Washington DC/New York–June 05, 2016

It looks like it was “eagle day” as I left Union Station to go to New York.

Eagle themed door plate at Union Station Sculpture of eagle at Union Station Bronze eagle flanked by sculptured eagles

Some views from the train, including one graffitto by Dan Quayle.

View of river from train Graffiti with “potatoe” [sic] misspelled. graffitti

Here is the exterior of the hotel; it is near Flushing Ave. and Broadway in Brooklyn, for those of you who are familiar with New York City.

Hotel with multi-colored window frames

As I was wandering about the area near the hotel, I encountered a small parade celebrating something having to do with Puerto Rico. There were some vintage bicycles and cars on display as well.

1954 vintage bicycle Man in green costume with crown on front Cape in back of costume depicting three kings Man in blue sequined suit Cape of blue sequined outfit Gray classic car Bllue classic car with spoiler Maroon clasic car with white roof Orange and white classic car Man in blue outfit with cape

More graffitti and some really nice wall art in the area:

graffitti Nefertiti in black facing right, in white facing left Green hand with orange nails holding phone receiver: “It's for you” Three monkeys: observe (with camera) listen (with headphones) reveal (with microphone) Polka-dotted and striped “ribbon” images of women in white on gray background African-American man in reflective sunglasses Gray “J” subway car Back of cape depictig trees and man with machete M subway car, and african-american woman in makeup Spider-man with spray paint can swinging through graffitti head/shoulder view of Deadpool (comic character) Kneeling person and wolf Cartoonish faces Angry-looking Munchkins (from Wizard of Oz movie) with tornado in background Female cyclops with tentacular tail Giant stork above cityscape Young man in blue shirt holding book Van with cartoon yeti on side Woman in wheelchair painting self-portrait; large anatomically correct heart, and skull Cartoon rabbit with horns Owl, bird with rat head, strange creature, and cat Realistic painting of motorcycle racer in helmet and padding

Signage, etc.

The first image is a sticker I saw on a wall; didn’t belong in any other category. The last image is just creepy.

sticker Cartoon man in leather jacket punching man in striped shirt Orthodontics sign with very creepy Mickey and Minnie Mouse