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Parrot Fight

Parrot Fight

Tonight two pairs of parrots have been fighting over a perch on a defunct palm tree in the front of Chez Kitteh.  It was an awesomely noisy contest.  I think I took nearly a hundred photos. These parrots look slightly smaller and darker on the head than the parrots that reside on Telegraph Hill.  They are just [...]

[ More ] March 10th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Outdoors |
Fixed Gear

Fixed Gear

4-12-09 Update – now found at http://kestrachern.net/gt-gutterball/ ————- Today I became the owner of a new fixed gear bike – GT Gutterball. I had some alterations (look for the blue bits) from the stock design, new handlebars, changed the gearing, longer chain. Right now I’m running 53/15 gearing on both sides of the flip hub. One [...]

[ More ] February 23rd, 2009 | 13 Comments | Posted in Featured, Goals, Outdoors |
Kayaking on Boca Ciega Bay

Kayaking on Boca Ciega Bay

Monday night I picked up two new kayaks from KayakNature!  You see, you can’t be an official resident of Gulfport, Florida until you own your own kayak and take it out on Boca Ciega Bay. (In the same way you can’t truly be from San Francisco unless you are a web designer, DJ, massage therapist, fire spinner, [...]

[ More ] January 6th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Featured, Outdoors |

Irene rains arrive in BronxHe came back!New boat in the making - its the one on the right... 3 weeks till its completed and ready to go sailing.  Still working on a name.Walter Cronkite's house.USS New York arrives for 2011  NYC Fleet WeekStormking sculptures come to Governors Island!!  Art you can climb on!Fields of dandelions on the grounds of the Vanderbilt mansion.Megayacht week continues as EOS worlds largest sailing yacht (305 ft) moors to Chelsea Piers for her NYC stay.Aviva superyacht from Georgetown docked at Chelsea pier. Her 223 feet keeps her in the top 100 largest yachts in the world.Waste your life following the wall
man in a powered parachute flying over palm trees with the sunset in the background