I went by Madison Square Park the other day whilst wandering about (I haven’t used the word ‘whilst’ in a long time and am happy to end that drought). Two items impressed themselves upon me. First, the Shake Shack was closed for the season. In an earlier post, I had commented how wildly popular the [...]
Archive for December 2007
William Seward Statue
December 27, 2007Times Square Christmas Crowds
December 26, 2007Just a quick post-Christmas post on Christmas crowds. (How’s that for a little double-talk?) I was at Times Square over the weekend just to check out how the crowds were looking. At first, I thought it was a lot lighter than normal, but I was soon set straight on that. It was jammed. Not as [...]
Luke 2:1-14 (King James Version)
December 25, 2007[1] And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [2] (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) [3] And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. [4] And Joseph also [...]
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2007It’s Christmas Eve and I’ve spent the day doing my NYC tradition: wandering around wishing people Merry Christmas! And I did wander. I started by going up to Harlem. It’s been way too long and I wanted to see how Harlem’s streets are set for Christmas. I went this morning and found that Harlem’s streets [...]
The Empire State Building in Disguise
December 23, 2007It’s the time of year that lights are on to celebrate the Christmas season. But for the rest of the year, two of NYC’s great buildings have lights on every night. And they are predictable. The Chrysler Building’s lights are always white. Always. Okay, I’ve never seen them any other color so I guess there’s a [...]
