Ferry Tale

Linus Gelber

Like all industrial-sized boats, the Staten Island Ferry is full of interesting angles and unintentional abstract joys. I rarely post any of my odd little pictures of boats, since that sort of action is so often a matter of educating the eye rather than entertaining strangers. This one came out so scuffed and toothy that I'm posting it anyway. It's taken on the way to the Staten Island terminal, aboard the Sen. John J. Marchi, one of the newer boats.

For those of a maritime curiosity, the Marchi has a maximum capacity of 4,440 passengers and 30 cars. She measures 310' feet in length and is 70' wide, with a 13.5' draft, and weighs 3,200 tons.

The ongoing and evolving Utata Thursday Walk project is a straightforward one - take the camera, go for a walk. See what comes of it.

This image is from my fourth Thursday outing - the sixth one overall, but I've sat a couple out. I generally do them on Fridays, but I've been off work for the last couple of weeks, so Thursday is fine. Technically it's supposed to happen before noon, but I've made an executive decision that sunrise is when I get out of the house, so.

Today is haircut day, and Danielle in Staten Island is my Sole Licensed Practitioner (accept no substitutes). She's overseen my hair from the foot-long ponytail days, through the uh-oh Mousse Period, up to the "that's not a bald spot back there, is it?" panics of the Modern Era. I don't get out there often, but I always enjoy the trip.

See the rest of my Thursday Walk images in the Getting the Hang of Thursdays set.

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