marriage in america

 

took the photos outside boston city hall (with a hurriedly bought disposable plastic camera) in 2004 on the day same sex marriage was legalized in massachusetts. here, and throughout the state, the first gay couples in u. s. history to get the legal right to marry were lining up to get their licenses.

the indoor photos are are party pics of a husband and husband  who were married a few months earlier in san francisco, when the city, without state sanction, began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples.

the five borough bike ride

it's not really my usual thing, but we went on the 5 borough bike ordeal.

"where else in america could i be in a crowd of 30,000 people and be the only one in jeans?" i pondered to mike.

over lots of cool suspension bridges.

it was a bit anticlimactic when we made it to "the festival." after biking 35 miles all we got for free was a bite of parmesan cheese and a plastic fan on a key chain. but a guy said to me "you rode 35 miles on that bike (!)... in your jeans!?  you're a hell of a woman!"  

there were people riding who had much bigger handicaps than jeans, and i noticed at least two on oxygen.

5 more miles to the staten island ferry-

pretty hungry after but we didn't have bike locks, so- dinner (and praiseworthy bloody mary) on the sidewalk at the park under the high line.

 a memorial.

evolution now antique gunmetal skeleton key / watch chain necklace

$48.00 here

max soha

our beloved max soha (south harlem) link

mexico