After I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, I walked back home. On Fifth Avenue, just south of Rockefeller Center, I spotted something I’ve heard about from New York’s recent past: a three card Monte game. If you aren’t aware of it, three-card monte involves you and the dealer…and the dealer’s friends who pose as other customers. In [...]
Archive for November 2007
A Hint of Worse Things to Come?
November 25, 20072007 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – Part 2
November 24, 2007Thursday’s parade was very pleasant and for all of the right reasons. Adults with children are always trying to get them into the right position to view the parade. As I mentioned earlier, dad-duty involves putting your child on your shoulders for a view, despite what it means to those of you behind. The picture [...]
2007 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – Part 1
November 23, 2007Other than eating way too much turkey and trimmings on Thursday, my main activity on Thanksgiving was going to the parade. No big surprise as I seem to go to most NYC parades and the Macy Parade is the best known of NYC parades. A co-worker of mine has a family tradition where friends and all [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 22, 2007Yes, I did get to the Macy’s Parade today. It’s a true madhouse. The place I was at was more than 30 people deep in line. It’s an intersection of 72nd Street and Central Park. The street goes into the park and is blocked off from traffic so people just fill up the road. I’ll [...]
BAMN! The new Automat
November 21, 2007The NYC Automats are legendary. Long ago in a NYC that is no more, the Automats reigned as the place to go to for a cheap meal. They took only nickels and you could show up with a pocketful and sit and eat all day. When I talk to old-timers, they wax eloquent about the [...]
