Only in New York: Archive

Small children and Ambient PM

I was doing my laundry one afternoon in my apartment building. It was a hot summer afternoon and I could here the jingling of bells signaling that the shaved ice vendor was passing. As I quickly stuffed a last load of laundry into one of the industrial sized dryers, a small girl with straight hair and thick glasses approached me to seemingly study my haphazard laundering technique. Her neck was...

Jun 1st

May 2nd

'Welcome to the Greatest Place on Earth!'

It was a the winter of 2008, the world was fresh with possibilities and the Dow was above 12,600 (its now around 7,600, but I’ve lost very litte because of my accute trading strategies - no money in the stock market at all.). It was my first trip to New York City. My first “Only in New York” showed me the generous spirit of humankind, going the extra bit for a fellow in need, and...

May 1st

Kindle Count

Kindle Count on the Subway: 5

Apr 28th

agitated subway cellist

this morning, on my commute to work, a man toting a cello and a small collapsible stool boarded my subway car. as he walked from one end of the car to the other, all passengers with headphones on (like me) removed them in anticipation of quite the performance event. the cellist stationed himself and began to play. luckily for him, the train was not very crowded and he could easily find a place...

Apr 22nd

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