Two women passed me on the sidewalk, going in the opposite direction. As they passed, I heard the older one say to the younger one ‘ I want to feel like I deserve Spring’. And then they were out of ear shot. It was 70 degree weather on this early March day; not exactly City …
Category Archives: Street
Blonde & Black
The first night I saw a blonde haired young woman standing near the ticket vending machines at the subway entrance/exit, it dimly registered in my mind that she was waiting for a friend to exit. Her excessive eye makeup and her black and white outfit caught my eye. The image stayed with me. I doubted …
The Bus
Why it’s great to ride the bus. #1. you can see where you’re going and where you want to get off. #2. it’s like a tourist ride for the price of the fare. #3. the plethora of persons that the bus gathers as it rolls along the streets. Every strata of life from the boisterous …
Facelifts
Walking along Fifth Avenue one is confronted with the facelift factor on passing females. You can identify a facelift easily and the women resemble one another, as if members of the same family. But I have some questions for you sisters. #1 For whom are you doing it? If it is to keep your significant …
Good Deed
It wasn’t rainy, windy or dead of night, but it was a bus not stopping for the little old lady waiting at the bus stop, in the late dusk at 6:30 pm. So, from my seat at the window, I didn’t call out, I yelled, ‘Sir, there’s a lady that wants to board’. Having yelled …
What Do You Think?
She boarded the bus but I did not pay her attention except to notice she was well dressed and that she sat down behind me. A stop later the bus driver turned around in his chair and said ‘Miss, would you come here please’. He was looking right at me. I pointed to myself, ‘Me’ …
The Small Case
Walking home on a night-shaded street in the Village, from the most awful theatre production I have attended, perhaps ever, I pass a small, single handle, brown-colored plastic attache-like-case. It is sitting out on the curb of the sidewalk with the black plastic garbage sacks, waiting for during-the-night-collection. The small case catches my eye and …
Sitting Pretty
Broadway above Columbus Circle is a divided street with traffic flowing north and south on either side of the median strip. You can cross the street in two takes: start toward the west from the east side of the street – would be a boulevard in another language – and in the middle of the …
Fire Escapes
As you walk around the City, especially away from Mid-town look up and see the Fire Escapes on many of the buildings. It was a guest from Europe who suggested the buildings would be more attractive without this lattice work distorting the front architecture. Although fire insurance apparently originated in the city of Philadelphia, followed …
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!