{"id":839,"date":"2015-08-30T17:57:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T21:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=839"},"modified":"2015-08-30T17:57:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T21:57:46","slug":"new-york-city-blog-aug-24-aug-30-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=839","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog Aug.24 – Aug. 30"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s an exhibit of Frida Kahlo\u2019s botanical drawings at the N. Y. Botanical Gardens. It’s a small but exquisite exhibit. Kahlo interests me more as a person living a tumultuous and often tragic life rather than as an artist. However, since one of the characters in my upcoming mystery, Graphic Lessons<\/em>, impersonates her, I wanted to look at Kahlo’s art and get a sense of her love of tropical flowers.<\/p>\n

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Burger & Lobster on Nineteen Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues is lots of fun. It\u2019s new. It opened at the end of 2014 and it\u2019s young and noisy. You can sit in a booth, always a plus, and the service is very good. Three entrees are on offer: lobster roll, lobster and burgers. This photo is of Steve\u2019 Kulchek\u2019s buddy, Hank. He eats both the lobster and the lobster roll. Lobsters give him strength, he says. Right, Bro.<\/p>\n

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Hank’s Lobster Fix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I\u2019ve just spent two days near Claryville, N. Y. It\u2019s in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. There\u2019s perfect air and active wildlife. At different times, I watched from my host\u2019s window as deer frolicked under the apple trees and a bear help herself to an apple. In the daed of night I heard coyotes calling to each other. The locals claim they have killer winters but they can\u2019t complain about August.<\/p>\n

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Deer in the Catskills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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