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Photo of a blue sailboat named Fury being moved in a boat yard.

Spent some time this weekend splashing a friend’s boat. Instead of sailing, we cleaned. Power washing is almost as fun as sailing though. This might be one of the prettiest project boats I’ve seen. She’s going to be gorgeous next season, and a hear a new name is coming as well.

Also spent some quality time with a wood fired pizza oven, which inspired me to make some more pizzas at home. We don’t have space for a wood fired oven, but I think we can turn out some quality pizzas in our kitchen.

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Photo of a new, R211 series subway on the B line arriving at 7th Avenue Station in Brooklyn. The electronic sign displays the letter "B" in an orange circle with the text "CONCOURSE LOCAL".
New B!

I was pleasantly surprised to see one of the new R211 trains running on the B line.

A new train on one’s regular line is like getting a new car. Well, the new car smell isn’t quite as pronounced and it doesn’t require ponying up tens of thousands or dollars or crippling debt.

On second thought, it’s better than getting a new car.

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A low quality photo of a full moon over the downtown Brooklyn skyline taken from Manhattan. The Brooklyn Bridge is also visible.

This week’s random photo comes from a show at Pier 17. The full moon was spectacular. This picture doesn’t do it justice, sorry for the low quality I’ll also apologize for the weird crop, but I didn’t want to feed a bunch of concert-goers faces to our AI overlords.

The show was Dropkick Murphys and Bad Religion on Saturday. Excellent show, and it’s a nice change to see a punk show in an outdoor venue on a beautiful night verses the dark clubs in which I’ve seen every other show like this. By the way, I think this show ended with the biggest pit I’ve ever witnessed. Well done, Dropkicks.

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Photo of a black moving truck parked on the street. There is an image of the Tasmanian Devil holding a grand piano over his head and text that reads ACTION PIANO MOVING 1 800 480-6683 WWW.ACTIONPIANOMOVING.COM PIANOS BOUGHT AND SOLD.

This week’s random photo is of a piano moving truck. In hindsight, a picture of the grand piano these guys had artfully wedged into a service elevator would have been more impressive. But, this is all I got. Maximum respect to the piano movers of the world. Death Wish Piano Movers of Boston takes the cake for the most aptly named business though.

It’s been an exciting week here (more on that later), so it’s a very light weeknote. Enjoy the links…

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Photo of a sign advertising Rockaway Beach Surf Shop attached to a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. The advertisement is a cartoon of five people with pompadore hairdos surfing. The text above the cartoon is "ROCK ROCK ROCKAWAY BEACH". Below the cartoon, the text is "Since 1972, Rockaway Beach Surf Shop, 177 Beach 116th St, Rockaway Park, NY 11694, 718-474-9345." There are other, smaller signs attached to the fence around the surf shop sign and there is ivy growing on the fence, obscuring some of the signs. There is some industrial landscape in the background.
It’s not far, not hard to reach

We spent a couple days at Rockaway Beach. It was nice to get away, even if away means a different borough. It was very hot on Friday, so it was good to be near the water and not needing to ride the subway. We ate some delicious food and took in the local vibe. Plus, we got to engage in a bit of plane spotting. We can do that at home too as the LaGuardia arrivals flight path is over the neighborhood. But, the flights departing JFK in the evening tend to be going to more exciting locales than those arriving at LGA. Think Amsterdam vs. Atlanta.

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