Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands The aptly named Devil’s Bay beach lies at the end of a circuitous path under and over granite boulders. Best to hike out there with hands free and no expectation of doing anything other than admiring the impressive surf crashing on the rocks (and arching over your head) on the tiny beach at low tide. At high tide, the pathway through the caves become entirely inaccessible.
Somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean Bon Voyage to the Ramshackle on its Atlantic voyage!
123 Lexington Ave, Manhattan “Simply the best place in Manhattan for Middle Eastern and Indian herbs and spices…” - Zagat
TriBeCa, Manhattan The Ides of March are upon us and the earliest harbinger of spring - the crocus - is in full bloom.
Red Hook, NY Exactly 100 miles north of New York’s Greenwich Village eternal Spring blooms in the 100 year old, fourth-generation Battenfeld’s Anemone Farm. We imagine that Conrad and Elizabeth Battenfeld, emigrating to the Hudson Valley from Germany in the 1880s, would have been astonished to see daffodils blooming in New York parks in the middle of February 2012!
West Village, NYC The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. - Andrew Carnegie
Hudson Valley, NY Wishing health and happiness (and a zero carbon footprint) to all!
Hudson River, NY A testament to technological progress - the Saugerties’ Lighthouse’s solar-powered beacon (circa 1990) replaces a 225-candlepower Argand lamp and Fresnel lens (circa 1935) that had, in turn, replaced the mineral oil lamps (circa 1850) which replaced the original whale oil lamps (circa 1935). Thanks to the vision of a local historian, the 1839 Light House was restored to its current glory in 1990. Still some things are left to nature - guests of the lighthouse’s two-room inn check-in and out according to Hudson River tide.
rayogram, NYC All of us at rayogram were saddened by the passing of our client, Evelyn Lauder, this past weekend. Mrs. Lauder dedicated herself to raising funds for breast cancer research and awareness programs.. Her photographs benefiting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation best illustrate the way she saw the beauty in everything around her.
Hudson Valley, NY The modern photovoltaic cell was born in Bell Labs in the 1950s. This 12-panel array provides enough power to fill the needs for a large home in New York’s Hudson Valley (including air conditioning and heating via a geothermal system). Still relatively uncommon for residential uses in the United States, global investment in renewable energy has increased over 500% in the past five years.
Greenwich Village, NYC Referred to by 16th century Native Americans as Sapokanikan (“tobacco field”), Greenwich Village in downtown Manhattan would become known for inspiring bohemian culture over may generations. Today it is the home of CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush.
Niagara Falls, NY Formed at the end of the Ice Age when melting ice sent torrents of water into what we now know as the Niagara River - Niagara Falls is the U.S.’s first state park and the world’s first large-scale hydroelectric generating station. It produces nearly 2.5 million kilowatts of electricity to plants in the U.S. and Canada. Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla first proved he could transmit electricity using alternating current (AC) infinitely farther than direct current (DC) when, in 1896, he transmitted electricity from Niagara Falls to Buffalo.
rayogram, NY Since 1994, rayogram has helped companies, non-profits and government agencies accomplish amazing things. The vast majority of that time has been spent using Apple technology that flowed (unfiltered, it often seemed) from the imagination of Steve Jobs. Without these tools our lives would not have looked, sounded or worked the same. They would have been a bit less beautiful.
Chatham, NY The Columbia County Fair has been a tradition for 171 years. The grandstand was added in 1881, the poultry house a year later. No one seems to know when the tea cup ride first showed up.
