
A funny thing happened on the way to Thursday Doors. It rained. In fact, it’s been raining since before Norm called for a two week break, back in July.
After posting last week’s doors, I was wondering what doors I could feature. Perhaps I could search through all the leftover folders. Perhaps a traffic jam would send me down an unknown street. Perhaps Norm would call for another two-week break. Perhaps I could ski…no, that would never happen. As I stared at my laptop, a notification popped up on Twitter. My friend Stacy, who is working for a while in Germany sent me the tweet captured at the right.
That got me thinking.
Earlier in the week, my friend Steve – you might remember Steve from his excellent guest post on GDPR – sent me a picture of a door under the subject line “For your collection.” My friend Brad, who frequently tags me on Facebook with photos of historic New York doors, tagged me on Facebook with a great door. A pattern was forming. I reached out to Cheryl, the Internet’s best bartender, and to David, over in England, and I’ve cobbled together a doors post, without having to take a picture. OK, I did take a couple of pictures, but I was with Faith, and it was her idea for us to have a beer at The Corner Pug (no typo).
So, the story today is short and sweet. I get by with a little help from my friends. (Don’t worry, that video appears below the gallery).
Of course, while we’re talking about friends, it only seems appropriate to mention Norm Frampton, the founder of this particular feast. Each week, Norm sets the table for door aficionados from all over the world to bring their favorite hinged-dish to a grand potluck dinner. Bring your doors to Norm’s place and ask his buddy, the little blue frog, where to put your entrée. If you just want to sample the other doors, that’s OK, there are always more than enough doors to go around.
While I am sorry you got totally rained out for your own doorscursion this week, Dan, I love your collected ‘gift’ doors! Isn’t it nice so many people think of you when they see interesting doors? Faith is so cute. That pub looks like it would have some good things. I hope the rain has moved on and leaves you with some good weather for awhile. Happy Thursday! Gotta run. The Tardis is ready forthe doctor(s). 😏😉
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Thanks Cheryl. I appreciate the doors I was given. These people are so nice.
Today was a good day. I had to get off the roof because the shingles got to hot. But I wasn’t hot, do it was a good day.
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I’m glad for that for you Dan.
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I love your unusual door theme today! ny5 with the roosters at the bottom of the stairs is my favourite 🙂
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Thanks. Those old New York doors are so cool. I’ve been saving them whenever Brad tags me. The other ones were just random but much appreciated.
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You just can’t beat old architecture, eh?! I’d forgotten how grand the Woolworth building was. The CEO, back in the ’80’s, retired down here in FL, Delray to be exact, an exclusive community called the Village of Golf. He had one nice size bedroom that was set up like one of his stores, all in miniature!! I’ve often thought back to that and wondered what ever became of it.
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That’s pretty cool. I loved those stores. I wonder if the mini store had a lunch counter? I love those old photos.
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A good collection of the beautiful, the curious and the simply odd. You’re friends have definitely caught the door bug!
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I think they might be enablers 😏
In any case, I appreciate their efforts.
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This constant rain certainly does interfere with photographing doors, but you pulled it off. It’s nice to have friends. :-) The farm doors from Brad and the big deer could certainly bring about an interesting door conversation. :-)
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I’ve had the New York doors for a long time but I was surprised when three random doors came in this week. Good friends.
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I could stop by “The Corner Pug”! I wonder what the story is about the name? And TARDIS parking?! Cool!
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I think the owners have pugs. Lots of pug pictures around restaurant. I think Cheryl uses the TARDIS to get to her bartending job 😏
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Today you have included a Safe door. Safe doors fascinate me. They are so massive and their locking mechanism is powerful. I love them.
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I love safe doors, Peter. The mechanism fascinated me.
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Great idea and fun collection of doors, Dan. Love that one of the Woolworth. I remember seeing other photos of that building when I was researching something. Spectacular.
Hopefully one day I can send you a door picture of my little adobe in the desert… Hugs.
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Thanks Teagan. Between the weather and the projects, getting out to take door pics has suffered. Those New York photos are amazing. I don’t know where he finds them.
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I think you outdid yourself on creativity and excellent doors. Love the Woolworth door, the ice axe handles, the mail chute… well, I love it all.
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Ha ha – that’s kind of I feel, Jennie. It’s hard to choose. I do like the ice ax handles, and I love mail chutes and their boxes.
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An enjoyable and friendly collection of great doors, Dan. I recognized the REI door immediately as we have one with the same style door handles at our REI (unfortunately or not, quite a drive from us). Cheers and hopes for better weathe for you, although it’s perfectly fine to use doors from your archives. If not, I’m in the doghouse with no door, only a doorway.
janet
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Thanks Janet. I understand how being close to REI can be dangerous. Today was a good day. A little rain early but then sunny and cool.
I love doorways. I think they count 100%.
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Great friends, great collection of photos. There used to be a Schrafft’s in White Plains, NY. My dad worked in the same area and would bring home the best treats ever! Love the Woolworth building. LOVE the beautiful mail chute nestled between the equally beautiful elevators.
Had to look twice to make sure that was Faith….there’s no Maddie glued to her hip! 😄
You hit the jackpot today Dan!
🔹 Ginger 🔹
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Hey, thanks for including my pic! The others, I thought, were a lot more compelling — especially the old-timey ones — but I just couldn’t resist the house number!
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Good stuff. You have some very helpful friends Dan :-)
I like the old-time b & w shots, and that moose/elk/deer door is awesome too.
Lastly, I know it’s a Beatles tune but I still prefer the Joe Cocker version ;-)
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Great doors, great friends.
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Great collection! Friends are grand, aren’t they?
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I’ve had friends send me doors as well! Such fun! Happy Thursday!
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Love the old stone arched doorways. Nice. Different concept for you – what about all the non-physical doors we open and close on a daily basis that let people and emotions flow through us to others. Its still a door.
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Super post, Dan. Very interesting door from around the country (and world) Enjoyed seeing Faith again. The Pug looks great.
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This is Dan going quirky – I like your idea! The German door though cakes the cake (for me)!
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Old-time pics (in B&W, no less) and a Beatles reference? What’s not to like? Somehow, I imagine you getting unsolicited ideas for doors all the time.
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Also went to the GDPR post – I missed many of your posts and that was one of them:) In this case good, as you know I am European. Cross-cultural issues was one of my expertise in my previous job, helping people from other countries with their cultural adjustment to the USA – which is a much longer process than just the first year. This means I made complete turn from European thinking to American. In my opinion the GDPR is typically European, everything that has no rules, needs to be monitored and given rules. Have to find out their contact address and send them a spicy letter, because, they have no idea how to protect me (and no real way for me) as a European living here, even if I had a business -because I am subject to American laws as soon as I enter the country. No matter their rules, the criminal will always find a way to do their illegal activity. Meanwhile bloggers are stuck with their *)&#! rules.
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Wonderful doors, and great enablers…er ah I mean friends! They sent some wonderful doors. I really like the historical ones like the Woolworth one, and the old farm houses in Queens, and number 9.
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Aww, good to get a little help from your friends. I enjoyed the collection. As always, you know the good pugs, I mean pubs for a refreshing beer.
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Hi Dan – yes help from friends is always useful. Love the safe one, as too the little cottage … but the beer is better as too the young lady gracing you with her presence … bribery for the next photo of her outside the door! Fun – we could do with the rain … cheers Hilary
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Thanks Hilary. The beer was good, as was the company. My friends saved the day on this one.
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As a pug owner, or once was, I love that name. Perfect. Been rainy here, too.
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The owners have pictures of pugs all over the restaurant. It’s a great place.
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I love doors from friends, too! :) Yours have great taste. Isn’t it so nice to be thought of like that? Good stuff. More than ample for rainy days.
I’ve got lots of doors, but no time to organize them. If it wasn’t that, it’d be the weather!
The black and whites are worth a good stare and the song, well, I can’t even post this comment til they’re done singin.
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Ha ha – I know that feeling. The comment is done but the song goes on. Thanks. I rushed to get some doors I can work with for next week, but I’m lagging behind. The joy of summer.
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Great collection of doors… and friends! We have an REI here with the same doors. They must have bought axes by the truckload for their handles. Love the old pictures, especially the safe. Reminds me of the one I got locked into when I was little (long story, happy ending :) ).
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Locked in? Oh my! You may have to share that story.
I love those REI handles!
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Love it…:)
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Thanks Kirt!
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I think the cool moose door is my favorite! :)
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Stacy says thanks!
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A great collection of doors there, Dan. My favourite was Tardis Parking only. I’m a little concerned about all these friends sending you photos of doors. I’ve heard of mad cat ladies, but you could be the world’s first Mad Doorman, although I dare say Norm would be competing for that honour.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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Thanks. I think I’ll cede that honor to Norm. People point doors out to me when we’re walking around. I guess it’s a thing.
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I have two uncles who collect antique door locks called Rim locks. I like them myself and they’re fascinating and old worldy which I love but I’m not going down that path. I do have a large collection of antique and vintage tea cups which I bought not long after my grandparents passed away.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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Glad to see Faith and Cheryl in the pictures.
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I thought you would like that!
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We can indeed create a great blog post with a little bit of help of our friends.
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We can :-)
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These are some fascinating doors of character. That farmhouse door especially. If doors could tell stories this door to the cellar would have good ones.
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It’s funny, when he tagged me in that photo, it was to ask what I thought that door was for. We agreed that there had to be a story.
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Now that I look at it more closely, I’m imagining the tall door as an alternative connecting to the regular cellar doors like the ones Dorothy tried to pull open in the Wizard of Oz. A brave soul could creep up to the windowed door and look out to see if the tornado had passed. Just a guess.
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That’s as good a guess as any.
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