30 November 2012

Fun and Frolic at the FurBall

📷 Fun and frolic at the FurBall, Greenwich Village. #FurBall #gaybear #gaycenter #GreenwichVillage #kiss #gaykiss #NYC #gayhug #lgbtcenternyc #gaynyc # (at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center)

FurBall at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13 Street, Greenwich Village, 13–14 November 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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“Exotic” Friends and I

📷 Some “exotic” friends and I in Midtown Manhattan. #exojews #Midtown #NYC #EdSullivanTheater #autumn #MidtownManhattan #gpoy #Jews #ExoticJews (at Ed Sullivan Theatre)

☞ Exotic Jews by the Ed Sullivan Theater, 1697 Broadway, Midtown Manhattan, 24 November 2012. (Photograph by Isxaq Agadi.)

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Momos/Mantılar

📷 Momos/mantılar in Namaste Tashi Delek Dumpling Palace, Jackson Heights. #momo #mantı #JacksonHeights #food #TibetanCuisine #sauce #dumpling #queenslove #NTDDP

Namaste Tashi Delek Dumpling Palace in the rear of Merit Kabab & Dumpling Palace মেরিট কাবাব রেস্টুরেন্ট, 37-67 74th Street, Jackson Heights, 4 October 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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Yuletide Lights in Midtown Manhattan

📷 Yuletide lights in Midtown Manhattan as viewed from within a moving vehicle. #Yule #Thanksgiving #Midtown #Manhattan #autumn #ChristmasLights #MidtownManhattan

☞ Possibly West 55 Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues, Midtown Manhattan, 24 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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Halal Turkey পাওয়া যায়

📷 “Halal turkey পাওয়া যায়.” A Bangladeshi Thanksgiving can be had in Jackson Heights. #signage #Bengali #JacksonHeights #Thanksgiving #autumn #NYC #queenslove (at Titash Supermarket)

☞ Titash Supermarket, 71-06 35th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 18 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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Colorful Shawl

📷 Colorful shawl seen on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights. #shawl #JacksonHeights #fashion #clothing #NYC #autumn #queenslove #SouthAsianEthnicGroups

☞ 37th Avenue between 72nd and 73rd streets, Jackson Heights, 20 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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Pastry Bakery 天天西饼

📷 One of the places I tried last night with friends was Pastry Bakery 天天西饼 in Elmhurst. #Elmhurst #bakery #NYC #queenslove #food

Jeffrey Tastes’ “Halalathon” at Pastry Bakery 天天西饼, 82nd Street between Roosevelt Avenue and Ithaca Street, Elmhurst, 19 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Gorgeous Autumn Colors in My Neighborhood

📷 I have been grooving on the gorgeous autumn colors in my neighborhood of late. 🍁🌳 #autumn #JacksonHeights #NYC #tree

☞ 77th Street between Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue alongside Travers Park, Jackson Heights, 18 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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My Duck Lips

😗 Blowing a kiss to the camera just looks like duck lips.

📆 Ayah’s and Aaron’s birthdays with the Exotic Jews at Tiberias, 45 East 34 Street, Murray Hill, Manhattan, 10 November 2012. (Photograph by Eli Bildirici.)

Ethical Humanist Society Banner

📷 With the Ethical Humanist Society of Queens. #EthicalHumanistSocietyOfQueens #JacksonHeights #GardenSchool #NYC #Humanism #EthicalMovement #autumn #phoneography (at Garden School)

☞ Ethical Humanist Society of Queens banner at the Garden School, 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, 18 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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Mughlai Buffet

📷 Does opening an Instagram account mean that I’ll be posting food pictures even more frequently? #MughlaiCuisine #JacksonHeights #NYC (at Tawa Tandoor)

☞ Tawa Tandoor, 37-50 74th Street, Jackson Heights, 12 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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19 November 2012

Carlin’s cupcakes

Carlin’s cornflake cupcakes at the New York Bear Den gathering. #bear #NYBD #cupcake

New York Bear Den gathering at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 11 November 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

05 November 2012

Lou Rispoli murdered in Sunnyside

📷 Lou Rispoli, a gay man greatly involved in the community and a friend of friends, was murdered last month in Sunnyside. I am glad to have met him in 2008.

☞ Lou Rispoli at a Thanksgiving gathering at Mark’s place, Upper West Side, 30 November 2008. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

See Andy Humm, “Beloved Gay Leader Savagely Attacked in Sunnyside Dies,” Gay City News, 25 Oct. 2012.