It is clear that the subway is a city beneath the City, in many aspects. There are occupants, and housing and rules and a whole lot more. Last night, after theatre, ran down the stairs at the Times Square Station and caught the A train as it was just entering the station. Although there is …
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Thunder and Storm
Saturday night, 9:30 to 10 lots of rain, thunder, lightening… the smell of petrichor or ozone or whatever it is that gives the air that clean smell, wafts through the open window, However the best part? The storm clears all the outside seating at all the restaurants along my street. Dead quiet, dead calm, no …
Sunday Morning
My favorite sight at 9 am on a breezy Sunday morning is two men, walking side by side, with a Starbucks cup in their outside hand, the other hand of each pushing a stroller with a girl toddler seated within; cheerfully chatting with each other as they make their way to the park on the …
Car Alarm
In the City, a car alarm is a somewhat frequent annoyance. I am curious if they actually do deter theft or if they just add to the ear pollution. However there is a sight that brings a devious smile to my face; an expensive car being towed because the driver had the hubris to park …
Identified
We three were waiting for the bus. Them a middle-aged nice looking couple, seemingly content – she was chatting away to him, her back to me and I couldn’t hear them because I was listening to a script with earphones. A few minutes passed and she turned to me. I could read her lips: Do …
Local Honey
The homeopathic medicine theory is that if you want to cure allergies and other ailments that make your nose run, eat local honey. Truly local. Bought a jar of honey from ‘Let It Bee’, harvested from their Manhattan Rooftop Apiary. The advert in a local weekly said it has a subtle lemon note. To my …
Urban Decay
Sitting across from me on the subway, a young woman, dressed to look as if she stepped out of a Gidget movie of the 60’s. What caught my attention was her shopping bag with the words Urban Decay on the side. I could not figure out what sort of store that might be. Then she …
The Actress
A friend and I were on the subway, after attending a Broadway show. We boarded at 42nd and were engrossed in our conversation. Upon sitting and realizing I was sitting right next to someone, I looked down at their lap and saw a binder lying there with the words: Enemy of the People. I had …
What Does This Store Sell?
Brooklyn
It’s like an old tintype of an American City. Was there all evening on a weekday in the Bedford neighborhood. People were sitting on stoops, chatting, eating, and milling about the streets in the warm evening air; a neighborhood feeling of communal living.