Brooklyn and back

It's hard to believe that it's only been two weeks since we left Winter Harbor! Looking for a place to live in Providence has, I suppose, filled our days with questions and the occasional answer as well as sped time along a bit faster than usual. But more of that in the next posting.

On 12 September Susie and I took a little time off from house hunting to vist the traveling World War Two airplane show that was on display at the airport in Lincoln, RI, just north of Providence. We had both seen the B-17 and B-24 in Rutland, Vermont when we lived there some years back but there was the added attration now of a B-25, medium, bomber as well. (photos: B-24 top, B-17 bottom.)

The place was packed with lots of guys who looked like they might have been WW2 vets and plenty of families as well. It was niceto see such enthusiasm for a small piece of one of the more important moments in our nation's history.

After we left the air display we met up with Seth, our realtor, and checked out a couple of condos closer to downtown. One of which we have decided to buy but I'll talk more of that next time.

On Thursday, 13 September, we took a bit of time off from looking at condos in Providence to drive down to Brooklyn, New York. We had two objectives, both involving friends. One was to pay a visit to Don and Gloria Archer whom we hadn't seen for a year or more now I guess. Don heads up the Museum of Computer Art and we both commiserate on the state of digital art -- or I should say on the difficulty in gaining full recognition from the so-called traditional art community.

We also wanted to stop in Queens and see Beth who had been in school in Paris with Susan and who now works at a restaurant in Manhattan.

So on Friday we spent a grand day in Brooklyn just visiting with friends and taking a bit of inner city trip to Green-wood cemetery, which sits on the hisghest point in Brooklyn.

This place is fantastic and well worth a drive and then plan to spend a couple of hours walking. At nearly 500 acres and the final resting place of more than a half million souls, Green-Wood is one of the grandest parks in the city. The entrance is quite impressive.

And if you look closely when you go you can actually see green parrots nesting in the top towers of the gate! (Apparently some 15 years back a crate of parrots broke open upon arrival at JFK airport and the birds have ben nesting here ever since.)

I stopped in the office to check on where exactly, one of my civil war veterans was buried. I was thendirected to a kiosk just inside the main entrance where you can track down anyone and everyone in the cemetery and even get a printout of the exact location! How cool is that, eh?

It being such a nice day we decied to stroll to the grave and take in the gorgeous scenery. No sooner had we left the entrance than we came across some incredible statuary:

A few hundred meters along and we found ourselves on Battle Hill and at the Civil War memorial:
Oh. and we also stopped at the grave of Leonard Bernstein (that's Don confirming that Leonard is in fact buried there):

On Friday we said goodbye to the Archer family and headed north to spend a little time with Beth in Queens before driving back to Providence. I had an appointment at the Apple store to resolve some serious RAM issues so we soon were back on the road heading north -- and Beth on the subway into the city -- heading north toward Providence and, as it turned out, destiny.

Stay tuned!

And if you want more photos of the Green-wood excursion check out this link!