What will the Year 2015 reveal in it’s bag of opportunities, tricks and ‘unforeseens’? The hope for ‘better’, and ‘love of the present’ is perhaps what keeps us showing up, year after year. May your year be peaceful, full of kindness and if you are so blessed, love. What can you do to influence the …
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Local Library
There should have been a ‘before’ photograph. This beautiful old building houses the Public Library on 6th Avenue and 10th Street and it is stunning. Look at the architectural details.
Stand Clear…
The sonorous voice announcement is attention getting. “Stand away from the moving platform”. This warning takes place in the silence of no train being in sight. When the subway train begins to enter the station, then the voice begins again. Watching to see why the platform needs to move: there is a curve in the …
Lego
The Lego store never ceases to amaze. The one at Rockefeller Center is always a mob scene at the holidays. The store in the Flatiron District is sane and quite empty. This is a wall mural in the street side window. Amazing the use of the tiny bricks to make a ‘billboard” type scene.
The Postman
Walking on the sidewalk in Chinatown today, and passing a postman, I decided to satisfy my curiosity. The many times I have been in offices and seen packages and or mail delivered, it has been a Chinese appearing Postman. I wondered if you needed to speak Chinese to work in the Chinatown area, as many …
Everyone is Commenting
The City is quite empty. Went today from the Village to the UES. The crosstown bus was quick at arriving at Union Square as there was no traffic on the roads. Went down to the subway, and had to let three go by, I didn’t want to arrive early! I could have made the trip, …
Merry Christmas
Rather than make a visit to Santa at Macy’s decided to visit a few of the discount stores to see what it was like on the night prior to the Eve of Christmas. Haven’t ever done that before. The lines are out of sight of the cashiers, they are so long. And why do people …
Treasures in the Trash
This is a must watch. “The second floor of a Department of Sanitation garage in East Harlem is home to thousands of objects New Yorkers have thrown away over the last three decades. The items were found in the trash, but look nothing like garbage. They have been carefully organized and kept by sanitation worker …
Ice Sculpting or Carving
This was taking place in a public space near Bryant Park – 43rd and Avenue of the Americas. He begins with making the pattern on the block of ice, then he carves a bit, and then he goes after the design with an electric chain saw.
Tipping the Doorman
http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/news/a2535/the-truth-about-what-you-should-tip-your-doorman-this-holiday-season/ Should you have nothing better to do, and you are wondering what it’s like to be a wealthy City dweller, then this is the article for you over a cup-of-coffee.