Not really… rather Sex and the City. Should have posted this years ago, because as I walk by this address, most certainly once a week there is always a gathering of ‘tourists’ there, each taking pictures of the other and generally hanging out. The folks that live there… have apparently done everything to minimize the …
Category Archives: Tourists
The Perks
of offering to help someone standing on the corner with a guide book. They were three, a father, mother and son. The book was in French. The sun was out and I was on my way to a destination, but they looked lost. So I stopped and asked if they needed help. They wanted to …
Transition
And there is was, on the way away from the Coast, a solitary bridge, leading to nowhere. So I drove in. And then out. The sign states that Portland is 139 miles and San Francisco is 750. I wonder who cared, when. …
Spirit Mountain Casino
This picture is better and more complete than anything I could take, and I did try. This Casino/Hotel sits on First Nation Land in the hamlet of Grande Ronde, Oregon. Have passed through here, on the two lane highway all of my childhood on the way to the Coast. Now there is a …
Eye Department
921 SW 16th Avenue. Popped in unannounced to them this morning with a pair of favorite glasses that had lost the arm. Within a few minutes the screw was replaced and I was on my way, with a smile and no charge. Most unexpected and most gracious. If you are in need of eyewear, give …
Note To Self
Do not mention the rain today. Spoke with a couple of dear friends in the City today and they are cold, and the windchill is making it feel colder, and the streets are full of Superbowl fans, and the weather is bringing snow etc etc etc. So what’s a little wetness and 42 degrees.
Life Imitating Art
This photograph, taken by HilaryH looks like a painting. It is taken through a window at the Guggenheim, as you can see the curved exterior of the Museum on the left.
THE Meeting Place
The Clock above the circular information kiosk in the center of the waiting area of Grand Central Terminal. This spot is often chosen as a designated meeting place. On any day you may encounter people with a louche air about them, trying not to look as if they feel out of place, as they check …
A Favorite Day
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 …
The Shoes
Visiting the Madison Avenue, Park Avenue [The Upper East Side or UES] rarified air on a Saturday is a study in what makes the man or woman. Observing what separates the ones that live there, from the ones just spending their money there, it comes down to the shoes. The complete absence of any type …