June Is Gay Pride Month

📷 June is Gay Pride Month.

📆 Rainbow flags at Green Corner, 77-19 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 5 June 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed in the album on Facebook.

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I Got Keys Duplicated Recently…

📷 I got keys duplicated recently and for some reason I’m fascinated with Archer Stores: so many little parts and things arranged in a small store. #JacksonHeights #NYC #HardwareStore #organization #regimentation #winter (at Archer Stores)

📆 Archer Stores, 73-21 Broadway, Jackson Heights, 30 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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Shabuʻot Grapes

📷 The Shabuʻot (שבועות‎) holiday is also know as Yom hab‐Bikkurim (יום הבכורים), the Day of the First Fruits, which includes one of my favorites—grapes. 📅🍇

☞ Asaf Keisar, Shavuot2010-33, taken in Central District, Israel, 17 May 2010, under a Creative Commons license.

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Rumphool in Woodside

📷 #Rumphool in #Woodside, 2011. #ThaiCuisine #RooseveltAvenue #winter #color #ThaiHomeKitchen

📆 Lunch from Rumphool, 57-17 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, 2 February 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

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Piñata Madness at “Jaime’s Peter Pan Birthday Party”!

📷 #Piñata madness at “Jaime’s Peter Pan #birthday party”! #MusicBox #CajaMusical #Elmhurst #gaynyc #DragQueen #transgender #HispanicAndLatinoAmericans #gaylatino #latinogay (at The Music Box (Caja Musical))

📆 “Jaime’s Peter Pan birthday party” at Music Box/ Caja Musical, 40-08 74^th Street, Elmhurst, 30 January 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

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Byoofoo Jackson Heights Sunset

📷 Byoofoo Jackson Heights #sunset. 🌅 #JacksonHeights #NYC #cloud #tree #orange

📆 The sky as viewed from 37^th Avenue and 75^th Street, Jackson Heights, 23 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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The Very Newly Reopened Pizzeria

📷 The workers at the very newly reopened #pizzeria were still adjusting to the renovations, but my friends and I enjoyed our food. #candle #countertop #DueFratelli #JacksonHeights #NYC (at Due Fratelli)

📆 Due Fratelli, 76-23 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 18 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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Pretty Flowers Any Time of Year

📷 Pretty #flowers any time of year. 🌸🌺🌼 #winter #flower #JacksonHeights #NYC #supermarket #florist (at Super Compare Foods - Jackson Heights)

📆 Compare Foods, 86-02 Northern Boulevard, Jackson Heights, 14 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

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Sidewalk Dog in Repose

📷 Sidewalk #dog in repose. 🐩 #JacksonHeights #winter #NYC (at Ricky’s Cafe)

📆 Ricky’s Café, 75-02 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 2 January 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

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יום הזכרון לשאה

📷 The twenty‐seventh day of the month of Nisan on the Jewish calendar is Yom haz‐Zikaron lash‐Shoʼa יום הזכרון לשאה, Holocaust Remembrance Day. 📆💭

☞ Matt Rutta, Yom Hashoah candle, 11 Apr. 2010. Wikimedia Commons, 15 Nov. 2010, under a Creative Commons license.

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Winter Clothing

📷 Winter clothing. #gaynyc #gayjew #MountainJew #gaybear #bear #gayatheist #gpoy #me #selfportrait #gayqafqaz #Fəs #tarbush #طربوش #טרבוש (at Filldor Court)

📆 My apartment, Jackson Heights, 23 January 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures taken that day can be viewed on Facebook.

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Turhan Bey Was Half Jewish

📷 Was I aware before he died in September that Turhan Bey was half Jewish? (👳✡)

☞ Unknown photographer, photograph of Turhan Bey labeled J‐S27, pre‐1950, believed to be in the public domain. (See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turhan_Bey_1.jpg.)

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Winter Walk Riverside Park

📷 My cover photo on the social networking sites: Dave Bledsoe, Winter Walk Riverside Park, 8 Jan. 2010, under a Creative Commons license.

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Bears Are Really Friendly

📷 I’m looking forward to the New York Bear Den gathering on the thirteenth. Bears are really friendly. #NYBearDen #JacksonHeights #gaynyc #gaybear #bear #gaykiss #winter (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den (and Bob’s birthday) at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 January 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

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Chandelier Viewed from Below

📷 #Chandelier viewed from below, 2009. #perspective #JacksonHeights (at Delhi Heights)

📆 Delhi Heights, 37-66 74^th Street, Jackson Heights, 8 January 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

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Hanging Balls, One Lower Than the Other

📷 Hang­ing balls, one lower than the other, 2010. _🔵^🔵 #JacksonHeights #ChristmasOrnament #ChristmasWreath #Yule #diner #clock #NewYearsDay #wreathball (at Jack­son House Diner)

📆 Jack­son House Restaurant, 82-14 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 1 January 2010. (Photo­graph by Elya­qim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

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A New Year Means by Definition a New Month…

📷 A new year means by definition a new month, so that means another New York Bear Den gathering is upcoming. Look at the gorgeous #cheesecake someone brought in 2011. #food #dessert #cake #nybearden #gaybear #newyear #gaynyc (at NY Bear Den @ Queens Pride House)

📆 New York Bear Den at the Diversity Center of Queens, Alliance Building, 76-11 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 9 January 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

This idea of a “New Year’s cheesecake” is apparently not a new one although it was new to me. See also

• Veronica Chan, Instagram, 31 Dec. 2012.
• Veronica Chan, Instagram, 1 Jan. 2013.
• “Countdown Cheesecake Recipe,” Taste of Home, n.d., reproduced from Quick Cooking, November–December 2002, 59.

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The Spirit of 76th: the 76th Street Eagle 𐇮

📷 The spirit of 76^th: the 76^th Street eagle. 𐇮 #JacksonHeights #NYC #patriotism #eagle #winter #tree #QueensLove #QNSLUV (at Jackson Heights, NY)

📆 34-02 76^th Street, Jackson Heights, 10 December 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

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