I love it when the light goes on. Three females, with one map in hand, stop me as I am walking. Pardon, they said, can you tell us how to get to Broadway? I ask, what are you going to do once you get to Broadway? Do you want to go north or south? Further questioning revealed they were a bit confused as to how they had arrived at the corner on which we were standing: Christopher and Waverly Place. But soon they chorused, we want to shop. Good, then you want to go south when you reach Broadway. I look at their map to try to explain the directions, but see there is more confusion. Look, I say, just walk to that traffic light we can see from here. That’s 6th Avenue. The traffic is driving north, so walk against the traffic. The mother interrupts, but first we want to see all the good things in Greenwich Village, where is that? This is Greenwich Village [wondering what her list of all good things was] I reply, I really don’t think you will have the time to do them both. What I didn’t understand listening to the three of them: the mother had a heavy northern European accent, while the two university age girls spoke excellent English. [Maybe therein lies the answer.] Walk toward that light and walk south until you come to the street Houston. It looks like it should say Hew-sten, but it is pronounced HoW-sten. You can walk east along Houston to Broadway or you can continue past Houston and cross east – turn left- on Prince to reach Broadway. But for now, keep going south. Why south? asks the mother. Well, if you walk north you will end up in the theatre district after passing through New York University. But if you really want to shop, as you said, then you want to be south of Houston – that’s what SoHo means: South of Houston. I just love that moment you see the light go on and someone’s home.