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I hope I come back in the next life with a bit more style or, better yet, the confidence to believe that anything I choose to wear is style.

This fellow subway rider wore an all-white tux, complete with white do-rag and white-on-white Yankees cap. It could have been comical, but he made it cool. That's confidence -- and style.

Title reference: The Pixies

(96 St-Broadway Station, Manhattan)

(125 St & 12 Av, Manhattan)

(23 St & 8 Av, Manhattan)

(Vespa Soho, 13 Crosby St, Manhattan)

My favorite museum in New York is the Museum of Natural History. And one of my favorite things about the museum is that it's kind of a museum of museum history, too. For me, the meta-exhibit of presentation styles is almost as great as the exhibits themselves.

I love that the Hall of Gems and Minerals feels like a mod 1960s living room with its wall-to-wall carpeting, multiple levels, and funky angles. And that our early ancestors of Human Biology and Evolution actually live in a 1980s Trump-esque glass and black tile condo. And that the miniature hard-working farmers of the Hall of New York State Environment toil stoically amongst walls of 1950s wood paneling. And, finally, that the grand old dinosaurs were finally able to find some plasma TVs that didn’t clash with their palatial Beaux-Arts digs.

(American Museum of Natural History, 81 St & Central Park West, Manhattan)

(Wonder Wheel, Coney Island, Brooklyn)

The Monday is Cat Week Experience:
Black, White, Trendy
Bidalasana
Marla in the Superunknown
Four Felines
Hello Beckoning Kittys
Paws

(Marla)

Clockwise from upper left: Elsa/coconut ice, Makiko/banana ice cream, JP/cantaloupe ice.

(Uncle Louie G, Union St & 5 Av, Brooklyn)

(Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle, Manhattan)

(Petland Discounts, 72 Willoughby St, Brooklyn)

(Mott St, Manhattan)

...I did and they turned out to be too small. I have to return them.

(Paragon Sporting Goods, 867 Broadway, Manhattan)

What are you looking forward to?
Life, the universe, and everything.

What song have you been listening to most lately?
"The Ghost of You" by My Chemical Romance.

What do you believe with all your heart to be true, but can't prove?
I believe with all my being that everything and everyone is connected to each other...it's a part of itself basically.

Hear the audio here. [.WAV file]

(Union Square Park, Manhattan)

Related post:
Three Questions for Karen

(Q Train, Bklyn)

Title reference: Sebadoh

And right across the street:
You Can't Put Your Arms Around An Ambulance

(Union St & 4 Av, Brooklyn)

Well, it's actually my friend Mark's Prius and it's not really all that pimped-up, if by pimped-up you mean neon, chrome wheels, and flames painted on the sides. But it is way geek cool and if I had the money for a new car, I'd get this one.

(Rt. 3 West, Montclair, NJ)

Although some photoblogs choose to keep a safe -- or maybe just tasteful -- distance from controversial subjects, you can be sure that Bklyn Blggng will always go one step further for its readers.

Maybe even two or three steps.

(Victoria's Secret, 34 St & Broadway, Manhattan)

Bummer! Dry Clean Only, our entry in the Second Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout, came away empty-handed at the awards ceremony last night at MTV Studios.

Despite this disappointment, however, I still feel really proud of the film and our team. (Not to mention the cool shots of Times Square I got from the building.)

With a little luck, the film will screen at various film festivals (and possibly online) over the next year or so. I’ll post details in News when I have them.

The Team Beckoning Kitty Kats Story:
72 HFS: Submission!
72 HFS: Shooting & Editing
72 HFS: Pre-Production
72 HFS: Getting Ready

(MTV Studios, Viacom Building, 1515 Broadway, Manhattan))

Title reference: XTC

(Evolution, 120 Spring St, Manhattan)

(Brooklyn Bridge)

(Spring St & Crosby St, Manhattan)

Whenever you start to get the crazy idea that you need a lot of money to have a good time in this city, get on your bike and get over to Red Hook on a beautiful summer's evening. The crazy idea will disappear with the sunset.

Panorama-rama:
360 Katz's

(Waterfront Museum, Pier 44, Conover St & Reed St, Brooklyn)

More of the unofficial NYC mascot:
Rodenticide (Special Guest Star: Tiki Barber)
Rodenticide
Tuesday Unlucky Rats (I Am, I Said)
Time Out From The Rat Race

(New York City Department of Education, 110 Livingston St, Brooklyn)

More Bowling Green:
Bowling Green Grow The Rushes
Step Up To The Customs House
And It Was All Yellow
Flight by A Woman
A Whiter Shade of Bowling Green 3
A Whiter Shade of Bowling Green 2
A Whiter Shade of Bowling Green
The Secret of My Success
A Stranger Downtown

(Bowling Green, Manhattan)

I was going to write about New York's loss (and London's win) of the 2012 Olympics, but in light of this morning's terrorist attacks in London, it seems trivial and disrespectful to do so. Let's hope there's no more bloodshed there (or anywhere else) today.

Related Posts:
Lost Amongst the Pigeons and the Crumbs
Peace is the Dream

Title reference: Superchunk

(LaGuardia Airport, Queens)

(Pearl River Mart, 477 Broadway, Manhattan)

More Mei Lai Wah:
Three Questions for Karen

(Mei Lai Wah Coffee House, 64 Bayard St, Manhattan)

You gotta know it
It's electric
Boogie woogie woogie

(Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange, NJ)

Further fotos of favorite food facilities:
Your Pork Chop House Excellency
Fay-Da Window
Heart Stupid
360 Katz's
Love @ Two Boots
Yuletide on Pell Street

(Rice to Riches, 37 Spring St, Manhattan)

Please oh please will someone buy me a Spinner.

(Forbidden Planet, 840 Broadway, Manhattan)