The Acela Express Train zoomed into the station on the track across the platform from where the Northeast Regional was waiting. Looking across the to the windows it appeared as if all the chic folks were reading their electronic books, while not moving their perfectly coiffed head and before I could register more about them, …
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The Right Thing
I firmly believe as consumers we should support businesses that ‘do the right thing’. Working at a homeless shelter I came upon boxes of fresh sandwiches made by a company named PRET. I was curious that so much of the food looked like it was freshly made. Next time I needed to pick up a …
Fun and Free
Went with a friend last night to the second floor of the Hilton Hotel on 6th Avenue where every 20 minutes another music or dance performance was taking place. The venue was the APAP [Association of Performing Arts Presenters] Showcase 2012. What a wonder! Of course we saw the Dana Leong Trio: electric cello, guitar, …
Chance Meeting
I stared at the ends of his shawl, the tassels were woven with beautiful threads. It was hanging below his jacket, just about eye level to me where I sat on the subway. The car was crowded, so he was rather close, hanging onto the rail above. My fascination with the textile quality of this …
Pillows
This may be a big deal only to me. In the City most apartment units don’t have personal washers and dryers. If you live in a loft, you may have a combination on your floor that services 5 or 6 residential lofts. If you live in a proper apartment building with a doorman and lobby, …
The Bird
Remember this? The Bird Boarding the Bus?
A Jewish Christmas
That’s what they call it in New York, when you go the movies on Christmas Day and have Chinese food afterwards. The shops and the most of the restaurants were closed [the 25th]. The streets devoid of traffic; surprisingly so. No one was on the buses either. It was a mostly shut down city, except …
The Chinatown bird
So here it is on a winter’s day; up against the lights and covered in plastic… for those of you who think there are ulterior motives to his/her existence. Chirping away, as usual, above the vegetables and the fruits.
Street Lights
6:35 a.m. A cacophony of car horns. I lie there wondering what is the cause of the irregular honking. And then it stops. And then it starts up again. I look out of my bedroom window and see that the traffic light on the North corner of the street is stuck. The North flow traffic …