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M.T. Karthik

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MTK Riffs Upper Manhattan in Winter

20 Saturday Aug 2022

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This post is like a Table of Contents. It’s a meta-post of links to photojournalistic blogposts of my trip to New York six months ago, amidst the Omicron wave of Covid in Manhattan, for five days in late January. The links are in chronological order, and refer back progressively, like chapters about my trip.

Wednesday

I was able to film as we approached on the afternoon of January 19th, flying into New York City.

landing at La Guardia on a clear, sunny day.

Later that night I took Tom to the Metropolitan Opera to see Quinn Kelsey perform Rigoletto.

Thursday

The next morning it dropped thirty degrees and snowed. I spent two hours at the Museum of Modern Art catching the last days of exhibitions of work by Joseph E. Yoakum, Sophie Teauber-Arp and others.

The streets were weirdly quiet and absent of crowds – like I have never seen Manhattan before, even in the heart of winter. New York was dead.

sparsely populated Manhattan streets

That afternoon and evening I hung out at Summit One Vanderbilt, which was exceptional. Because I purchased the afternoon Premium ticket, the sunset ticket, with access to the elevator to the summit, I was able to hang out in the bar all evening, where I was joined in conversation and fun by rotating groups of tourists (wonderful conversations atop Manhattan), and the elevator to the highest viewpoint was amazing.

view from the bar atop One Vanderbilt

Friday

… was in the 30’s.

I hit the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see Surrealism Beyond Borders, which surprised me.

Saturday

had a perfect breakfast sandwich at Chez Nick in Yorkville, a place to which I returned – delicious spot over there. It was the week that people were putting their Christmas trees out for pick up. Many people and hotels instead, turned them into decorative features in front of their buildings.

Xmas tree dumping week.

Sunday

January 23rd was my chance by appointment only to catch the last days of the chronological exhibition on the ramps of the Guggenheim, Kandinsky at the Gugg. That was, quite frankly, an excellent exhibition.

Five days in Manhattan: Opera. Museums. Observation Bar. Streets. and tossed out Xmas trees – Lakshmi-auntie would approve.

That’s for New York.

Love,

mtk

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winter passion flower

18 Tuesday Dec 2012

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2012, desmond, flower, Karthik, m.t., mtk, oakland, passion, street, winter

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Posted by mtk | Filed under flora, North Oakland, photography

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twilight at Pacifica

10 Monday Dec 2012

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SF Ferry Building, Muni Lines, Palms at Sunset in Autumn

05 Wednesday Dec 2012

Posted by mtk in photography, S.F.

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Western Span of Bay Bridge, Muni Lines, Lamps at sunset

05 Wednesday Dec 2012

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just past sunset, Pigeon Point

30 Friday Nov 2012

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Oakland Estuary at Jack London Aquatic Center

21 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Great White Egret, Egretta alba, Oakland Estuary

21 Wednesday Nov 2012

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2012, alba, egret, Egretta, estuary, great, Karthik, m.t., mtk, oakland, white

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1931 Packard 840 Deluxe Eight

01 Thursday Nov 2012

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sunset on stones, Ocean Beach, SF

09 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Wood Tavern, Oakland

25 Tuesday Sep 2012

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rad vehicle

06 Thursday Sep 2012

Posted by mtk in North Oakland, photography, vehicles

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What is this? It looks like a 1952 VW Split Window Beetle from the back, but the front has a straight hood with a different grill and ornament – rad!

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New Bay Bridge Toll Booth Operations Center

30 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by mtk in North Oakland, photography, S.F.

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yet another passion flower

19 Sunday Aug 2012

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More Summer Flora

18 Saturday Aug 2012

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Summer flora

12 Sunday Aug 2012

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Can't Stop Looking at the Milky Way

31 Tuesday Jul 2012

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as shot in the Alps recently

The milky way shines at night at around 1 AM, on the Stanserhorn, in the Alps in this photograph by Alessandro Della Bella, 26 July 2012, in Switzerland

 

 

Can’t Stop Looking at the Milky Way

31 Tuesday Jul 2012

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as shot in the Alps recently

The milky way shines at night at around 1 AM, on the Stanserhorn, in the Alps in this photograph by Alessandro Della Bella, 26 July 2012, in Switzerland

 

 

various passion flora I have known

27 Friday Jul 2012

Posted by mtk in flora, North Oakland, photography, San Antonio

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Berkeley, flower, Japan, Karthik, m.t., mtk, north oakland, passion, passionflower, rockridge, san antonio, texas

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yellow hibiscus

19 Thursday Jul 2012

Posted by mtk in flora, photography, San Antonio

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grown by Dr. B. Thyagarajan, SATX

painting at the Pickwick Hotel

06 Friday Jul 2012

Posted by mtk in installations, photography, S.F.

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I found the dark-haired girl who is looking at the painter/viewer sweet and haunting somehow …

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in SOMA on the walk to AT&T

05 Thursday Jul 2012

Posted by mtk in mural, photography, S.F.

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in SOMA on the walk to AT&T

05 Thursday Jul 2012

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Summer Flora

05 Thursday Jul 2012

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Reds vs Giants, June 30, 2012

30 Saturday Jun 2012

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Angel Pagan in 1912 NY Giants Jersey vs. Cubs

03 Sunday Jun 2012

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Matt Cain in 1912 NY Giants Jersey vs. Cubs at AT&T Park

03 Sunday Jun 2012

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Matt Cain in 1912 NY Giants Jersey vs. Cubs at AT&T Park

03 Sunday Jun 2012

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Oil Rigs Off Coastal California from The Pacific Surfliner

24 Thursday May 2012

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Northern Harrier, Año Nuevo, California

18 Friday May 2012

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