backalley photo said:
You have been away for too too long.
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You have been away for too too long.
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rover said:
kinda sad, really...
joe
Though, the deli sounds great!!!
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ray_g
Guest
The Lee Friedlander exhibit at the MoMA may be a good idea.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2005/friedlander.html
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2005/friedlander.html
I can do the newly renovated MoMA.
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ooh, sounds good.
as long as we hit a deli first!🙂
and i guess i'm doin' a bit of summar shopping as well.
joe
as long as we hit a deli first!🙂
and i guess i'm doin' a bit of summar shopping as well.
joe
Shopping list...
1) Canon 100/2 for Joe
2) Summar 50/2 for Ralph
1) Canon 100/2 for Joe
2) Summar 50/2 for Ralph
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rover said:
new idea!
i pay for yours and you pay for mine!
yeaaah...
joe
Ummmmm, no
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ray_g
Guest
Soooo... where in New York were you guys planning to go shopping for these lenses?
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not sure.
do you know of any good photo studios ?
😉joe
do you know of any good photo studios ?
😉joe
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rover said:
well ya never gave that one much thought...😉
joe
kbg32
neo-romanticist
I know a great place for lunch right in the middle of the camera district - Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop. It's on 5th Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets on the west side of the avenue. The prices are extremely reasonable - $6 for a pastrami sandwich piled a mile high, pickles, Cel Ray soda.......... The sandwich shop is within walking distance to Adorama, Photo Habitat, Calumet, etc..
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a kosher deli and several camera shops in the same hood?
sounds like heaven.
maybe a could find a small apartment near by, get a job in the camera shop and find a nice redhaired woman...
joe
sounds like heaven.
maybe a could find a small apartment near by, get a job in the camera shop and find a nice redhaired woman...
joe
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Scarpia
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Eisenberg's which is near my internist is not a deli, but an old fashioned lunchionette famous (so they claim) for their tuna fish salad sandwich. I tried it and was dissapointed. They don't have pastrami on a steam table, but heat it in a microwave (I believe). If we want to visit MOMA, the Carnegie Deli is not too far away. They are expensive, crowded with tourists, but are said to have the best pastrami in the city. I have not tried it, however.
As for camera stores there are surprisingly few compared to 20 years ago. B&H are not too far away, Photo Village and Tamarkin's are fairly close together and Adorama is several blocks to the west.
One can buy an all day transit card for about six or seven dollars and ride busses and subways all day so long as the trips are 18 minutes or more apart. Manhattan has pretty good bus service.
Please keep making suggestions.
Kurt M.
As for camera stores there are surprisingly few compared to 20 years ago. B&H are not too far away, Photo Village and Tamarkin's are fairly close together and Adorama is several blocks to the west.
One can buy an all day transit card for about six or seven dollars and ride busses and subways all day so long as the trips are 18 minutes or more apart. Manhattan has pretty good bus service.
Please keep making suggestions.
Kurt M.
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shaaktiman
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sorry Joe. Unless you're hasidic I don't think you'll be offered a job in any of the shops in nyc. such is life.
I vote that we all just line up behind Kurt and follow him around all day. We may get a few strange looks, even in New York, but I am sure we will anyway. 🙂
I picked up two train schedules yesterday. The Metro North web site is pretty good, but not like having the paper in your hand.
I picked up two train schedules yesterday. The Metro North web site is pretty good, but not like having the paper in your hand.
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Scarpia
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From time to time I visit B&H. The number of Chasidic and ultra-orthodox employees decreases with each visit. The ones taking payment at the payment counter are still Chasidic but rhe camera salesmen increasingly reflect the ethnic diversity of New York.
The one thing I note is there are no women employees. for one thing ultra orthodox Jews which includes Chasidim are not permitted to be in close proximity to women lest they be tempted in some way, especially if they are married. As they have the same hormones as the rest of us males (I am Jewish but not religious) this is understandable. there is a large Chasidic community in parts of Rockland County, NY who commute to the city via special busses in which the women sit on one side and the men on the opposite side with a curtain along the middle. Unfortunately, pastrami which is Rumanian in origin is not a feature of their diet. At any rate if Backalley (Joe) wants a job with B&H I'm sure he can get one. Not only do they pay employees when they are closed for national holidays, but also when they are closed for the Jewish holidays as far as I know.
Kurt M.
The one thing I note is there are no women employees. for one thing ultra orthodox Jews which includes Chasidim are not permitted to be in close proximity to women lest they be tempted in some way, especially if they are married. As they have the same hormones as the rest of us males (I am Jewish but not religious) this is understandable. there is a large Chasidic community in parts of Rockland County, NY who commute to the city via special busses in which the women sit on one side and the men on the opposite side with a curtain along the middle. Unfortunately, pastrami which is Rumanian in origin is not a feature of their diet. At any rate if Backalley (Joe) wants a job with B&H I'm sure he can get one. Not only do they pay employees when they are closed for national holidays, but also when they are closed for the Jewish holidays as far as I know.
Kurt M.
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thank you kurt! i like having options.
i didn't know pastrami was rumanian, the things you learn in this place.
i'm betting that retail does not pay too well but i assume there is some form of commision.
none the less, i doubt that i have the will or determination to move home after such a long absence.
it would be hard i think to switch cultures/life styles.
joe
i didn't know pastrami was rumanian, the things you learn in this place.
i'm betting that retail does not pay too well but i assume there is some form of commision.
none the less, i doubt that i have the will or determination to move home after such a long absence.
it would be hard i think to switch cultures/life styles.
joe
ben
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I'm gonna try and be in town for this. Should be a blast.
