Just returned from four whirlwind days in NYC. We stayed in Hells Kitchen in Manhattan just a few blocks from Times Square and Central Park, which provided me a wealth of photographic opportunities. Everywhere you look - shapes, texture, contrast and color.

I spend a couple of hours at the Museum of Modern Art to view the latest photography exhibits, visited the worlds largest adult candy store -B&H Photo and Video on Ninth Ave (something like Fry's on steroids), took a "three hour tour" around the island (didn't see the Skipper nor Gilligan), and, of course, visited Ground Zero.

A memorable moment occurred when we took the C train to Patsy's Pizza (a favorite family eatery)on the West Side at West 74th St and emerged from the subway at the foot of The Dakota where former Beatle John Lennon was gunned down in December 1980. (I saw the Beatle's last live concert ever at Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966)

Across the street from The Dakota in Central Park is Strawberry Fields with this mozaic...