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Morning View

The clubs in Key West close at 4AM so only the totally responsible adults like Father Tony and myself were at the Island House restaurant early this morning. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Yup.

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Morning View – Fort Lauderdale Beach

I’m at Father Tony’s in Fort Lauderdale for the start of my usual holiday visit to Florida. It was about 30 degrees at LGA early this morning. Here, it’s 82 and muggy. Perfect.

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Morning View: Upper East Side

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Morning View – Microsoft Times Square

Microsoft’s pop-up store in Times Square opened in late October to launch the Surface tablet.  Planet Hollywood occupied that corner for years but closed in June in order to split the space between a smaller version of itself and the Orlando-based Buca di Beppo, which next spring will join Applebee’s, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Ruby Tuesday, Chevys, TGI Friday’s, and …

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Morning View – Upper East Side

Last night’s snowstorm took out more trees on the Upper East Side than the hurricane did. There’s a chorus of chainsaws echoing up and down my block. We only got a few inches of snow and most of it’s gone already.

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Morning View – East River

I’m just a couple of blocks from the East River, where water is already topping the seawall. Even at high tide, the water level is usually about eight feet below the ledge.  I’m guessing that they’ll have to close the FDR before too much longer.

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Morning View – GLAAD’s Spirit Day

As I’ve done for the last two years, today I’m wearing my only purple shirt in recognition of GLAAD’s anti-bullying Spirit Day. Hopefully the folks at Chirpin’ Chicken will find this meaningful when I leave the apartment for lunch.

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Morning View – – Powell Street Cable Car

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Morning View – From My Back Porch

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Morning View – Castro Obama HQ

I think this storefront used to be Tower Records.

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Morning View – Mechanics Monument

Douglas Tilden’s Mechanics Monument was commissioned in 1901 as a tribute to San Francisco railroad tycoon Peter Donahue.

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Morning View – Castro Public Parklet

Several parking spots on Castro Street have been removed for a “public parklet.”

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Morning View – Market Street

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Morning View – Castro Theater

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Morning View – Doggupy Union Square

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Morning View – Devilish Homosex

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Morning View: Charlotte B-Cycle

Charlotte’s shared bike program is called B-cycle. It’s the same company used by more than a dozen other cities. I didn’t see any of them in use, probably because so many of the streets are closed for the convention. Love the handy baskets.

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