Those of you who know me know I am no artist. Far from it. But I appreciate art. I even own some of it. And I really respect the way that artists go about the process of seeing. I've included a photo diary on the righthand corner of this blog. In part, it's for friends who don't live here to see my fair city as I see it. But more important, I'm hopeful that the discipline of providing daily shots for this diary will make me more alert to the art in the everyday world around me. I could try to tie this project to mass tort litigation with stories about trial lawyers needing to be observant, but that would stretch credulity. The simple truth is, I've included the diary because it is fun. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

The Carneros Inn, Napa, CA

Telegraph Hill

Bay Bridge, San Francisco

The Rock, San Francisco

Regusci Winery, Napa, California

Just So Much Hot Air

Follow the Bouncing Ball

Would You Like to Ride in My Beautiful Balloon?

Sunday Morning, Yountville, CA

Michael & Bubbles @ SF MoMA

Noisy Neighbor

The Father of Georgia: James Edward Oglethorpe

Augusta ABC Affiliate

Augusta Irony: Gen. Lee & Old Glory

James Brown, Augusta, GA

Federal Courthouse, James Brown Blvd., Augusta, GA

Astoria Regatta

Fowl Mood

Emery Roth's Masterpiece

Cotton Mather's Muse

Sunday Stroll

Jefferson, Church, State

Jefferson in His "City"

Capitol Rotunda, Jefferson City

Bryant Park Hotel

Rainy Broadway Traffic

Holiday Holdover

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Circle

Happy New Year!

Holiday Magic

One Strange Cowboy

Choirs of Angels, Loosely Speaking

Dyker Heights: Where X-mas Lives

Dyker Heights, Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at Rolf's

Gingerbread USS New York

Columbus Christmas

Time Warner Christmas

Holiday Thanatopsis

"Whaddya Lookin' At?"

"The Pond" at Bryant Park

Could He Crash Obama's State Dinner?

Here Comes the King

Stragglers

Waves of Grapes

Give Me a Lift?

Pergola

Slim Pickings

Wolffer Estate

Autumn's Harvest

Facets of Fall

Newly-Commissioned USS New York

Sunset on the New Yorker

Making Dinner at the James Beard House

"Hollywood Icon" Halloween Party: The Maltese Falcon, Tom Ford, Tippi Hedren

"Hollywood Icon" Halloween Party: Shirley Temple

The "Line" for Sunday Brunch

Autumnal Light Shines on the Empire State

Jersey Sunset

A Fine Autumn Day

A God's-Eye View

Times Square Patriots

Sunset Kiteboarder, Miami Beach

Playing Koi

Stop Your Carping!

Looking Back at Miami

Indy Racing League Championship Celebration, Miami Beach

Columbus Day Weekend in Miami -- Sweet! And 90 Degrees!

Autumn Comes To Sag Harbor

Entering Shelter Island Sound

Bridge to North Haven

City of Lights

Pink @ Madison Square Garden

Shelter Island Modern

One More Time This Season?

Shelter Island Ruin

TGIF

Autumnal Light

Shelter Island Manse

Gardiner's Bay

Rounding Cedar Point, East Hampton

Black and White Cookie-Cutter

The Standard Hotel: All the Rooms Are a Stage

Park Slope Water Conservation Lesson

L'Shana Tovah Tikatevu

West Side Gehry

The Iceman Cometh

High Line Railing

Making Tracks on the High Line

Naval Parade Commemmorates the 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson's Journey

Seeing Double in the Bronx

Lady of the Harbor

Verrazano Narrows Bridge

The Lion in Winter (Still)

When You're Alone and Life Is Making You Lonely, You Can Always Go . . . Downtown

City Hall Park Gloaming

Late Season Snow Storm's #1 Fan: Mr. Ted E. Bear

Whaling Museum, Sag Harbor

Sun Sets on the Cathedral of Commerce

Grand Central Grandee

Work-Life Balance

The Hudson's Detritus

Back in Time

Looking Over Liberty's Shoulder

"Loooove, exciting and new . . ."

Trigo

Winter Moon on the Hudson

Tom: The Most Welcoming Face in Sag Harbor

Sag Harbor Sunset

42nd Street's Beacon

Morning Comes to Jersey

Hotel. Magazine. State of Mind.

Knowledge Guards the Library

Verizon Building Pentimento

A Glimpse of Empire

Winter Daydream

A Dropped Ball Still Shines

The Intrepid: Cold Warrior

President #44 on 43rd St.

Hudson River or Arctic Circle?