Today, the sidewalks of the UES* were decked out – as if one was walking among easter parade participants or a christmas day event [for lack of a better comparison, for those of us not celebrating Rosh Hashanah]. Everyone we passed on our way to a non-celebratory rehearsal lunch was dressed in their finest, or, …
Author Archives: The Chronicler
One Forgets…
… that a specific sector of the population influences much that takes place in the City. Today, there are no street sweepers, the ones for whom signs are posted and folks must move their cars from north side of the side, to the south, or east to west in order to accommodate these tank like …
A Lure..
.. not so sure about the eyeglasses.
And Yet Again, more Oregon
Glasses
Seated at the theatre, behind a woman, I judge to be in her 70’s. She has a great head of white curly hair and has made a bold choice in her sundress and many ringed fingers. She is with a friend and they chat. I notice that she has, not one but two pairs of …
As Far Away From New York
This is just one small piece of beauty known as the Oregon Coast. Try to equate that with life in the City.
Ad Worth Reporting:
The City that Never Sleeps… Could be the mattress! Now that tickles my funny bone.
Go Figure.
Returning to the City on a red-eye flight from Portland, Oregon means I land at JFK at 6 am on 8/20. By the time I am home to my abode, it is time for a nap and after that I get up and go to the Post Office for the gathering of my mail-on-hold. As …
Rope Enough…
{from the new york times. their words, my pictures} Ms. Genger, 34, has delivered her largest and most labor-intensive work yet, a public sculpture in Madison Square Park called “Red, Yellow and Blue.” On view through Sept. 8, it’s made of 1.4 million feet of hand-crocheted lobster-fishing rope, which she has used to create three towering enclosures, each painted …
Again, What Are The Chances
Am sitting in a car on the subway train that is being held at the station. While a train is being held, the doors are always left open. This allows for comings and goings as folks change their minds about being delayed. It’s 1:30 in the afternoon, and after reading all the signage above my …