Coney Island Polar Bear Club

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States, whose members regularly take polar bear plunges in the winters. The club was founded by famed health advocate Bernarr McFadden in 1903. The club began using the event to raise funds for Special Olympics starting in 2005, and Camp Sunshine in 2007. Members swim in the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island, New York, United States every Sunday from November through April. Every New Year's Day, the Club is joined by participants from around the country, who partake in an annual swim. The Chief Polar Bear blows a conch shell to gather the swimmers before they run into the water. [Wiki]

Super Moon 2016

On Nov 14, 2016 moon is the closest that it has ever been to the earth this year. With that in mind, I ventured to capture this event in all it's beauty. Following photos were taken in Brooklyn, on November 13, when the moon is not the closest, yet close enough.





Nov 14, 2014 was the day when the moon would be the fullest and closest. A view from Hoboken NJ was suppose to be spectacular as moon would be rising close to the Empire State building. What a disappointment - clouds that covered the entire sky have hidden that celestial event. I was only able to catch the moon peaking from behind the buildings before it went into the clouds and not to be seen until next morning :(

From Rome to London, part 1

JFK ● Rome, Italy ● Vatican
This summer, my wife, my son, and I took a Globus HFFT tour - from the Coliseum to the Eiffel Tower with London Extension. It's a family oriented tour, hence the locations that we visited and tour activities were geared toward families with children. Children's age varied from 6 to 18. Half of the group was this one big family: grandma, aunts and uncles, sister and brothers with the spouses and their kids. What a way to travel.

We have departed JFK, with a two hour delay, to Rome Italy. The delay was due to broken lavatory, an captain did not feel comfortable flying over Atlantic with lavatory out of service. Who knows if there is an emergency.

This is not really our plane on a photo, since ours was parked far from a terminal and we were taken by the busses.

Brighton Beach

The Last Day of Pompeii

"Pompeii was an ancient Roman city (near modern day Naples) that was buried in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The people of Pompeii had plenty of warning that something was going to happen. For at least six weeks before the major eruption there were earth tremors and the water level sank extremely low. The intelligent ones left. The skeptical ones stayed."


After weeks of pouring rain, the weather has finally recovered. It was a warm, sunny day.
Since today was suppose to be yet another Judgement Day/End of the World, we sought on taking a walk and enjoy the "last" day.

We went to Manhattan Beach, a residential neighborhood in Brooklyn.

Each house is unique in its design and starting price is million dollars and more.

Fancy gate

Brooklyn - Brighton Beach

Brooklyn - Coney Island

People exercising on boardwalk or just enjoying last day of April

Brooklyn Cyclones

Brooklyn Brewery - owl watch

Coney Island - Stillwell Ave subway station. Home for D,F,N and Q trains.

Painted mural on wall of the Brooklyn Aquarium.
Me and my wife as part of Goldman Sachs volunteering program at Aquarium, have painted some parts of this wall.

Lunch time in NYC

It was a beautify day today.80°F, sunny. Nice and warm.

Mustard?

This is how you put mustard on a hot dog

Did you get my message? What should we have for lunch?

Back Pain Dr.

Enjoying the sun

On the edge

A friend

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Spring day

Sunday has been finally a warm day, around 70°F.
Many people got out for a walk or run.
And the best place for that is near the water, overlooking the Verrazano bridge, Manhattan and New Jersey.