The Sheila Variations

I'm totally drooling over that shot. Over the other five, too, but that is gorgeous.

Oh, for a time machine. I would LOVE to visit new York in the 1880s, 1890s ... God.

And to have the side of Central Park be empty of buildings except for that one towering one ...

truly amazing. I just want to step into that photo!

Oh! That's the building by which the main character in Jack Finney's "Time and Again" enters 1880s New York. Really great story.

That's how it got its name -- it was so far out of "town" that the papers said it might as well be in the Dakotas.

sheil..im reaing a book called Winters Tale..and it is a love song to NYC as well as a treatise on love and faith...u will flip!!!

Lisa- i did not know that! How cool!

PatrickP, Last week, I pulled that book out to reread (well, actually, I never finished it the first time around...)! And Sheils, "Time and Again" is the first thing I thought of when I saw the photo, too. What a great shot.

Alex, that's so cool. I think we should encourage Sheila to read it.

Patrick - Oh, I love love love that book. I've read it - it's one of my all-time faves!!

For the record, please know that I did not mean to call you "Shiels." This is merely a by-product of my typing as if I have hooves instead of hands...

For the record, please know that I did not mean to call you "Shiels." This is merely a by-product of my typing as if I have hooves instead of hands...

That's a relief.

Alex - hahahahahaha That is actually one of my nicknames.

Oh, Sheila O'Malley...I love that shot. It's so...so...mmm. The people are haunting.

I see I'm not the only one who instantly thought of Time and Again when seeing the picture. Actually just seeing the name "Dakota" reminds me of that story. It is a wonderful tale.