Long Beach - It's a beach in Long Island

I loved riding on the LIRR for one hour out to Long Beach. It was my first time being on the LIRR and also my first time going to a beach in New York. I didn't expect it to be anything new or shocking since I grew up on Daytona Beach and went to school near St. Pete Beach, but it was interesting I guess. I'm so conflicted over my feelings for Long Island—I don't even know why I have feelings for Long Island. Maybe I'm destined to do that cliche thing where you leave the city and move out to one of the suburbs. I guess I would go with Long Island.

Long Beach was a totally different beach going experince. You have to pay $10 to go on it, it's extremely crowded, and the strip of condos along the boardwalk were all crummy.

You New Yorkers need to get down to the Florida beaches. You'll never look back!





notice how "Beach" is spelled!


"Wish you were beautiful. The weather is here."

I love taking pictures of water!




Do the Rockaway! (train stop)

4th of July - Fireworks and no fireworks

I watched fireworks from South Street Seaport and my plan was to not take any photographs of the display—to actually enjoy something for once and not lose the moment by moment experience by trying to capture and save it as a 72 dpi photograph in a random folder on my desktop.

—Actually, okay, my original plan was to not see fireworks on the 4th of July in Manhattan. I've seen them from the FDR before, why not try something new? Well it was cloudy and rainy all day in NYC and there were no bar-b-q's for me to mooch cheeseburgers off of so I resorted to a display of round sparkly lights in the sky that only crackle and fade, unlike memories.

cops everywhere telling us where on the FDR we can't go - but we go anyway.


My first time seeing the Brooklyn Bridge. woooow.

4th of July

Central Park was deserted (cloudy weather, everyone was in The Hamptons or at the Jersey Shore). But I went anyway - well, I didn't know it was going to be so empty. I was hoping to mooch off of someone's bar-b-q but there weren't any.

While there I went to my favorite spot - The Pond above 59th & 5th Avenue - always lovely with all of the animals and weirdos on benches (no weirdos will be pictured).

More room & more Time

From Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time at the MoMa
Room for all colors

A room full of color

From Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time at the MoMa

I only see things when they move




My bluebird earrings!



and this is where it all comes from!

Take more time

From Olafur Eliasson's Take Your Time at the MoMa

Spotlight



Square Light


Wall Eclipse

Take Your Time

But... in New York, can you really?

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On Friday June 27th I went to The Museum of Modern Art to see an exhibit by my favorite contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson. He is my absolute favorite I tell you. He does indoor installations that mimick the great outdoors - rain, rainbows, the sun, light, reflections.

He also has on display the waterfalls in Manhattan near several of the bridges. He is just an amazing guy who wants his audience to interact in new and innovative ways with what they are looking at. You don't just look at his stuff. You can stand inside of it and be a major part of it. Without you, it may as well not be there.

So here are some images from his exhibit at the MoMa through June 30th titled, Take Your Time.

Room For One Color: The entire 3rd floor lobby was lit up with flourescent yellow light

It's not so far

This past weekend I left the concrete jungle for those things they call 'The Hamptons.'

There is a lot to be said and not to be said about The Hamptons. One thing is they were not what I expected or envisioned. The beaches are small, the back roads are scary and the shops and restaurants are no place for a poor 21-year-old from the cheap city of Manhattan (Manhattan is cheap compared to The Hamptons).

The sky is low and changes color every few minutes. The air is clean, the bushes are green and if you look closely, you'll see Sarah Jessica Parker shopping for sandals on Main Street.

Can you imagine living a life where you have a place in the city and a place in The Hamptons - two places so different but not so far apart?

My friend and her son in front of J. McLaughlin in Southhampton


Elephants in front of JLX cafe in Sag Harbor


The Eileen Fisher in Southhampton


View from Sunset Beach on Shelter Island


My friend and her son on Sunset Beach

Katie Killary

Coney Island: Leaving

After a long day at Coney Island - watching the parade, eating juicy hot dogs, riding scary rides, buying crap, bumping into cross dressers - it was almost time to leave.

From the first photo I took (the CONEY ISLAND sign below) to the last -





after the parade, everywhere seemed deserted...


everywhere except for Nathan's Hot Dogs!

Coney Island: Take it all in, it's as big as it seems :o)

Coney Island: Inappropriate

The Mermaid Parade is like Halloween in the summer, and an excuse for women to walk around nearly naked and for men to cross dress!

This woman was wearing nothing but a thong and paint


Superhero


very inappropriate Superheroes


my favorite cross-dresser - he had the sexiest legs and gold strappy shoes I've ever seen!



staring at me and creeping me out


almost showing bare ass


grabbing mermaid ass, which is a little better