The name: Padded Wagon.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Attention to Detail.
This is an old fire box/ emergency-call-box. Someone in this block, changes the flowers in it per season. The first picture was winter. Now Spring!
The Culprit!
There it is. It is raining, so the shot through the window and the screen is a bit blurred. However in picture two, you see the culprit sitting on the edge of the pot of green, rather like someone pulled up to the counter in a drug store; not a lot of choice, but what …
Why?
When there is a big rainstorm, like at present, do I hear far more fire truck sirens than when there is not a rain storm. I associate fire truck sirens with fire, but there must be something else. I have noticed this since moving here.
Foreheads
Next time you are in a crowd of people, have a look at foreheads. On the subway the other day, a woman sitting across from me, had about 1 inch between her eyebrows and her full head of dark hair. Another woman to her left had a Glenn Close-type-high forehead. I looked around the …
Shake Shack
This restaurant chain never ceases to amaze me. I pass two of the establishments with some regularity and the queue lines boggle my mind. With restaurants on all four corners the one on 8th avenue and 44th will have a line half a block long. Can it be that good? Not yet willing to explore …
The Odds.
Left home at a random time, to make an 11 am appointment. Arrived at my nearest bus stop, and already sitting there waiting were two ‘older’ women, one with a cane in hand. They were in conversation and obviously together so we nodded our hellos and continued to wait apart. The bus arrived, we boarded …
DC Metro
That was an eye-opener. Don’t expect to be offered a seat, or given an opportunity to take one. The men and the young girls grab them before you can rearrange your luggage to get there. Caught me by surprise, because of the number of times I’ve been offered a seat in the City. In DC …
Bulbs and Birds
Two autumns ago I purchased two boxes of bulbs to plant in pots on my balcony. They were standard supermarket quality. When I opened the box, the little bulbs were dried out and unusable. I returned the dried up specimens to the New Jersey office of the Dutch grower. I never received acknowledgement that I …