Bradley Farless

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Shall We Play A Game? (WarGames, 1983)

I am reading a book called Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline. It’s about a bleak but believable future when the Earth has nearly exhausted its natural resources. People flock to the cities to be near reliable infrastructure and mostly live in sprawling shantytown areas called “the stacks”, so-called because they are constructed of trailer homes,…
Graffiti Art at 160th St & Broadway, Manhattan, NYC

Graffiti Art at 160th St & Broadway, Manhattan, NYC via Instagram
Sunday Afternoon in Central Park – Pictures

It’s really hot today. We were going to do something fun, like go over the Brooklyn bridge, but with it being over 90, with the heat advisory and the air quality advisory, we decided to just stay at home. I dragged our portable air conditioner out of the back of the closet and set it…
FAO Schwarz’s Last Weekend Before Closing

FAO Schwarz’s flagship store in New York City, on 5th Avenue near Central Park and the Apple Store, is closing on the 15th. We heard about it on the news, but you wouldn’t be able to tell otherwise. Their website doesn’t even mention that the store won’t be around anymore in a few days. There are…
Columbus Circle at 59th Street in Manhattan, New York

Columbus Circle at 59th Street in Manhattan, New York via Instagram
It was really nice out on Amsterdam Ave today.

It was really nice out on Amsterdam Ave today. via Instagram
Sidewalk Cookouts in Washington Heights, NYC

Sidewalk Cookouts in Washington Heights, NYC via Instagram
Graffiti Art at 11th St and 1st Ave, Manhattan, NYC

Graffiti Art at 11th St and 1st Ave, Manhattan, NYC via Instagram
2nd Avenue March 26th 2015 Gas Explosion Site

Last weekend, my wife and I walked around downtown quite a bit. Saturday afternoon we decided to have dinner at Veselka’s on 2nd Avenue and since we were right there next to it, we walked across the street to have a look at the site of the gas explosion from last March. It was all over the…
Found these two dancing at Jerry’s art shop.

Found these two dancing at Jerry’s art shop. via Instagram