to be in the City, when most everyone has gone elsewhere, because it is an official holiday. How it manifests is the following: no one else on public transportation all day Saturday and Sunday [well almost no one]. In Trader Joe’s at noon and can count all of us shopping there on both hands and …
Category Archives: Holidays
Mothers’ Day
The ‘mini-drygoods/dimestore’ across the street that daily opens at 10:30, has opened at 7 am today. It’s all about the flowers. The storefront and 5 feet of sidewalk resembles a picture post card of an Amsterdam flowerstall. Available are lovely bouquets for all reluctants that feel guilt at the last moment… They’re doing a land …
Cinco de Mayo
There was no posting for 5 May, as all of the City was celebrating. The Spanish speaking population is large enough that everyone now joins in, including yours truly. And you know how fluent my Espanol is!
Ya Think?
Again, maybe it’s just me, but this advert appears to be not particularly well thought out in light of the Costa Concordia lying on it’s side in the cold waters of Tuscany. I mean to suggest the 360 degrees in the first instance and then vis a vis asleep – with 15 persons missing who …
Chinese New Year
Monday was New Year’s Day for the Chinese Community in the City and today, Tuesday there was quiet in Chinatown. Many of the stalls were not open but there were lots of articles in red and gold being touted. I asked a person or two what they had done to make New Year’s Day special. …
The New Year
It’s just a date on the calendar. But a good excuse to rethink yesterday and make positive changes for today. Happy New Year!
It Looks So Effortless
When the ball drops in Times Square on Saturday evening, New Year’s Eve, you will see lots of people. Pause to consider the organization that takes place behind the scene before the event. On Tuesday on some sidewalks, the crowd-control-cement-blocks, the size of ponies, were already in place. There are many tourists here for the …
Insane.
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 …
Merry
Christmas to all! And to all a good night!
‘Twas
indeed, the night before Christmas… the day before and the City has been quite void of traffic, a sort of tranquility has descended as if calmed by the end in sight. Don’t know if the subway rats are not stirring…