tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post116053781729016102..comments2024-03-04T03:38:43.177-05:00Comments on Self-Absorbed Boomer: Red Hook container port in Indian summer.Claude Scaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-1161096103249906012006-10-17T10:41:00.000-04:002006-10-17T10:41:00.000-04:00I'm not a Masshole, I just live here. When I star...I'm not a Masshole, I just live here. When I start speaking like a retahd, then you can make the call. (On driving, I have no comment.)<BR/><BR/>Boston: I think the bay and the harbor, you're right.<BR/><BR/>New York: I think <I>river</I> geography, yes, which I should have mentioned. The river seems to be everywhere in the city mind. But as an ocean port, not so much. Even though I know I should know better.<BR/><BR/>Clearly I need to look at more of Claude's photos and edjumicate myself.<BR/><BR/>KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-1161024376669635032006-10-16T14:46:00.000-04:002006-10-16T14:46:00.000-04:00ps: keifus. couple of reasons, i think, for the d...ps: keifus. couple of reasons, i think, for the discrepancy. when a non-new yorker thinks of NYC, manhattan comes most to mind. not really the whole expanse of the city. boston is too small for that. plus, you've got the new england fisher/lobsterman meme going. oh, and the boston tea party...boston as a port is embedded in the national consciousness.<BR/><BR/>most importantly though, i think, is that nyc's harbors are really in the mouth of the hudson; whereas boston harbor is a part of the atlantic. there seems a more direct connection. akin to ever thinking about the seafaring history of CT, despite new london having been a major, major whaling port (and groton being a sub base). but because of the sound, you just don't think of it.<BR/><BR/>ah, but if you are right on the ocean...then it's inescapable.<BR/><BR/>plus, you're a masshole, so you'll always think of boston first...[grin]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-1161022474820561102006-10-16T14:14:00.000-04:002006-10-16T14:14:00.000-04:00don't worry. the elder ones will make sure red ho...don't worry. the elder ones will make sure <A HREF="http://www.yankeeclassic.com/miskatonic/library/stacks/literature/lovecraft/novellas/horrorat.htm" REL="nofollow">red hook</A> remains as it was.<BR/><BR/>incidently, this deepens my suspiscion you <I>are</I> correct about some correlation with the met's success...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-1160790876434857772006-10-13T21:54:00.000-04:002006-10-13T21:54:00.000-04:00Do you know what's crazy? WHen I think of New Yor...Do you know what's crazy? WHen I think of New York, I almost never think of its maritime character. Of course I understand that it's a major port (it's got to have docks somewhere), and I've been over its bridges however many times, and I've even been to Ellis Island ...but it never seems like a place connected with the sea to my mind. (Boston on the other hand, exudes it. Do I just go to the wrong places?)<BR/><BR/>And I've always thought Red Hook was a more a <A HREF="http://www.redhook.com/" REL="nofollow">brewery</A> than anything. Yet here you tell me it's a real live place... <BR/><BR/>KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com