Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown NY

Picture of the Week - Sun Hiding

I took this picture last month. It was dark, the sun was being covered by the rain clouds. I think it looks impressive, it matches with the upcoming Halloween Celebrations.

Speaking of Halloween, in the upcoming weeks leading to Halloween we have some cool stuff going on. I will have an interview with author Bambi Gray, writer of the series of Books that started with Blood Cursed.
I will also be having a book giveaway and I will be having a small Halloween Party at home for the kids and will give you some ideas of the things we are going to be making.
Also don't forget to participate on the Ipad2 or $500 cash giveaway the link is on the button on the left side of the page. Don't miss out, come back soon and often! :)

Picture of the Week - Clouds

The other day I was amazed to see these in the sky.  It has been so long since I saw the clouds like this.

Hiding behind the clouds

The other day I went to Staten Island to see the son of the man who raised me. He is a tattoo artist and a very good one at that. My husband wanted to get a tattoo to honor his mom who recently passed away. And on our way there from Brooklyn I was able to take this awesome picture of the sun hiding behind the clouds.

Hope you like it! :)

What do you guys think? You can see the rays and everything! :)

The Moon in Atlantic City

This weekend we had a mini vacation and we went to Atlantic City for the weekend, we had a blast, we went to the beach bought tons of Candy and had fun in the rides.
That night I had the opportunity to photograph the moon with a dark cloud over it. I really loved it so I want to share it with you.

Since I got my new Canon Power Shot SX210 IS this past Christmas I must say it is my favorite camera ever, and I love being able to take pictures of the moon. For years I have dreamed of being able to take pictures of the moon and never had it looked better than a small blurry dot in the sky.
So what do you guys think? Is it awesome or what?

Another Version of the Sunset

This picture of the week is another version of the same sunset for last week.  I am hesitant to make my title The Picture of The Week because a webpage called Broken Controllers has created a link to my page and for some reason next to my link there's a big Download button that supposedly makes you download a Spyware program. So if you ever go to a page that starts off with Broken Controllers DO NOT Download ANYTHING!
Anyway, hopefully none of you got tricked. So here it is, my new picture of the week with a new frame. Which frame do you like better? Which picture you like the best?

Picture of the Week - Blogfest Sunset

So, the night of the Brooklyn BlogFest as I arrived to the Bell House I saw the sun was setting and took the following picture.

I gave it a special effect that I tried for the first time today. I got the idea to do this from Dooce where she explains how to give a Lovely Glow effect. I checked out Dooce today again because as I spoke to a friend today and I told her about how successful Dooce has been and she totally wanted to check it out.
The frame was just my idea, and I was just trying it on for size. What do you think? You like the frame or not?

Don't you think this view is amazing?

Today I don't feel like writing, but I feel like I owe it to you all to give you something, so I am enclosing a picture that I took at night from my building the night the moon was supposed to be at it's biggest. So here it is, a picture of NYC at night and a picture of the moon. If you look closely you'll see the man in the moon. Do you see it?

Tell me what do you think. :)

Picture of the Week - Snow in March

Just after we had an awesome 75 degree weather last week's Friday, we were surprised that 4 days later we encountered with Snow.
It wasn't too much but it was enough to be noticed.

Here's a picture of the snow close to my house.

Picture of the Week - Japan needs our help

This weeks picture is the first one I have not taken myself. This picture I got it from an article from The NY Daily News about Japanese New Yorkers in a rally in Union Square.

I absolutely love the picture so much that I want to share it with you.
This picture is the beginning of Japanese week. I would like to honor Japanese culture and I will talk about all the things that we love about Japan as well as share with you a few of our favorite videos and songs that come from Japan.
I believe that in the midst of disaster the community of Japan has shown to be one of great big hearts and great sense of community and we should learn from them.
I also believe that when there's a disaster we must speak of the good things for the good things and good thoughts tend to multiply and that's what we should desire to gain.
Many Blessings to our fellow brothers from Japan.


And if you'd like to help I will give you each day different organizations where you can contribute to Japan.
Today's website is from Mercy Corps go to their link and help out. Thanks!

Picture of The Week - Second Lost Tooth

This week's picture of the week is one I took just a few minutes ago on my phone. After looking at my daughter's tooth that had been literally hanging from a thread almost a week already I decided to tell my adorable 5 year old that the tooth needed to come out. I've been trying to convince her to let me pull it but she would refuse. I put on some baby teething gel on it and pulled it out with a piece of paper towel. The actual tooth pulling didn't hurt, it was just until she looked at her new smile in the mirror that she started screaming. She screamed when she saw blood coming out of her gums, she was afraid the blood would never stop. I told her to put a paper towel in her gap and bite on it for a while, we didn't have gauze or anything. After a few minutes it stopped bleeding and she was her usual cheery self, awaiting the arrival of the tooth fairy tonight.

Picture of the Week - The Moon

This week's Picture of the week is the moon taken with my camera. I have never been able to take a picture of the moon that it showed the shadows in it, that's why this picture is so significant

I was really impressed! Enjoy.

Picture of the Week - Jekyll and Hyde

Today I went to this cool restaurant in Manhattan called Jekyll and Hyde. It is a very fun and cool place with live entertainment. It is fun for the whole family. I took some pictures of the place and want to share them with you.

Picture of the Week - Icicled Fire Hydrant

This week the most interesting picture I took was the one of an icicled fire hydrant.
It was dripping water constantly and the temperature was just right for icicle making.