this is why I <3 NY...

[curiousa2z]

what a town!

from my weekly treat, the Metro Diary, this morning:

Dear Diary:

Two older gentleman were working on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 44th Street at lunchtime selling a wide assortment of perfumes, which were piled on top of several cardboard boxes.

One man handled the brisk sales while the other shouted: “We have all brands of perfumes for five dollars, and we need to sell ’em all before the police arrive.”

Talk about truth in advertising. - Jim Pavia
LOL!

 

[curiousa2z]

and this is another side to NYers:



Dear Diary:

Being an ex-New Yorker, I was thrilled to find a great parking spot on Riverside Drive, only half a block from my sister’s apartment, on a late Saturday afternoon. The only problem was that I had no idea how to turn off my rented Prius. Hybrid technology was new to me, and while the very patient people at La Guardia Hertz had shown me (three times) how to start the car, I neglected to find out how to shut it off.

I retrieved the manual from the glove compartment and studied the appropriate page. It was impossible to focus, as every two minutes someone would pull alongside, honk the horn, roll down the window and shout, “Getting out?”

Manual reading, frantic button pushing and horn honking went on for 20 minutes, and just when I thought I would never see my sister, a white Caddy pulled alongside and honked. I waved him off. The Caddy honked again. Clearly, personal contact would have to be made.

We pulled down our windows, and a guy shouted, “Getting out?” “No,” I responded, “I’m just trying to figure out how to turn off this rented Prius.”

With that, the guy in the Caddy told me, “Wait a minute,” took out his cellphone, conversed for about two minutes, and then called out detailed instructions on what to do.

It worked, and the car finally shut off!

As I thanked him again and again, he explained that he had spoken to his son-in-law, who had had the same problem when he first bought his Prius. With a wave goodbye, the Caddy rode off into the sunset. I really, really hoped someone was “getting out” on the next block.

Alan H. Rosenberg


a pal of mine is there this week to celebrate her birthday. I know she'll have a great time.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Maybe she'll star in a Woody Allen movie.

 

[curiousa2z]

maybe.

if the movie calls for a Canadian ballet instructor living in Zurich.
I'd go to see that.

 

[CaptainWacky]

I think we all would.