I’ve been negligent in my posting lately, and I never even let you guys see scenes from Mom’s bday trip to Napa and San Francisco. Well, without further ado, I give you the Benziger Winery/Vineyard, The Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Lombard Street, Golden Gate Park and some kid who is street performing without supervision. Which I found really weird. Maybe he’s just a very little man? There’s no telling. Ok, here we go:
Is It Too Much To Ask To See A Triple Crown Winner In My Lifetime?
Photo courtesy of the New York Times.
Today’s news that I’ll Have Another was scratched from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes was devastating to me. Every year I get so excited that it might be the year I’ll see a horse win the Triple Crown. And every year I’m disappointed. I mean, clearly I should be upset that this poor horse is suffering with some kind of tendonitis in his leg. And I am. But I’m also selfish and there are things that I want, nay need, to see happen in my lifetime.
Filed under Wide World Of Sports, WORST Things Ever
Manhattanhenge 2012
Manhattanhenge 2011. Photo courtesy of Gothamist.
So I’ve never experienced this before, but I think it will be pretty cool.
If you’re in New York City tonight at sunset, watch as “the setting Sun aligns precisely with the Manhattan street grid, creating a radiant glow of light across Manhattan’s brick and steel canyons,” according to Hayden Planetarium. This phenomenon, known to us as Mahattanhenge, is kind of like Stonehenge in the U.K., where the “Sun rises in perfect alignment with several of the stones, signaling the change of season.” Except, you know, I’m pretty sure ours is a fluke.
Filed under Around Town, BEST Things Ever
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