter stroll through Prospect Park in Brooklyn. I don’t climb well enough for close-ups in his world, but the magic of telephoto made it seem very personal. After a…