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chashnyc

@chashalenyc.bsky.social

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I blend imagery and performance art to create uniquely NY experiences for theaters, colleges and museums. Storyteller, music, travel, cities, photos, walker, cooking. Author of "Untangling the Shadows: Searching for the Voices of My NY Irish Ancestors."

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chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · Jul 22

EVERY DAY IS SACRED
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EVERY DAY IS SACRED

Cole Porter wrote I Concentrate on You in 1939, on the eve of World War II.

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chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 26

If you are a fan of jazz and you’re coming to #NYC, look into #Dizzy’s #Jazz at #Lincoln Center. Fabulous music, great views of #CentralPark South and great seats no matter where you are. #Travel #Tourism #ILoveCities

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 25

Often, here in #NYC, there are similar cloud formations in the morning--the post prior--and early evening. The difference? The way the sun casts its magic over the city and the park.

#NY #CentralPark #Skyline #Travel #Tourism
#ILoveCities

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 20

Perfect morning in #NYC
#Sunrise #Photo #Travel #Tourism #CentralPark #Skyline
#ILoveCities

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 16

File this one under "Life's Simple Pleasures." My oregano plant was on its last legs...I repotted it...and...voila...it's off and running again. I know, I know, "big deal!" But sometimes I have to take a time out and enjoy a nice moment.

#plants #IndoorGardening #Culinary #Cooking #FreshHerbs

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 13

#Trump is reprehensible. I left #Facebook with a group following of 25K for the reasons we know #algorithms #Zuckerberg etc, but like #FoxNews, #BlueSky preaches to the choir. Fox: Trump is the savior. BlueSky: Trump will destroy us. I feel no community here nor do I read any solutions for unity.

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 12

#LillianBassman was a magazine #art director and #fashion #photographer who achieved renown in the 1940s and ’50s with high-contrast, dreamy #portraits of sylphlike models. She was sought after for her portraits of slender, long-necked models advertising lingerie, fabric & cosmetics. #photo

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 11

A fabulous Sunday afternoon at #Smalls, a #jazz club in #NYC's #GreenwichVillage, which for generations has promoted #musicians; many who credit Smalls as their incubator & start to their careers. There were 2 legendary "nonagenarian" performers...on bass Bill Crow/97 and on drums Steve Little/90

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 11

Thinking of my #mother (right side) and her sisters on #MothersDay. I miss all of them. #1940s #photographs #Woodhaven #Queens #NYC #WWII

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 11

Cocktail hour on the #DinglePeninsula. #Ireland #Dingle #Travel

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 10

Wonderful. Where is this, Liza?

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 10

The #JohnSingerSargent exhibit at the #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt is stunning. Seen here is the once “scandalous” #painting of Madame X. Go early and during the week to get ahead of the big crowds. #NYC #Art #NativeAmerican #PortraitPainter #ILoveCities

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 10

Beautiful morning #walking through #CentralPark on the way to #Met. #Beethoven never visited the city but there is a wonderful statue. #NYC #Travel #ILoveCities #ClassicalMusic

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 10

Hmm. Okay.

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 10

I bet there are others, like me, who think, "This looks like an #EdwardHopper #painting." But it's not. It's a #photo of the Third Avenue Elevated Train, #NYC, ca. 1951, taken by #photographer #EstherBubley, who turned to color slide film to study the #ThirdAvenueEl, which was torn down in 1955.

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 10

The town of #Dingle from across the #DingleHarbor #Ireland #Travel #Tourism #DinglePeninsula

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 9

#Photographer #BobGruen was up front at a #TinaTurner show. At the end of the show, a strobe light flashed & #Tina danced off of multiple images in the strobe light. Gruen had a few frames left. "I wonder what will happen if I take a one-second #photo & get a few of these flashes in the same frame?"

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 9

Best spot in #CentralPark? It may not be, but the #ConservatoryGarden, a formal garden near the northeastern corner of the park, is certainly one that attracts me.

The 6-acre, European-style garden has an abundance of flowers, beautiful fountains, paths and #ThreeDancingMaidens

#NY #ILoveCities

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 9

Another beautiful sunrise over #Nantucket Sound. #photo #photography #IslandLife #travel #Massachusetts

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 9

I love #NYC #skybridges. The most famous in #NY is the #StapleStreetBridge, built in 1907. It's anchored just above the 2nd floor of two buildings. A hospital, looking to expand, created a thruway to connect the two buildings; patients could easily be taken from one to the other.

#travel #tourism

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 8

Heading back to #Paris in a few weeks. Can’t wait to visit some of my favorite #museums, particularly the #MuseeD'Orsay.

#France #EiffelTower #Seine #Travel #Tourism

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 8

#Photographer #PeterLindbergh took this #photo of #TinaTurner hanging off the #EiffelTower Tina wrote to Peter, "I have often told you that it took me a long time to love myself." She added that he helped her with his amazing #photos #Paris #France

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 8

#ArtDeco is an architectural style from 1920-30s, when the onset of modernity was inspiring #NYC architects & builders. The #GEBuilding is a beautiful example. Its most recognizable feature is its rooftop, with blue & white spires shooting up to the sky like icicles or stalagmites. #travel #tourism

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 8

#LaurenBacall in her #NYC #Dakota apt.

“...the earthy, salty, sardonic and self-mocking woman, NY housewife & mother of 3, usually tossed an old sweater over her blouse and slacks when she went out to walk her dog.” S. Birmingham

She never shed her fiercely #NY personality
#Bacall #Bogie #cinema

chashnyc @chashalenyc.bsky.social · May 8

Spent a few nights in beautiful #Bayeux #France after visiting the beaches of #Normandy. An enormously moving experience. #WWII #DDay #June6 #Travel