for the Doubting Thomas side. Awoke this morning to a non-event. It actually looks like less snow than when I went to bed. The traffic ban is lifted, cars are driving and I can see the pavement from the plowing. The subway will soon be up and running. All is well and I have an …
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Storm Prep
Apparently I am an equal opportunity doubting Thomas. It is hard for me to accept the hype of just about anything, and this doubt includes weather forecasts. In my years in the City, the first weather-disaster hype I ignored and that turned out correct. Then I ignored the second weather-hype and got stormed out. So …
Hair
Whatever the weather, this stands in the outside ‘lobby’ of a hotel just off Times Square.
The Village
This is what standing in the middle of the street of 7th Avenue South looks like. No high rise, no sky scrapers. This is New York too.
Another Food Person
Have to admit, I find him un-appetizing. Perhaps it is the dirt on the stomach, or is it the lack of advertised foods on his menu board.
PS
It was hard to let go of the biking accident on Saturday night. Knowing a biker or two, post incident, I suggested that they be more careful than usual. I was not alone. Someone else was also issuing the same suggestion and their warning was motivated by black ice patches. Thinking about the tableau we …
The Flags
and the Bridge http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/22/new-york-city-white-flags-brooklyn-bridge This is from a while ago but the mystery is still unsolved. As you look at the banner across this page, imagine two flags on the left- hand- side- of- the- picture- towers.
Awful
Walking home in the West Village at 12 midnight and see a cluster of people in the street and a taxi cab stopped diagonally in the traffic. As our group approaches the static group we realize there is an ‘event’ in the street. Upon closer inspection it is a young woman, dressed in black leather …
More on Subway Riding
This is a made-up dictionary of some situations encountered while riding! http://mashable.com/2015/01/04/subway-dictionary/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link When all is said and done, just having experienced the Washington DC Metro system, the New York system does a lot of things right!!
Man Spreading…
A quote from the article to whet your appetite. How often I have thought this very thing: Who do you think you are to take up the space of two spreading your knees. After the quote below, is a link to the article A Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) spokesman, Kevin Ortiz, described the practice thus: …