Gothier than Thou

[mbarrick]

Elaine wearing all black in an Early Gothic (12th Century) chapter house in Gotham City. (Pontaut Chapter House, The Cloisters, Ft. Tryon Pk., Manhattan)

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[cheaza.livejournal.com]

i think if i listen to the cure or depeche mode while looking at this picture the gothiness would cripple me. ;oP thassa beautiful picture though my dear

[replicant6.livejournal.com]

dood... that is a way cool pic! *raises eyebrows*

D

okay then

[heevoling.livejournal.com]

i just moved here from seattle and have been taking in the sites in no particular order
but all of your Cloisters photos have inspired me ~ i must go there next!

btw, i've much enjoyed your pictures. they're gorgeous :)

Re: okay then

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

Take the A-Line to 190th St. to get there. Because it is part of the Met your admission is also good for the main museum in Central Park for the day, too.

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[heevoling.livejournal.com]

hah, sweet
i'm still figuring out how the subway system works here
so thanks! =D

May I recommend...

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Get yourself a NTF (Not For Tourists) book. They are little black books that will fit in a pocket or purse. All the subway info you'll ever need is in there, plus lots of other great information like theatres, restaurants, museums, libraries, cinemas, parks, et. al. I know people born and raised in Manhattan that carry them around. Seriously useful little books.

Just make sure you get the Manhattan one because there is one for Brooklyn as well. The Manhattan one is thicker and has some (enough) information on the outer-boroughs - but really, why would you ever leave Manhattan? ;-)

Whoops.

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Make that NFT. lol

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[heevoling.livejournal.com]

ha my brain did the transposition for you, but that's okay...and this sounds like something i need, so again thank you!

and hey, i keep wondering when you and elaine will be moving here yourselves. kinda sounds like you belong here :)

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

No definite plans at this point. I've got a good job here and, well, you've got a crappy president there ;-)

Now if New York were to succede and become part of Canada...

[mediavictim.livejournal.com]

Okay ....(whew)... thank god thats SUNLIGHT and there are no candles lit .. Or Elaine would have so much Goth that
it would collapse under its own Gravitational field ....

Shadows on the walls, all the Pvc and lace withing a 5 block
radius, all the copies of"the crow" "dracula" and Nosferatu would fly from blockbuster shelves... they would all come in this
vortext of black... and gothic spacetime would bend around her ..making her forever young..

[heevoling.livejournal.com]

hmm, i always kinda figured that's what WA should do
regardless vancouver is wonderful too
and you have pictures and memories that can bring you here whenever you like

[valerian.livejournal.com]

Forever young? Amen to that!
I look like *shit* in that photo, LOL!

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it's the good shit ;-)

Re: Whoops.

[valerian.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! I found myself thinking that very same thing every time a New Yorker or tourist came up to *us* and asked for directions. LOL!

Must have been all the black clothing in the dead of summer or something...

[mediavictim.livejournal.com]

you know Mike .. you just can't make that sound good ...
that type of line is Spin proof...


..as a BF you're supposed to counter her self-esteem shot
with "..no...no.... you look fabulous....it was the lights
fault.. the motor in the brick.... the stupid architect who
built that church wrong... in fact ..its the whole catholic architetural movement that is ugly .. and its their fault
that they never properly prepared for the second comming..of beauty....: :p


(yes.. it is a lie .. a white lie .. a KLAN white lie.. but it's your duty)

Re: Whoops.

[heevoling.livejournal.com]

i rather think that places are like people in the ways that they affect and interact with us, and vice versa;
with some places we click and others we don't.
so, in this sense, one's home can be a place where one does not live.

or perhaps it was the black clothing in the dead of summer ;)

Re: Whoops.

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

That and the J-walking. You can spot tourist by watching to see who waits for the lights vs. who just walks across the street whenever there is a gap in the traffic.

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[heevoling.livejournal.com]

yes yes, i step around them often ;)