My primary reason for attending this year’s Prisoner convention in Wales was to see Catherine McGoohan speak about her father and his brilliant crazy TV show. She is a true keeper of the flame and warm, witty, and lovely. The convention itself has been a ton of fun.
I told her privately that I’d seen the short film she acted in for Jonathan Del Arco (the Borg, Hugh, in one of my favorite Star Trek Next Generation episodes). She was pleasantly surprised and texted Del Arco who responded with “Wow!” I was over the moon. Nerd heaven!
The people in the third photo are Sara Jenkin (Six of One), Tony Sloan (film librarian on The Prisoner - great stories about McGoohan), Catherine McGoohan, Dave Barrie (founder of Six of One)
#theprisoner #patrickmcgoohan #portmeirion #thevillage #startrek #startreknextgeneration @jonathandelarco @sixofoneprisoner #selecttoursnyc
My primary reason for attending this year’s Prisoner convention in Wales was to see Catherine McGoohan speak about her father and his brilliant crazy TV show. She is a true keeper of the flame and warm, witty, and lovely. The convention itself has been a ton of fun.
I told her privately that I’d seen the short film she acted in for Jonathan Del Arco (the Borg, Hugh, in one of my favorite Star Trek Next Generation episodes). She was pleasantly surprised and texted Del Arco who responded with “Wow!” I was over the moon. Nerd heaven!
The people in the third photo are Sara Jenkin (Six of One), Tony Sloan (film librarian on The Prisoner - great stories about McGoohan), Catherine McGoohan, Dave Barrie (founder of Six of One)
#theprisoner #patrickmcgoohan #portmeirion #thevillage #startrek #startreknextgeneration @jonathandelarco @sixofoneprisoner #selecttoursnyc
Utterly charming wire walking legend Philippe Petit showing us how he entertains children with a simple bit of string. #philippepetit
I only had an hour or so to look for birds yesterday. I didn’t see the uncommon yellow-throated warbler, unfortunately, but did see my first eastern phoebe of the season in the same location and a few other migrants. The highlight was watching and recording this beautiful fox sparrow singing away in a shrub while another also sang nearby. Apologies for the obscuring twigs. This handsome robin posed nicely for me on my way out as well (photo in the comments).
#centralpark #ramble #birdwatching #birding #twitching #selecttoursnyc #fredericklawolmsted #calvertvaux #americanrobin #foxsparrow #springmigration #iloveny #ilovenewyork #walkingtour
Festive Central Park Carousel
The Central Park carousel was busy this Christmas Day. This carousel dates back to 1908 and is truly antique with hand-carved horses. It was originally on operation in Coney Island and languishing in an old trolley terminal when it was moved to the park in 1950 (the prior carousel burned down). It had been closed for a good part of last year and this thanks to the pandemic. It’s great to hear music coming from this little building again.
#carousel #centralpark #antiquecarousel #calliope #selecttoursnyc #kidfun #christmascarols #christmasday #christmas2021 #calvertvaux #fredericklawolmsted #tourism #walkingtour #history
Thanksgiving!
It’s that time of year! School bands “invade” Central Park to run through their Macy*s Thanksgiving Day material. They are uniformly excellent, as the Trabuco Hills High School marching band from Mission Viejo, CA ably demonstrated yesterday.
#centralpark #marchingband #thanksgiving #thanksgivingdayparade #parade #selecttoursnyc #autumn #bandshell
Most of my posts stick with tour activities, New York City, etc. Sometimes, issues do transcend the local.
Martina Navratilova tweeted today that Nicolas Mahut (French doubles player) wrote “Where is Peng Shai” on the camera after he and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won the ATP Finals championship in Turin today. Classy gesture. I made the attached video and shared it in a comment. Kim Clijsters then liked it! 😱 If you’re a tennis fan, you’ll know how cool that is.
Peng Shuai is a Chinese professional tennis player who accused a senior Chinese leader of sexual assault on November 2. She has since disappeared from the public. Questionable emails and video were recently shared by Chinese state media. I hope she reappears truly safe and sound. Additional photos in the Comments.
#whereispengshuai #wta #atptour #wtatennis #atp #martinanavratilova #kimclijsters #nicolasmahut Nicolas Mahut #pengshuai #pengshuai #protennis #nittoatpfinals
The spooky dancers kicked up their heels in #CentralPark on Halloween. 🎃
#halloween #costume #dancer #walkingtour #tourism #bethesdaterrace #calvertvaux #salsadancing #ghouls #halloweenmakeup #selecttoursnyc
Don’t worry ‘bout a thing
#subwaymusic #reggaemusic #bobmarley #iloveny #subway #touristinmyowncity #musicislife #selecttoursnyc #optimism #dontworryaboutathing
Leyla Fernandez winning her 3 set semi-final match against Aryna Sabalenka.
#usopentennis #leylafernandez #tennis #tenniscanada #arthurashestadium #ladiestennis #iloveny #selecttoursnyc #onlyinnewyork #sports US Open Tennis Championships
Leyla’s message to NYC on Sept. 11
I was privileged to have attended the women’s semifinal matches at the US Open last week and saw both Emma Raducanu and Leyla Fernandez stamp their entries into the finals. It was a wonderful night with great tennis.
Leyla lost the historic final match to Emma, who played so well (they both did). Both were so poised; here is Layla’s classy message to us New Yorkers on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy.
These teenagers have great careers ahead of them.
#usopentennis #leylafernandez Emma Raducanu #emmaraducanu #tennis #tenniscanada #arthurashestadium #ladiestennis #911memorial #iloveny #selecttoursnyc #onlyinnewyork #sports US Open Tennis Championships