Monster Smash

My Smash Book (challenge no. 26) is close to bursting. With only a few pages left to fill, it's crazy to look back at all the bits and pieces that landed a coveted gluey spot. Here are my latest:

Storm gloom + Hurricat + our marionette costumes.

Photo from Wicker Park, Chicago + some textural framing.

Squirrels go to Chicago for a week, then San Francisco.

Card from the Clift Hotel in San Francisco.

And also, just because, here are some haunting phone shots I took earlier today after venturing out into the city. Happy Halloween:

Subway stairs to nowhere. 

Con Edison trying their damnest.

Union Square Park got slapped around some.

Spoiled Fruit-ball!

Fallen awning.

Batteries and flashlights for sale on the street (Lower East Side). 

Fallen gas station sign (at 2nd Avenue and 1st Street).

More people than I've ever seen making their way across the Williamsburg Bridge.

No One Likes You, Sandy

I was on a two-week business trip (so my challenge posts were already lacking), arriving home just in time to welcome Sandy with un-open arms.

Not until I started seeing some of these images throughout yesterday, last night, and this morning did I realize just how lucky we were to have power and no flooding:

 Many of the subways have been affected. MTA is saying they're down "until further notice."

Alphabet City, Manhattan 

 Manhattan without power.

 Dumbo, Brooklyn (southwest of us)

A double rainbow the morning after the storm. Pretty unbelievable.