Phillies vs. Mets, Phillies vs. Marlins

Posted: October 30th, 2009 | Filed under: Out Of Town

Two games at Citizens Bank Park that we posted before the World Series moves down to Philadelphia for Game Three: Phillies vs. Mets (9/12/09) and Phillies vs. Marlins (10/4/09).

The game on October 4 was interesting for the shadows on the field, which the Times talked about during baseball’s different division series. You can see how the shadows move across the field over the course of an afternoon during the early fall:

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Florida Marlins, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009, 1:16 p.m.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Florida Marlins, View From Section 331, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009, 2:38 p.m.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Florida Marlins, View From Section 331, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009, 3:08 p.m.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Florida Marlins, View From Section 331, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009, 3:18 p.m.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Florida Marlins, View From Section 331, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009, 3:38 p.m.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Florida Marlins, View From Section 331, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009, 4:00 p.m.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Florida Marlins, View From Section 331, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009, 4:12 p.m.

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Florida Marlins, View From Section 331, Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009, 4:47 p.m.

We also saw the Spectrum before it will be demolished:

Wachovia Spectrum From Parking Lot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 2009

Halloween Costume Idea

Posted: October 26th, 2009 | Filed under: Queens

If you still need a costume idea, you could do worse than dress in drag and walk around with a “Queens For Mike Bloomberg” sign:

Queens For Mike Bloomberg Sign, Vernon Boulevard and 50th Avenue, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, October 22, 2009

See also: Bloomberg For Mayor 2009.

Beach, Bridge, Shawarma

Posted: October 9th, 2009 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Feed, Queens

Our long-dormant EZ-Pass got a workout towards the end of August, when we borrowed a friend’s car to go to and fro. First stop, Jacob Riis Beach in the Rockaways, which is actually not as nice as the City-run Rockaway Beach:

Beach, Bathhouse, Jacob Riis Park, The Rockaways, Queens, August 19, 2009

Later that day we got takeout at Karam’s Restaurant in Bay Ridge:

Karam Restaurant, 8519 4th Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Traveling between Rockaway Peninsula and Brooklyn meant traversing another bridge, the Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge between Brooklyn and Queens:

Marine Parkway Gill Hodges Memorial Bridge Between Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, August 19, 2009