Climbing into bed, saw movement outside my window. Shocked at first, as the moon, catching the silver balloon in it’s light, was reflecting it into my room. Looking more closely, could see, just above my curtain, the two balloons stuck in the branches of the tree. Certainly a more pleasant view than the two plastic …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
Does Anyone Care
$75,000 per night. The price for the penthouse hotel suite at the Mark Hotel. Since 2008 the price tag to purchase it as an apartment has been 60 million with 45K per month maintenance but no takers. Now The Mark has redone it into a 5 bedroom, 6th bath hotel suite. More information needed? Themarkhotel.com
What Are the Odds
Have a lunch date uptown, East Side. My route begins in the West Village. In the spirit of discovery, I decide to try a different subway line to get there. I complete the first part of the northerly journey on the unfamiliar line, exit by the stairs, to catch a crosstown bus. The bus I …
Anno 2016
Another Year! Another 12 months of the Unexpected. When your ship comes in, be down at the docks! When your ship sails, make certain you are on it. If your ship runs aground, salvage the best parts. It’s never too late to start anew, says she of experience!
Is A Window Missing?
Naughty or Nice. Which Works to Land One of These
Building Brooches
Beads on Fifth
Milepost 1000
This, dear readers, is post 1000 on this journey around the City. Never did I imagine my observations would have a life, but here I am and the urge to tell-all-about-it, is still strong. I so enjoy observing life in this City that claims my loyalty, where I feel at Home!
Pink Palace
When this building first appeared in ’07 the color of the upper level was apparently referred to as ‘neon pink’. As it is taller than any other building in the vicinity, it was the talk of the Village. It still is, and now 8 years later it has faded to what some refer to as …