New York Mothers Get Flowers

 

Walking around in Midtown today after church, it was easy to spot people with flowers probably taking them to their moms.

Colbert Signing

 

In front of the Bankstreet Bookstore on the upper west side there was this sign. 

 

It said 

STEPHEN

COLBERT

LINE FORMS

AROUND CORNER"

And here is what the line looked like:

 

Hilarious, right?

So I thought, "Hey, I've got a few minutes and since the line's that short, I'll go get his autograph." Turns out the line twisted around a stairwell and went upstairs and through another room. 

If it would have just been me, I would have waited, but I had the hubby with me, so we moved along. He made up for it by buying me two red devil cupcakes at Bloomies.

Skywriting

I spotted this skywriter yesterday as Paul and I were walking through Central Park. We wondered if the pilot was going to spell out a name. Then Paul suggested the pilot may have sold this to more than one customer. What a brilliant idea! The one being proposed to would never know it wasn't planned for him/her alone.

 

Sometimes when this tour boat goes by my apartment, I open the window and wave.

Where to Look While Riding the Subway

It's close quarters on the subway, especially when people are headed to and from work. If you are lucky and get a seat, it's difficult not to stare directly at the person across from you. Many people are checking their cell phones, but they don't work on the trains, so I'm guessing they are playing games. Then I discovered I could download a book on my iPhone and now I don't have to look at people's feet all the time.

How to Ride the Escalator

The unwritten rule of riding an escalator is Walk Left, Stand Right. Midwesterners, I have noticed, aren't in such a hurry that they do anything but ride them. But in NY, it's GET OF MY WAY. (-:

Here's a cute article on How to Ride an Escalator 101 from a blogger in Phily

How should I know where I live?

On the way home from the airport the other day, I got into the taxi and gave him my address. "Where is that?" he wanted to know.

This is not a question you ever want to hear from your New York taxi driver.

"Do you live next to the Citi building?" he continued. I don't live next to the Citi building. But I also don't live next to any remarkable landmarks other than the big Pepsi Sign along the East River in Queens. Read a good article about this icon here.

He did not know about the big Pepsi Sign along the East River.

While he's driving in heavy traffic I am trying to pull up directions on my iPhone. "This exit?" he asks as he swerves to the right almost colliding with the car behind us.

My directions finally pull up. "No, the next one!" I say.

"Okay" . . . and we're back on the highway.

Once we take the correct exit, I am able to guide him with my iPhone directions. "The next time," he says, "give driver cross street numbers, not name of tiny street. We don't know these little streets."