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Just used the new iOS Shortcuts “Run JavaScript on Web Page” feature to automate a task that had no API endpoint before. It’s a very interesting capability. You can shove stuff in and out of the page and trigger other events while doing it. 🤔

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Birthday Cake by Milk Bar

Mazie and I returned home from our Daddy/Daughter trip to NYC. We brought a Birthday Cake from Milk Bar home for everyone.

Three-layer funfetti naked cake with white frosting, rainbow sprinkles, and cookie crumble topping, on a cardboard round on a granite countertop.Sliced funfetti layer cake with white frosting, rainbow sprinkles, and cookie crumbles on top, sitting on a cardboard round on a colorful table.

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The southern edge of Central Park.

USS Maine Monument fountain at the southern edge of Central Park, topped with a gilded quadriga, pigeons perched on lower marble figuresCentral Park trees and playground with Manhattan skyscrapers including Essex House rising into low clouds behind themGilded Sherman Monument equestrian statue at the southern edge of Central Park with visitors resting on its base

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This building is going to very cool when completed.

Tall skyscraper under construction with curved facade, orange formwork, scaffolding, and a yellow tower crane beside it on an overcast day.
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Walking the High Line in Manhattan

Mazie and I hiked the length of the High Line in Manhattan today. We started on 30th street and walked south to the end. It was a delightful way to spend the morning, and a nearly perfect photo walk opportunity. It was a great place to exercise the iPhone XS camera.

Outdoor sculpture garden on the High Line with a large blue geometric figure sculpture amid lush plantings and Manhattan buildings behind Tall golden grasses lining the High Line path with visitors walking among them and modern glass buildings rising alongside Black sculptural arch of bare tree branches rising from tall ornamental grasses on the High Line, Manhattan buildings and street visible beyond Colorful abstract metal sculptures on poles rise above ornamental grasses in front of a concrete building facade Colorful mural of three Statue of Liberty figures on a building wall above the High Line, text reading I Lift My Lamp Beside The Golden Door Large white IRONWOODLAND letters rise above wildflowers and native grasses on the High Line elevated park, with brick buildings behind. Dense cluster of purple aster flowers with yellow centers and green buds growing on the High Line Crowd of visitors sitting on tiered wooden steps on the High Line overlooking 10th Avenue with Manhattan buildings and street murals behind them Overgrown railroad tracks with rusted rails and gravel ballast weaving between young trees and dense green vegetation

Other times on the High Line: 2012, 2018, 2023 (Tyler and I), 2023 (Tammy and I), and 2023 (Family).

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Mazie and I went to School of Rock on Broadway tonight and loved it! Great music, amazing acting from such young actors! The kids play all the music and are amazing! Highly recommended! 🎶

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I returned to Molyvos for the first time in probably 10 years. I can report the Lamb Shank Yuvetsi is still amazing and the rolled Baklava is delightful. 🍽👍🏻

Restaurant table with lamb shank yuvetsi in orzo pasta topped with grated cheese, roasted vegetables, hummus, bread basket, and a small dipping sauce.
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The Seaglass Carousel in Battery Park.

Seaglass Carousel at Battery Park with riders seated inside glowing sculptural fish that rotate in a circular pavilionInside the Seaglass Carousel at Battery Park, colorful glowing fish sculptures with round passenger pods spin under a domed canopy.

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Exploring Ellis Island with Manhattan in the background.

Man in a green plaid shirt smiling with the Manhattan skyline and Hudson River behind him on a cloudy day.
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It was great to finally visit the Statue of Liberty. We also went to Ellis Island and looked up the entry records for my great grandfather Josef Gins who came to the United States when he was 15.