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As Halloween approaches, the NYC Parks organized the Pumpkin festival in Central Park:

1. Professional highlights: $135; Juicy Couture handbag: $240; Knowing you’ll be the prettiest girl in school: Priceless.
2. Despite a rough morning, Annalise was still optimistic about the new school year.

The Lehman filling for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is the biggest one in the US history. More than $600 billion in debts… Below is the Lehman headquarters building in Midtown Manhattan.

Seven years after 9/11, the construction at WTC site has really started, but people still remember that day:

Some 15 millions metric tons of steam flow every year under the streets of Manhattan. Steam is efficient and cost effective for high-rise buildings and most of it is used for heating and cooling. The city’s infrastructure is old, with much of it being built 50 to 100 years ago. Just maintaining this system, which cracks and breaks every day, is a very difficult task.

After the two weeks in Asia, I realized how nice the weather is usually in NYC and especially how often the sky is clear. So here goes a sunset picture (like the millions on the Internet, except I took it from my window ) of west Manhattan and Hudson River.

An HDR in Central Park and French pastries sold at Bastille Day street fair (59th St).

Last week was the release of the new iPhone… Take a look here at a six hour line in front of one of the Apple stores.

During this second trip to the Museum of Natural History, I took several pictures posted in the New York 2008 gallery. If interested, take a look at the photo collection in their research library. This is the one place where you never doubt about evolution.