Empire State Building

No sign of King Kong on this evening, but the view was still one to marvel at.

Posted on January 8th, 2013 under Other. Tags: buildings, new york, night photography, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on The Empire State Building – up close and after dark

National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey throws a knuckleball to a New York Yankees hitter

Congratulations to R.A. Dickey for winning the 2012 Cy Young Award. I like guys like Dickey, who exceed expectations and don’t have a ridiculous salary. He has never made more than $4.3M in a season. Once a guy starts making $10 or 20 million a year I have a hard time liking him.

I saw Dickey play at the end of his improbable run in late June. From May 22 until I saw him pitch at home against the Yankees on June 24 he started 6 games and was nearly perfect during that stretch. He not only won all of those games, but he only gave up 1 earned run (in the first game) and was averaging more than 10 strikeouts a game. Unfortunately for the Mets, the streak ended the night I was there and he gave up five runs to the Yankees. He was never quite that good during the rest of the year, but he was plenty good enough to win the Cy Young Award on the season, given to the best pitcher in the league.

Posted on November 15th, 2012 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, mets, new york, nikon d7000. Comments Off on 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey

Watching all of the images of New York on the news during and after Hurricane Sandy brought back memories of the rain, thunder, and lightning that we experienced there this past summer. However, that storm was nothing compared to Sandy.

I took today’s photo on Times Square in the rain.

Posted on October 30th, 2012 under Other. Tags: new york, night photography, nikon d7000, rain, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Wet Times Square

The Mets won’t be there, but my A’s will. Hopefully, I can still say that in a week.

Posted on October 6th, 2012 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, mets, new york, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Let the MLB playoffs begin!

Eleven years ago today I arrived at the Medford, Oregon airport just moments after Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. I was supposed to be flying to San Jose, California that morning, but my flight was cancelled, and some planes in the air between west coast cities were landing in Medford rather than their scheduled destinations.

At the 9/11 Memorial, which we visited in June, the names of the 87 victims of Flight 11 are inscribed around one of the two memorial pools.

Posted on September 11th, 2012 under Other. Tags: new york, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Remembering 9/11 and Flight 11