‘A Coney Island kinda girl’

” … I have found myself sitting on the boardwalk or walking barefoot on the wet sand, where the waves break on the shore line, and poetry just ran through my veins. The fluidity from with which the thoughts and language would run through me felt like an intravenous drip of uncut magic. I’ve never really tried to decipher the mystery of the sand at Coney Island. Instead, I’ve accepted it and embraced it as part of the reason why I’ll always be a Coney Island kinda girl.” - Nikki-Jo Grossman, Coney Island Examiner.

Pic and text from http://davidblaikie.ca

After the rain

I love the public bath called "Unteren Letten" where you can jump into the river Limmat. I met with Michael, we had a swim and went for the river bar to sip some beers and suddenly, there was a heavy summer rain which lasted just minutes. The evening light after the rain mixed with the falling night and it looked just gorgeous.

Montrex Jazz Festival 2008

The winning team 1956

Bill Lomas on his Guzzi 350

RMS Queen Mary, 20 June 1945 arriving in New York

The British liner RMS Queen Mary arrives in New York harbour, 20 June 1945, with thousands of U.S. troops from Europe. The Queen Mary still wears her light grey war paint.
Read more here.

Picture taken from wikipedia.org

Manhattan, NY

Mystic signs in countryside of Jura

Italian express: Guzzi Norge 1200

Finally the Touring Guzzi is back on the road again - here with the latest model called "Norge". Love it!

Rainy April weekend@Greulich's

Nothing than rainy days and long Sunday afternoons. There's nothing better than to spend some hours at Greulich's, the coolest design hotel in town.


It's stylish, fresh and modern. And when did you last see a private interior garden full with trees?
More info: Blog Wayfaring, Greulich site

World's liner in NY, March 1940

QUEEN ELIZABETH is shown docked at Pier 90 in the company of QUEEN MARY, NORMANDIE and Mauretania, March 1940 (from bottom up). What a gathering!

Winter above lake of Gruyères

Family Christmas in Los Angeles, CA

Desert

October in Venice Beach, Los Angeles

50s Cadillac

Gletsch, Graubuenden

New York movie

"New York movie", 1939, by Edward Hopper

Early beginners

Like a pro...!

Gantrisch mountains, Berner Oberland

Duisburg Laar, 1970

Summertime

Carnival in Zurich

Merry-go-round at Zurich carnival

Indian roots near Col des Mosse, Jura

Graceland too

Elvis Week in Memphis

HOLLY SPRINGS, MS: 'World's Biggest Elvis Fan' Paul McLeod (R) gives a tour of his 'Graceland Too' house during Elvis Week August 14, 2002 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The house is filled with Elvis collectibles and is run by McLeod and his son Elvis Presley McLeod (L).

Cool, that could be me as well :-)! Thanks Paul, great job!

Photo: Mario Tama/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Snow in April, Vaud

Montreux, Lake Geneva

Meet Mata Hari

No better place to hang out after your daily shift than in the "Mata Hari Bar".

Niki et Jean, Paris, 1961

A mate's best mate and a girl

Thinking of becoming an nine to fiver? Need a change? Good so: Next job stop: rental car company. Chose the car of your dreams, do anything illegaly, and live like you always wanted to live. Insane, restless, complicated. But happy, really happy. And go for the girl of your dreams.... And never look back again. "A friend of mine" is now played in the local theatre.

Vegis paradise

Surprise, surprise - the Hells Angels have left their headquarters, but opposite a new vegi restaurant "Samses" got the thumb up by my friends, and I tell you: terrific.


Delicious home made pasta, great buffet food and comfy atmosphere, and yes, the service is great too. Get started in the Mata Hari bar and hop over :-).