Things we did last summer

[Photo in Tompkins Square Park by Edward Arrocha]

June

We said goodbye then welcomed back Gino the tailor ...


[Photo by Michael Paul]

We saw some rainbows...


[Photo by Rob and Mike]

We said goodbye to a new old friend...



We took far too many photos of clouds...



We took in some of the World Cup...


[Photo by Dave on 7th]

We saw the baby hawks grow right up before our eyes...


[Photo by Francois Portmann]

We watched a baby hawk rescue...


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

We watched the annual NYC Drag March...


[Photo by editrrix]

We just liked this photo...


[Photo Derek Berg]

July

We saw the July 4 fireworks again...


[Photo by James and Karla Murray]

We got to know a little about the life of Michael Brody...



We got new sidewalk decorations...



We had a cookout, with special guests the FDNY...


[Photo by Paul Kostabi]

We watched the baby hawks prepare their own meals in Tompkins Square Park...


[Photo by Derek Berg]

We celebrated 25 years of Paul's Da Burger Joint...


[Photo by Stacie Joy]

We braved the masses for Mahnattanhenge...


[Photo by James and Karla Murray]

We kept up with friends...



We were hot a few times...


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

August

We watched concerts in Tompkins Square Park...


[The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black by Stacie Joy]


We remembered Robin Williams...


[Photo by Michael Paul]

We sat in the Park for some movies...



We had a supermoon...


[Photo by Bobby Williams]

We took part in a rally/march for Michael Brown...


[Photo by jdx]

We shopped at Kim's one last time...



... and we'll be back at the usual spot next summer...

This is how hot it was today

Photo from the Tompkins Square Park dog run via Bobby Williams.

Melting 'Flesh and Bone'

Crews were apparently filming a wintertime scene of the upcoming Starz TV series "Flesh and Bone" on East Ninth Street on this chilly 90-degree day ... which is why the actors were in coats and stuff.

And about the show!

Claire, a talented but emotionally troubled dancer, joins a company in New York City, and soon finds herself immersed in the tough and often cutthroat world of professional ballet.

Sounds hot.

Photo by Derek Berg

Summer liking

Photo from Tompkins Square Park on Friday by Edward Arrocha.

A July 4 holiday weekend

[A July 4-related photo shoot for Dragon Fly Productions at Professor Thom's via Gregory Patrick]

It was a mostly fine weekend hereabouts, patriotic or otherwise.


[On the Bowery]

It was quiet.


[First Avenue]

Except for the fireworks, the official ones … and the illegal ones.

One of the hawks joined a rooftop fireworks viewing party on East Eighth Street.


[Photo by EVG reader Mike]

We don't really have much to show for the weekend.

We took a photo of a mannequin in the trash. We saw the Moon. And Mars, just barely.

We read the Fourth Amendment that someone took the time to write on the plywood on the East 11th Street side where Mary Help of Christians used to be. (Someone also wrote the First Amendment out too.)



We did not sit here, however tempting, on East 13th Street.



We unnecessary used the "noir" setting to take photos of the sky from Avenue C way back on Thursday



We wondered if the quinoa made the move safely to Avenue B.



We set a spring trap for our neighbors.



We wondered about this photo of a Citi Bike in the trash on East Houston at Norfolk that a reader emailed us.



There was probably more. But we'll leave you with the Chillmaster taking you into the night …

Last night at 8:09

Photos by Bobby Williams

Summer in the city

East Village rooftops (and at least one hammock) via James and Karla Murray.

The 1st weekend of the summer

[East 7th Street]


[East Houston and the Bowery]


[Double duty on East 14th Street]


[Tompkins Square Park]


[East 5th Street and Cooper Square]


[East 2nd Street and Avenue C]


[Avenue B]


[Tompkins Square Park via Bobby Williams]


[St. Mark's Place via Derek Berg]


[Free conversation in Astor Place via John Penley]


[Dylan the bike dog on 2nd Avenue via Derek Berg]


[East 5th Street]


[Zum Schneider on Avenue C for Ghana vs. Germany]


[1st Avenue and East 4th Street via Matt Rosen]


[Tompkins Square Park via Slum Goddess]