Given the panoply of threats facing our nation these days, the Department of Homeland Security recommends that each and every household prepare a meat plan to be used in case of emergency.

Or, as Duncan said: "Failing to meat plan, is meat planning to fail."

This station house is another remnant of the defunct New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. Quite a few present-day subway stations were originally built for other open-air railroads that were later incorporated into the subway system, but this is the only fully underground subway station that was not built as part of the subway.

surrounds the ruins of some sort of dismantled Con Ed facility. You can see a "Danger: High Voltage" sign still lingering on one of the remaining columns.

A commonly seen vine on the fences of the outer boroughs

Boat launch at Soundview Park

This collection of buildings in the Harding Park section of the Bronx is quite eye-catching, especially in comparison to its surroundings. What you can't see in this photo is that there are two additional structures standing right behind these three, making for a positively baffling smushed-together five-building complex angled off the street grid.

I originally listed this establishment as Barberz #20, but had to reclassify it after realizing it doesn't meet the criteria to be included in the official tally. Specifically, the z-in-lieu-of-an-s, while prominently displayed on the awning, is not part of the barbershop's name.

than last time we were here