Never thought about it, until I saw this man busily washing the bus stop plexiglas walls one night.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Halloween!
To my surprise, even gardens in the village are dressed to celebrate. Or, is that a neighborly spat gone wrong?
The Recyclers
Everytime I come across the wagon loads of cans that have been liberated from the garbage, I am amazed at how much schlepping is done to get these back to the deposit points. Money hard earned.
Let This Be a Lesson.
‘There are no free lunches.’ ‘ If it looks too good to be true…’ ‘A fool and her money are soon…” and there must be a few more. Found myself on Canal Street, where fakes and knock-offs are sold. One of those rash moments – bought a bottle of parfum. Then with box and bottle …
Herculean Task
In the West Village drug stores were few to begin with, and then one closed. The remaining drugstore, is meeting the new demand and taking more of a market share, by remodeling. But remodeling while the store is open. I have never seen anything like it. The shoppers walk among aisles with workmen working away, …
A Friend posted this story on her FB page
“We left late this morning so we took a taxi to 125th. First female taxi driver I’ve seen, and what a pistol! This middle aged African-American lady described breaking in: “Those men just made it hard for me and I was always the last one to be assigned a cab. I just showed up every …
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Shakespeare
I now have seen the light: a British production of Shakespeare performed by an all male cast. It changes Shakespeare in ways unimaginable. The story is told differently and the words and actions take on new meaning. The actors dress on stage as they did [in days of yore], the stage is lit by 100 …
AWESOME
This has nothing to do with the City, except that is where the interview takes place, but it has everything to do with quality of life. Copy and Enjoy. www.mountainwings.com/past/12221.htm
What Would YOU Do?
A friend sent me the following, a post by a friend on FB: “At a recent show the usher asked everyone to scoot to the middle of the section so she could easily seat latecomers. Not one to give up my aisle seat (yes, it was assigned seating), I politely said no, and so did …
Efficient or What
If you had an empty frame to transport, would you be this ingenious?