Life as it unfolds with all its surprises….
It is all I can do, not to tap them on the shoulder and tell them that the kick pleat on the coat they are wearing, [the bottom point of the pleat is stitched together,] is meant to be cut prior to wearing so that it moves to open as they walk. Saw it on …
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for the Doubting Thomas side. Awoke this morning to a non-event. It actually looks like less snow than when I went to bed. The traffic ban is lifted, cars are driving and I can see the pavement from the plowing. The subway will soon be up and running. All is well and I have an …
This is a made-up dictionary of some situations encountered while riding! http://mashable.com/2015/01/04/subway-dictionary/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link When all is said and done, just having experienced the Washington DC Metro system, the New York system does a lot of things right!!
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 …
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 …
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 …
Caught the A-train last evening after tech with a group of actors from the show. We were chatting about the film Disruption. Got to my stop – I thought. Jumped out in a hurry, as I was a bit late getting to the open door, right in my face saw the signage 23rd – [not …
This is how the average sidewalk corner appears: ridged cement sloping down to meet the pavement. This is now the replacement. It was told me that the blind can better feel the transition from sidewalk to street. I then noticed that on the edge of all the …
When you find people staring at you on the subway and you wonder if you have something untoward on your face, you finally realize you are sitting in front of the route map.
Raced down the stairs toward the waiting subway car. As I landed on the bottom tread, the doors closed with the customary ping. Took the three steps so that I reached them just as the shutting action was completing. I looked to my right, down the platform, the conductor in the middle of the train, …