Herculean Task

In the West Village drug stores were few to begin with, and then one closed.  The remaining drugstore, is meeting the new demand and taking more of a market share, by remodeling.  But remodeling while the store is open.  I have never seen anything like it.  The shoppers walk among aisles with workmen working away, store personnel stocking new shelves and rearranging product and tarps and plastic creating false divisions.  And everyone seems to be getting what they need.

A Friend posted this story on her FB page

“We left late this morning so we took a taxi to 125th. First female taxi driver I’ve seen, and what a pistol! This middle aged African-American lady described breaking in: “Those men just made it hard for me and I was always the last one to be assigned a cab. I just showed up every day and gave ’em hell. Bitched about discrimination and complained until they finally let me in. Now they say the place is dull when I’m not there”. Awesome cab ride.”

Shakespeare

I now have seen the light:  a British production of Shakespeare performed by an all male cast.  It changes Shakespeare in ways unimaginable. The story is told differently and the words and actions take on new meaning.  The actors dress on stage as they did [in days of yore], the stage is lit by 100 candles and if the cast has Stephen Fry and Mark Rylance among the actors… well you are in heaven!

AWESOME

This has nothing to do with the City, except that is where the interview takes place, but it has everything to do with quality of life.   Copy and Enjoy.

www.mountainwings.com/past/12221.htm

What Would YOU Do?

A friend sent me the following, a post by a friend on FB:

“At a recent show the usher asked everyone to scoot to the middle of the section so she could easily seat latecomers. Not one to give up my aisle seat (yes, it was assigned seating), I politely said no, and so did the woman next to me. “Well, I just want to make you aware people may have to climb over you to get to their seats if they get here late,” the usher responded in a less than polite tone.
“Well,” said the woman next to me, “They’ll just have to haul their asses and get here on time.” “
Now the reason it was sent to me, is because I have voiced more than once the idea of ‘waiting for late-comers’ as a reason to delay the opening of an event makes no sense to me.  If late, then they miss whatever happened between being on time and the time of arrival.  Why penalize those that show up on time!

Banksy!

In the City.  If you know his work- an English graffiti artist- then you will understand my excitement at hoping to discover one of his works randomly.  If you don’t know who he is, watch ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’, the movie or just google him and enjoy the graffiti he has already deployed in England.  Terrific social commentary!

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

My Pulpit, Soapbox:

At a NYC conference, the world experts say WiFi is making people sick.  Preaching to the choir here, by all I have heard and read.  So, want to share with you the following:

http://corporateinterference.org/videos.html

Humor me, and watch a couple of these.  Due to my belief in the information, I have plug in internet access, but doubt it makes any difference, since the WiFi of everyone else invades my space.