I’m back home in Fuengirola after an easy trip and great flights and service on Iberia. Not a moment’s sleep along the way, but you can’t have everything. What a joy to see San Geraldo when I arrived in Málaga.
Back in Brooklyn earlier in the week, I got to take a 2-hour walk beginning on the Boardwalk through Brighton Beach and continuing on through Manhattan Beach to Sheepshead Bay. (Click any image to enlarge.)
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WOODEN BOARDWALK WHERE IT MEETS THE NEW CONCRETE BOARDWALK.
NOT EVERYONE LIKES IT, BUT IT’S AT LEAST NICE TO NOT WORRY
ABOUT TRIPPING OVER LOOSE BOARDS. |
At one point, as I snapped a photo, a woman stopped behind me and looked, in apparent incredulity and disgust, at what I was shooting. “I used to live here and am back for a visit, so I’m taking pictures,” I explained.
“Woy?!?” she demanded (That’s “why,” which rhymes with “soy”).
I tried to explain. She asked asked a lot of questions. Almost angrily. I don’t know woy. But I made my escape quickly and gracefully.
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| OLD BRIGHTON BEACH OVERLOOKING NEW BRIGHTON BEACH. |
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FORMER SITE OF THE BRIGHTON BEACH BATHS (A PRIVATE CLUB, 1907–1994)
(3 POOLS, TENNIS, HANDBALL, MINIATURE GOLF, EVEN — AT ONE TIME — A NUDE BEACH). |
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THE END OF THE BOARDWALK (SEPARATING BRIGHTON FROM MANHATTAN BEACH).
MY PARENTS USED TO WALK HERE AND KICK OFF THE WALL BEFORE TURNING BACK HOME. |
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| I REPRESENTED THE FAMILY AND KICKED OFF ON MY OWN. |
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I HEADED ONTO THE BEACH TO SEE CONSTRUCTION
AND THE BACKS OF SOME MANHATTAN BEACH HOUSES. |
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| THE FRONTS OF THOSE SAME MANHATTAN BEACH HOUSES. |
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| OLD MANHATTAN BEACH. |
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| MORE OLD MANHATTAN BEACH. |
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| A McMANSION… |
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| ONE OF THE TUDORS… |
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| A MUTE SWAN: SO, NO NEW YORK ACCENT. |
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MANHATTAN BEACH SIDE OF SHEEPSHEAD BAY.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SHEEPSHEAD BAY ACROSS THE FOOT BRIDGE. |
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MANHATTAN BEACH “HOUSE” THE GULLS (IN PREVIOUS PHOTO)
WERE LOOKING AT. |
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SOME FORMER SUMMER COTTAGES. THE NEIGHBORHOODS
WERE ONCE FILLED WITH THESE. |
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| SOME CHARMING OLD ROW HOUSES IN MANHATTAN BEACH. |
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| BRIGHTON BEACH OLD STYLE. |
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| OLD BRIGHTON BEACH ART DECO. |
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TWO OF THESE FLANK THE ENTRANCE TO AN
OLD APARTMENT BUILDING IN BRIGHTON BEACH. |
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| “WOY?!?” THE LADY IN BROWN DEMANDED. |
Brooklyn USA…
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From Brooklyn, New York; to North Massapequa; back to Brooklyn; Brockport, New York; back to Brooklyn... To Boston, Massachusetts, where I met Jerry... To Marina del Rey, California; Washington, DC; New Haven and Guilford, Connecticut; San Diego, San Francisco, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Irvine, California; Sevilla, Spain. And Fuengirola, Málaga..
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