Wednesday, the eve of New Year’s Day, was in Chinatown and it was bustling! People buying special cakes and fish and fruits and flowers. The sun was bright, though the air was chill and the wind gusted now and then. But the sunshine added such a festive note to the goings-on. And it seemed indeed …
Category Archives: Holidays
Is This Right?
The Season is over. And now the tree is discarded and at the curb ready for pickup. I don’t doubt that the pick up is done by a company that is going to make mulch. That is a good thing. However, do we need to be cutting and casting off? In the City it is …
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.
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.
Yet a Mystery
You can see the outfit: green body suit with a pair of outer-skivvies. Couldn’t get a closer picture because as the norm is pay to photograph, this was another !4th Street-Union Square performer I was not certain I wanted to encourage. What made his act ‘remarkable’ was there was no music, no accompanying sound from …
Good Riddance
12 noon on Sunday, 28 December, put all your grievances on cards and bring them to Times Square. There, en masse, shedders will be available for each and everyone to rid themselves of bad memories, thoughts, ideas, anything you can get on the page. I can see a few photographs being ‘no more’. Clear out …
The Saw
At Union Square Subway station, there is a large common area where the N and 4 5 6 trains and the L are all accessible. In this area different forms of entertainment showcase. Many of them are worth watching and donating towards. But there is one- a middle-aged woman ‘saw’ player who is heard the …
White Stag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stag_(clothing) The White Stag company began as an offshoot of the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company of Portland, Oregon, which made durable outdoor clothing and supplies worn by loggers, mill hands, and stockmen.[1] Hirsch-Weis itself was founded when brothers Max S. and Leopold B. Hirsch purchased the Willamette Tent and Awning Company, a manufacturer of sails for deepwater ships, from E. Henry …