{"id":11213,"date":"2019-01-01T20:56:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T01:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/?p=11213"},"modified":"2019-01-01T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T01:56:33","slug":"last-day-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/01\/last-day-first-day\/","title":{"rendered":"last day\/first day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Today is both the first day of 2019, and the last day of my holiday vacation from work. Said vacation involved pretty much working from home the first week I was home (my own fault &#8211; I had a deal closing that I knew about before I planned things), and then trying to do a bunch of long-delayed home improvement projects.  As usual, I cleaned out some stuff, but I also got a bunch of prints&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Brnrh82Dku5\/\">printed<\/a> AND <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Br1Ez-Mjdf1\/\">hung up<\/a>, and I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Br_1i6XDB03\/\">finally painted the built-in cabinet<\/a> that I had built <i>six years ago<\/i> when I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/04\/bathroom-roundup\/\">renovated my bathroom<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>So today, being the last day before I have to go back to work, and the weather being unusually cooperative (approaching 60 degrees and sunny? that&#8217;s not something to worry about <i>in January<\/i>), I decided to haul my camera across the Brooklyn Bridge and take some immensely cliched pictures of both the bridge and the eight gazillion tourists who had the same idea (can&#8217;t really blame them. It was <i>really<\/i> nice out).<\/p>\n<p>Most of the pics are either of or from the bridge, but the first image is of the Beekman Hotel, which I will someday stay at just for the experience.  It reopened two years ago after being restored &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/2016\/08\/25\/5_beekman_lookin_good.php#photo-7\">the building had fallen into complete disrepair<\/a> and was in danger of being condemned completely.  Luckily someone had the presence of mind to recognize the beauty of the place.  <\/p>\n<p>(As usual, wait for the page to finish loading and then click on the thumbnails to see the full images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog_files\/images\/2019\/brooklynbridge\/P1010002-930.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2019.01.01.brooklynbridge]\" title=\"brooklyn bridge walk january 2019 | beekman hotel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog_files\/images\/2019\/brooklynbridge\/P1010002t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog_files\/images\/2019\/brooklynbridge\/P1010012-930.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2019.01.01.brooklynbridge]\" title=\"brooklyn bridge walk january 2019 | woolworth building\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog_files\/images\/2019\/brooklynbridge\/P1010012t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a 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