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Rugie & Maimuna

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Rugie & Maimuna were waiting for the train when I asked them for a photo. They are both from Gambia and were decked out for a friend’s wedding. I took more photos of them but I like this one because it shows the Bronx in its normal light.

Here are two beautiful young ladies dressed to the T for a wedding but their surrounding is an eye sore. There’s litter on the floor and the platform is dirty.

I also like the bystander (or by-sitter) who is smiling as though I was aiming the camera at her. Well, it’s a good thing she is smiling because she’s in the picture.

And fashion wise, I think the print on the dresses is outstanding along with Maimuna’s killer platforms!

Boyfriend & Girlfriend

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Isn’t it cute when you see a couple dressing a like? It makes you feel like you should be doing the same thing…but first you gotta find someone, then you have to wait awhile to see if you guys will get along, then you have to wait some more to see if he’ll like the idea and if he does like the idea you may have to shop together…unless you guys are so in-sync that you just happen to dress alike without planning anything. Then maybe soon you wouldn’t be boyfriend and girlfriend anymore. You’ll be husband and wife and I don’t see too many husband and wives dressing a like. So, do you really want to dress alike in the first place?

African Woman

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I was in Island Lunchbox eating some good curry chicken, rice and beans, cabbage and drinking sweet carrot juice (that costs 3.75 a bottle!) when I took this photo. I was not about to get up and go outside and take a close up.

I know you didn’t ask for all of that but the food at Island Lunchbox is GOOD!

 

Wet with Wine

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Okay, this is my last Fire Hydrant picture for tonight.

It seems someone was getting ready to sit across the street from the hydrant with a glass of wine…music was playing too but there is no way to tell from this photo.

Caribbean Style Icecream

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Last weekend I spent a little time in Brooklyn with a friend and children’s book artist, Javaka Steptoe, who introduced me to Caribbean Style Ice cream.

So, the owner, Robert, makes home-made ice cream using natural ingredients. The ice cream was really, really good. I hope I can find the same business in the Bronx…but what I like the best was their customer service. Robert made small talk with everyone who came to buy and allowed you to taste and try.

Hopefully I can visit again in the near future and get some more!

1968 Plymouth Barracuda

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I am selling a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda….

I took note of this purple Barracuda in my neighborhood. I kept putting off the idea to take a photo of it until one day I walked pass it and there was a gentle man leaning on it.

I liked his pose and immediately took out my camera. Come to find out, it was his car! So, after I took the picture we begin to talk about the car.

It’s going for 10,000.00

It’s a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda

Apparently he’s moving out of the city and wants to selling it as soon as possible. He asked me if I could help him and he’ll give me a cut…

If you are interested, don’t hesitate tell contact me (I’m looking forward to that cut)!

For Closure

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In West Farms Square there is a new sculpture titled “For Closure” by artist Gabriela Salazar. It is a 26-feet-tall artwork made from locally salvaged doors and resembles a house of cards.

I ran into these young women and asked them to pose for me. And they were just A*W*E*S*O*M*E. You will see more photos with these DIVAS but before that here is some history of the Artwork.

I took the following excerpt from the artist’s website:

It is meant to represent the fragility of the housing market.

“A lot of people already talk about financial collapse so I don’t necessarily expect the piece is going to bring more attention to that, but I do hope it humanizes that experience a little bit, reminds people that all these homes are actual people’s lives,” said artist Gabriela Salazar

The temporary art work was brought in through a partnership between the Bronx River Art Center and the Department of Transportation’s Urban Art Program.

“For Closure” will be on display for seven months.

I think “For Closure” is in the perfect spot. I see my neighborhood changing everyday. So many businesses are closing down and there is an increase of homelessness in the Bronx. Homes are going up everywhere but it seems more are moving out of the neighborhood than moving in.

Just this week when I was passing out ‘Saving Kayton’s‘ flyers, I ran into a mother with three children who asked me about helping her find an apartment. She seemed very desperate.

Speaking of  ‘Saving Kayton’s‘ I am still working on the project. I spoke to Bronx officials and emailed friends and family hoping for the story to fall into the right person’s hands…now we just have to wait. It’s sad that we have to fight so hard for a store with such history and good quality to stay in our neighborhood. However, if landlords don’t care enough  about single mothers with children then why would they care about a store?!