Wingsuiting Over Manhattan

Great view...

 

Wingsuits above New York, q8allinone.com

 

 

Wiingsuiting Over Manhattan

 

 

 

It's a bird! It's a plane! 

 

Actually it's five members of the Red Bull Air Force who flew over New York at a 120 mile an hour clip last month, capturing breathtaking views of some of the city's most famous landmarks, Mikaela Rakos reported on dashburst.com.

 

The team jumped from a plane 7,500 feet above the new 1 World Trade Center

and the Statue of Liberty and landed safely on a barge in the Hudson River.

 

Tag along with the team and see Manhattan as you never have before: http://dashburst.com/video/humans-fly-over-new-york-city/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 25 Biggest Renovating Mistakes

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Renovation mistakes, hgtv.com

 

 

 

 

Top 25 Biggest Renovating Mistakes

Incorrect measuring, hasty prep work, choosing the wrong materials -- these are just a few of the many mistakes people make when renovating, according to hgtv.com.


For a slide show on how to avoid these mistakes and more when renovating:  http://www.hgtv.com/homekeeping/top-25-biggest-renovating-mistakes/pictures/index.html?affiliate=blocker&omnisource=SEM&c1=Premium_Outbrain&c2=Outbrain&c3=High_PPV&c4=Top-25-Biggest-Renovating-Mistakes
 

Musical Moments: Happy Father's Day

Honoring Dad...

 

Father's Day, Jacquie Lawson

Musical Moments: Happy Father's Day

Musical Moments features music and artists I've enjoyed over the years.

Here's a Jacquie Lawson creation with Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F (Pastoral), 1st movement to wish everyone a Happy Father's Day.

 

I hope you'll enjoy it.

You can view your card here.

Darien Real Estate Market Active in Past Week

Dad's in the picture, too...

My Family, Joaquin Sorolla, 1901, paintinggall.com

In honor of Father's Day this coming Sunday.

Darien Real Estate Market Active in Past Week

 

Darien's residential real estate market was active across the board in the week ending today.

Results in major real estate categories, according to the Darien MLS, were:

-- 15 New listings of property for sale;

-- 12 Price changes;

-- 12 Accepted offers;

-- 11 Properties going under contract, and

-- Seven closings.

For more:

Musical Moments: Celine Dion -- All by Myself

Stuck between flights...

Richard Dunn, nuestro.mx

 

 

 

Musical Moments:  Celine Dion -- All by Myself

 

 

Musical Moments features music and artists I've enjoyed over the years.

 

Today, it's a wonderful video by Richard Dunn that has gone viral this week.

 

After being bumped off two consecutive flights, Dunn had a choice:  stay at a nearby hotel for a few measly hours or stay at the airport until his 6 am flight the next morning, according to twistedsifter.

 

Dunn opted for the latter, making the most of his alone time by filming a video with his iPhone to the music of Celine Dion's version of the Eric Carmen classic, All by Myself.

 

For Dunn's fun video and how he produced it:  http://twistedsifter.com/videos/all-by-myself-airport-music-video/

 

Avalanche Inspires Survivor

Turning point...

 

Cory Richards, National Geographic

Avalanche Inspires Survivor
 

Cory Richards, a National Geographic photographer, reflects on his adventures, discomforts and struggles -- and especially on surviving an avalanche in the Himalayas -- in a new video on twistedsifter.com.

Richards, who is an experienced mountaineer, and his partners were descending from the 8,000-meter peak of Gasherbrum II in Pakistan in the winter of 2011 when they were hit by a massive wall of snow and ice.

"Once the avalanche took us, there was no more fear," said Richards, who documented the whole experience. 

"You're dying.  You are trying to swim in the snow, stay on top.  All of a sudden we stopped and my face was on the surface," Richards told Fitz Cahall on nationalgeographic.com.

Richards took the photo of his face above just after realizing he had survived.  It appeared on the cover of the National Geographic. 

And it changed his life..."to tell the story of what it means to hurt, to triumph, to be human," he said.

For the video on Richard's extraordinary experiences and the stories he tells through his excellent photography:  http://twistedsifter.com/videos/the-richness-that-comes-with-struggle-cory-richards/

 

A Time Lapse Collection: A Beautiful Medley

A visual treat...

The Golden Gate Bridge, Francisco Companioi, National Geographic

 

 

A Time Lapse Collection: A Beautiful Medley

 

 

San Francisco and the Bay Area are famous for their fog, which ebbs and flows daily, depending on the season.

 

It's a huge, sea-like phenomena extending for miles, as Simon Christen has shown in his time-lapse films.

 

Here, Christen returns to the subject with a new, short film -- A Time Lapse Collection. 

 

It's a medley of beautiful shots of the Bay Area and Dubai.

 

For more:  https://vimeo.com/94923911