In a New York 'Altered' State of Mind

Here lies the ever growing collection of various trips to the big apple. This last go around started with a sobering tour of ground zero and the financial district. We also went on a less than stellar literary pub crawl of Greenwich Village, but the company and the raw energy of the village made for a very pleasant afternoon. I have also included some photos from the Hamptons and Montauk where I got to reconnect with some family and extended family that truly made this last trip very special. As always I look forward to expanding this collection as often as possible.

I've added these pictures to the growing number of photos in this gallery and retired some of the older redundant shots. Most of the photos are from my 5D MKII or 30D with a few from my phone

I believe in New Yorkers.
Whether they’ve ever questioned the dream
in which they live, I wouldn’t know, because
I won’t ever dare ask that question.

- Dylan Thomas

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The Board of Health Thought Otherwise
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Oh. Yes
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And Yes
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Yes, Yes
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The Brain in the Middle is Abby
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At GMT
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Should Be Martyn's Cheese Bar
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Inside the Blind Tiger = Awesome!
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Oh, Marilyn!
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The Now Defunct Back Fence
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The Malt House in the Village
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Inside the Malt House
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I had an Idea...
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...Drink Heavily at the Red Lion on Bleeker!
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The Ploughman at GMT
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Bleeker Street
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The Holy Trinity
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Cafe Wha? Look it Up...Historic
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Very Cool Basement Pub
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Sign of the Times in My Hometown
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The Corned Beef at the Carnegie Deli
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Some of the Choices at the Blind Tiger
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At GMT in the Village
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The Malt House
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Inside the Malt House
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Lunch at Murray's Cheese Bar in the Village
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A Very Peculier Place for a Pint
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Very Cool Bartenders at The peculier Pub
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A Couple of Beers at McSorelys
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Never to be Forgotten
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Cask Conditioned Ale at Stout in Midtown
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At Burp Castle
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Smoking on 7th
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Off Times Square
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Two Fat Guys on Times Square Jumbotron
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An NYC Classic, The Flatiron Building
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It was not all Beer and Cheese
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The Cheese Wiz Himself
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Getting a Little Cheesy at Beechers
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There was also some not so Great Beers
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An over the top Perinnial Imperial Stout (Abraxas) The kind of Beer Religions are Started Around
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Graffitti with Character
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And Then, This Happened
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Martyn Was Smoking in Our Dumpster. Time to Find a New Hotel
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Fire under Gas Tank and Nobody Cares. Do You Have to ask me why I Love this City.
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Guinness my old friend not to be Forgotten, paired with a Red Breast.
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Hanging with the Swells at The Carnigie Club
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and so much more
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I Have no Idea What they were Thinking Here
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Waiting on the N
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One of the Many Freaks of New York
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Gratuitous Bridge Shot
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Coming into the Battery on the Staten Island Ferry
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The Lady of the Harbor
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Suddenly it Became a Black and White Kinda Day
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On the West Side, from the High Line
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Leaving the Battery and Heading Back to Staten Island
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Jersey at Dusk
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Reflecting on Jersey at Dusk
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Freedom Tower at Dusk
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The Lady of the Harbor at Sunset