Left home at a random time, to make an 11 am appointment. Arrived at my nearest bus stop, and already sitting there waiting were two ‘older’ women, one with a cane in hand. They were in conversation and obviously together so we nodded our hellos and continued to wait apart. The bus arrived, we boarded …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
DC Metro
That was an eye-opener. Don’t expect to be offered a seat, or given an opportunity to take one. The men and the young girls grab them before you can rearrange your luggage to get there. Caught me by surprise, because of the number of times I’ve been offered a seat in the City. In DC …
Bulbs and Birds
Two autumns ago I purchased two boxes of bulbs to plant in pots on my balcony. They were standard supermarket quality. When I opened the box, the little bulbs were dried out and unusable. I returned the dried up specimens to the New Jersey office of the Dutch grower. I never received acknowledgement that I …
Piles and Piles
At every door step, these telephone books. No one uses a telephone book anymore. What is this company thinking… Obviously they make sufficiently on advertising to keep producing them, but speaking of a waste of paper/trees etc.; they should be banned. At the end of the day/week, they all end up in the trash, hopefully …
The Little TownHouses that Could
Sometimes, someone else writes a story that is too good not to share. If you visit Rockefeller Plaza, ‘ the rock’ you see two small buildings on either side. These original owners held out and would not sell when the RP was being built. Here’s the full story. http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=6495 copy and paste to your browser
CitiBikes
This is exciting. There are two locations in my neighborhood. And how clever of Citicorp. And how unhappy some additional car driving folks are going to be — loss of parking spaces is a big deal in the city. Can’t wait.
Incongruous
Walked by him on my way to the shoe repair shop. He was tucked into a wedge between two buildings, where there was a small ledge on which to sit. He was reading a book. It was the open book on his lap and his toes peeking through his socks that caught my attention first. …
Addendum..What I Think They Meant..
Middle in the platform, a long distance from the previous post about the sign about the flashing light is a kiosk that sells what mid platform kiosks in subway stations sell, sugar, reading materials and more sugar in liquid form. Most likely the kiosk, if being held up, has a button to push which trips …
Same ole’ same ole’
Remember a while back, the story of the young woman with baby, begging on the subway? The comment was that she was nicely dressed and didn’t look distressed in the least, but she had an accent and a cardboard sign saying she needed money for herself and her baby. Well, low and behold, on the …
What a Moment
Last night, attended at the New School – a packed auditorium – the screening of the Documentary: Do The Math. The film was so well received, it got a standing O. The film is well crafted and the message is urgent. Check out the film, the film makers and the message at 350.org. It was …