new york in august

here i am in manhattan last month
near the 'flatiron" building
holding my 3rd or 4th starbuck's of the day. -r2

family tradition

someone recently inquired about my hurley lineage.
i've traced the hurley name through my
maternal grandmother hope katherine hurley
all the way back to darby hurley who
was born in cork county ireland in 1617.
darby left from london in 1635 on a ship named "mathew of london"
this trip was warranted by the earl of carlisle and
the ship was captained by mr. richard goodladd.
this ship sailed on 21 may 1635 and
arrived on st. christopher's (saint kitts) island
in the caribbean sometime that same year.
most of the people on that ship were
wards of the church of england,
which means they were criminals or political exiles
sent to this island to pick tobacco instead of going to prison.
according to wikipedia.org, this island switched to growing
sugar cane sometime around 1640. this happened because
the new colonies in america were growing a better
tobacco crop. i'm just guessing, but i assume
that darby came to new york during this time period
and finally settled in maryland. i am searching for
information on ships that sailed from
st. christopher island to new york and
hoping to see darby's name.
darby was 18 years old when he left on that ship
and he had no hurley relatives with him. this is all i have for now,
hope it helps.

-r2

sometimes i get bored

this was me at laguardia in march, waiting to come home.

grace church - 10th & broadway - manhattan

here's a picture i took when i was in ny march of this year.

i took this picture late at nite.

i was on my way north from houston st. heading to union square.

this church was designed by james renwick jr

architecture style - gothic revival

grace church was opened in 1846

-r2

i quit drinking because i got full........

here's a recovering alcoholic that i met at the fuse conference in nyc who went on to become quite an author after his moment of clarity. he signed a couple of books for me, and i've just started reading the one titled "dry" which deals with his recovery...........pretty good so far (80 pgs in). he also wrote the bestseller "running with scissors" that was made into a movie. like a lot of recovering addicts i've met who have went thru a good treatment program, he is excruciatingly honest about himself, but quite funny at the same time. after hearing him speak about his life as an alcoholic, his life as a creative, and his recovery, i realized that i shared a lot of the same highs & lows (no-pun). thought i would share in case you were looking for a good read.

-r2

the one & only ray's pizza

i went to new york for the first time this year in january with my design team from work....we were there for 5 days to research trends and to plug into the rich culture that this great city has to offer. as you can imagine, i have hundreds of pictures and quite a few stories to share. i will post bits and pieces here as i find the time.

this first picture is of me my first nite in nyc. i'm standing in the original ray's pizza on times square. i later found out that there are probably 50 (or more) original ray's pizza places all over manhattan,..........and they all have different owners. the restaurant may not be the real deal, but my experience was. new york style pizza trumps chicago style anyday.

-r2