From This Moment On- Tracking down my shots in the light and the dark

July 15, 2019 This weekend was my cousin Vincent’s and his wife Julia's baby shower. He threw me my first one in ‘07 and this weekend I got to attend his. I was thrilled. These are 2 of my favorite pictures from that afternoon On my way back home there was a little blackout in the city . It was actually the 42nd anniversary of the 1977 nyc blackout when I was a baby- one month and 12 days old. Technically it only took place in a part of Manhattan, but it affected a lot of trains throughout the outer boroughs. When I marked myself safe on facebook, fam joked that I was in the train yet again when it happened, namely the bigger one in ‘03 and in the same area too- the F train on my way from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In '03 I was on my way to my friend Michelle’s get-together to the Fat Black Pussycat in the Village. We were all about to pass over the East River when it happened, so we were between Brooklyn and Manhattan, didn't even leave Brooklyn...

On our vacation to the Dominican Republic last month, in less than a week, my husband and I hit  Punta Cana Isla Saona Santo Domingo ( Well, this isn't Santo Domingo yet, but our road trip before we reached the capital, us eating first) and Santiago  My mother-in-law, next to her silk cotton tree. A side from being beautiful and fun, Punta Cana was special because it was basically my husband's first time experiencing his own country as more of a "tourist". He's been to Dominican resorts before and has even led tour groups to all day excursions but it was a very different experience for him and for me too, in a way.  You don' t hear the airport and plane announcements translated back into Spanish like you do when you fly to Santiago. The passengers look more like North Americans ready to vacay, not relatives returning or visiting their families. You run into the Duty Free shop much sooner than in Santiago, it is more in y...