No other word for it. And to be part of the insanity is even more insane. Had a small visiting guest, who had convinced his father that going to the FAO Swartz toy store on 5th and 58th to spend his accumulated Christmas money was a terrific family outing. Only the small and the old …
Category Archives: Eccentrics
Meddler
Perhaps it is just me, not able to leave well enough alone. He was standing in the jam-packed subway car with 5 double-bagged Trader Joe’s bags. The gaping bags laid out in plain view what he had purchased: all the trimmings for a holiday dinner. Since we are cheek-by-jowl and I had to look down …
Signs
[The bottom of the black door is visible just above the cement threshold in the photo left. The foreground in the second photo is press board, that stops one from stepping into the abyss.] Really don’t know which part of this tickles my fancy most. Is it the wording of the sign, beginning with ‘warning’ …
Priceless
The phone rings loudly, harshly. She digs around in her purse to find it. With a loud ‘Hello’, she answers it. She listens for a few seconds and then in the same loud voice, her next words are: ‘I’m sitting in a computer class, taking a test’. As she snaps the phone shut, a couple …
Shopping
As I passed them in the aisle, I heard her ask him, ‘Shall I stand in line for you?’. We were all in Trader Joe’s on Saturday afternoon, which is about as close to organized madness as one will find. The line for the checkout, which is actually a double line, stretches the length of …
Under the Gun
To learn more I often try a different entrance to the subway. Tuesday I decided to try an unused-by-me-entrance at Christopher St. The turnstile gates appeared directly at the bottom of the stairs, which I had not expected. One needs to be able to make a choice about the direction of train travel: north or …
The Light Goes On
I love it when the light goes on. Three females, with one map in hand, stop me as I am walking. Pardon, they said, can you tell us how to get to Broadway? I ask, what are you going to do once you get to Broadway? Do you want to go north or south? Further …