Some days I think, just shoot me!. People post such uncensored, un-thought-thru remarks, and sometimes just plain and simple stupid ones. Why do I look!
Author Archives: The Chronicler
IN Response to the Signage Pointing- Posting
one of my astute readers Ms A sent this story about conductors in Japan and their point and speak habits. Such a great read. want to share it with you all. Thanks A. http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains
What the Striped Board Means
Last night, on the way home via subway, at 12 midnight I happened upon a MTA engineer in my subway car. I started to ask him questions: what was it like to be all day underground? Did he ever see homeless people in the tunnels, had anyone ever jumped, fallen or been pushed in front …
JB Prince…
…a company that sells professional culinary equipment. And does it ever. The walls of the entrance and all around the elevator are decorated with the business cards of the companies that buy there. Impressive.
Never Tire of the Juxtaposition
Think Coffee on 14th Street
This is on par with a Bentley. This coffee machine is likely 36″ long and 24″ tall. My photo graph does not do it justice, in the least. Additionally it is the most wonderful shade of lime green ever seen beyond a Bahamas beach. I tried to get a picture of the ‘brand’ but was …
The Statue of Liberty
There it is. Always so close and unexpected and impressive. This shot if from the cafe in the Jewish Holocaust Museum on lower West Side.
Come From Away
A musical. My personal taste can only tolerate about 2 musicals in a calendar year and I am already beyond my limit for 2017. However, I would make an exception to see this play “Come From Away’, again. It is the story of Gander, Newfoundland, on 11 September 2001 when the skies over the USA …
As Crazy As it Looks
The Great Comet of 1812. A new musical. This is the staging. Throughout the seating in the theatre are small tables with lamps secured in the center. It gives the illusion that we are seated at a cabaret show. During the show the actors are literally, all over the place. Up and down the sides …
The Bench
This bench was put out for the trash by a tenant in my complex [which means by someone in one of the 4 buildings [all attached and looking like one building from the front]. Close inspection of the bench found that it had no cracks or snags. I would love to put it in a …