Ode to New Jersey

things I like about New Jersey that I missed in California...close proximity to NYC, daffodils and irises

bagels,  

pizza,

loudmouths, diners, 

 buildings made of bricks, 

no hipsters,

 change of the seasons, 

green grass with dandelions in it, 

the ravine,

old ladies who have their hair done just to run errands, 

Babe's taxi sign in Fort Lee NJ which reminds me of Babe Ruth and the yankees, small town political rivalries, 

 

Fort Lee, NJ Italian Saint Rocco parade

 the Mets logo on shirts, comic book shops with less emphasis on Tolkien and more on DC and Marvel, everyone walking their kids to school,

 driving across the George Washington Bridge, buying good sweaters in the thriftshops but window shopping at Henri Bendels and Bergdorf Goodmans and Trash and Vaudeville, 

nut vendors on Canal Street, old bars in Manhattan, Broadway casts - wait I'm talking about New York now

All photos c 2014 by Rebecca G. Wilson

VISITING ENGLAND with Dave Davies - PHOTOS 2014

I visited England a handful of times in 2013 and 2014. My partner and I stopped and smelled the flowers along the way. Here are my photos....

Rebecca Wilson in front of Amy Winehouse mural on Brick Lane in London photo by Dave Davies

Trafalgar square statue bird perch

Monkey Picks blogger and his lovely wife having coffee with Dave Davies

cupcakes in Marlborough

Brick Lane London

Brick Lane graffiti

North London garden tulips

Devizes pyramid

Exeter memorial

Exeter path

Exeter stained glass window

New York pizza London

Rebecca Wilson and Dave Davies of the Kinks at BBC London

Dave walking to the set of BBC Breakfast

photo I snapped of Dave Davies on the set of BBC Breakfast in Manchester

laptop selfie at BBC London

English butterfly

country window

Abbey Road - Beatles needlepoint art at Absolute Radio London

Absolute Radio - Beggars Banquet print of the Rolling Stones

North London house at night

helpful salesgirl Ursula of Boots in London tells me about her fave mascara by Barry M - Lash Vegas!

yellow truck North London

Media City hotel Manchester UK where we stayed the night before BBC Breakfast