February 2, 20169 yr ^that's terrible! No, I think it was supposed to be Orthodox Christmas, since it was about a week after New Years, but on a Saturday, not exactly on the day. I believe Ukrainians are evenly split between Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. Not sure. Although maybe that is Krampus in the middle. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
February 2, 20169 yr ^that's terrible! No, I think it was supposed to be Orthodox Christmas, since it was about a week after New Years, but on a Saturday, not exactly on the day. I believe Ukrainians are evenly split between Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. Not sure. Although maybe that is Krampus in the middle. If this is a Christmas group it almost certainly is.
February 3, 20169 yr ^that's terrible! No, I think it was supposed to be Orthodox Christmas, since it was about a week after New Years, but on a Saturday, not exactly on the day. I believe Ukrainians are evenly split between Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. Not sure. Although maybe that is Krampus in the middle. If this is a Christmas group it almost certainly is. I guess you're right. I thought you were suggesting that somehow this was a celebration in honor of Krampus. I'm not familiar with traditional Ukrainian faiths to know this figure would be incorporated into a Christmas tableau. Anyway I think this group, which assembled in this spot after I spotted them in a procession down the street, seemed to barely tolerate my presence, as they were posing for what seemed an "official" photograph by someone to my left. I guess I should have at least asked them specifically what they were celebrating. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
March 6, 20169 yr welp the $4B boondoggle calatrava wtc oculus opened the other day, so we were down there this morning and checked it out:
March 22, 20169 yr Heh. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 29, 20169 yr here's one more Easter Parade picture to illustrate that it's not just an extravaganza of impenitent decadence, lest anyone gets the wrong impression-- lol http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 27, 20169 yr I spotted Green Tea Kit Kat in Chinatown the other day. Has anyone ever had this? At $6.99 for this bag I decided I wasn't that curious (I think they also make a wasabi variety :-P) http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 27, 20169 yr There are over 200 flavours of Kit Kat mostly from Japan Here is a good reason why from AdAge: "Nestle was struck by the discovery that the Japanese translation of Kit Kat --[/size] [/size]Kitto Katsu[/size]means "surely win" -- and realized it could be paired with the tradition of sending students good luck wishes before they take tough higher-education entrance exams.[/size]So it partnered with Japan's postal service to create "Kit Kat Mail," a postcard-like product sold only at the post office that could be mailed to students as an edible good-luck charm."
May 8, 20169 yr ^ of course. those are a thing that everyone who visits japan needs to pick at the airport for friends, etc.. green tea are the most popular gifts/requests. funny though they are kind of hard to find outside of the airports. its not they are just available everywhere in japan, so its a bit of a hoax too. i have been seeing them in the japanese groceries more and more lately around nyc, so no need to drag them back from japan anymore. but they do make a lot of wacky kit-kat flavors just for japan -- the latest flavor was just released very recently, mango & cheese (!?!) http://nypost.com/2016/05/02/the-gross-new-kit-kat-should-not-be-a-thing/
June 21, 20168 yr Bowery & Houston--now playing: Neil Young's "Old Man" (you know, a hipsterish but not really that ironic cover version :|) Didn't get group's name-- http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 23, 20168 yr ^same spot, different group--terrific vocalist and band Ocho Ocho Ocho--self-described as "Neo-Latin Thunderfunk" http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
August 4, 20168 yr I think this is the piano from my 6th grade vocal music class 50 years ago http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
August 11, 20168 yr a couple summery things a baseball game from this past sunday -- beautiful day, but unfortunately the tribe lost the rubber match 3-2 and rockaway beach surfers
August 11, 20168 yr ^ btw yankee stadium was only half full and there were lots of tribe fans, maybe more than i have ever seen at an away game. so that was cool despite the loss.
October 8, 20168 yr ^ schweeetness! from a rainy day today the new barnes collection in philly the philly art museum gets all the publicity, but this oddball collector museum is another gem. note you have to reserve tix in advance. http://www.barnesfoundation.org/ and for now -- heres yr new comcast
November 1, 20168 yr Halloween on E. 79th St. (Welcome to Gossip Girl territory--where every day is Christmas :|) http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 6, 20168 yr ^ nice angle! here is a view of three skylines -- jersey city, manhattan & brooklyn, that i took yesterday.
January 24, 20178 yr There's a lot of guys like him around But only can become a coworker's desktop background after they leave this afternoon.
January 26, 20178 yr Ran across this dude during a routine Google image search: omg thats frankie macdonald from up in canada. i love him. i check in on him now and again - i have been following his youtube posts for years. he's autistic and he is one of those selfmade internet famous people. he starting off doing weather reports, but then he moved on to all kinds of topics. here is a good example of frankie at work -- california! be prepared!
February 14, 20178 yr Happy Lunar New Year! (I was going to joke "it's over, right?" But it lasts through tomorrow) http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
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