Spring is finally here!!!! Hurray!!! My love for this city is usually equal to my hatred of the climate here, so double enjoyment of Spring!! Everything is fresh and beautiful! I am at peace with the world (till my next date or next petition carrier, that is). Makes me also recall amusing incidents that make New York City so, well, amusing!
A Chinese dude on the subway using a roll of toilet paper as a tissue box.
A prime parking spot off Lexington Avenue occupied by two motorcycles.
A teenager who rides to school every day with a denim bag with a cartoon of a cute little girl on it with gigantic balloon "I hate people".
A husband and wife riding to work together: husband reading Dr. Laura's "Proper Feeding of a Husband" and wife just looking at him indulgently.
An un-named musician who keeps playing Saint-Saens' "The Swan" every single morning.
A construction worker who has put down his cup of Starbucks (minus the lid) to cool down on the subway floor during the rush hour.
A persistent dude who kept transporting his shiny hog from Prospect Park to 34th Street every single morning during the rush hour for about a year.
Street vendors with sun glasses who magically grew up on every corner overnight.
A hapless traffic cop in Times Square, who, unable to control the steady stream of pedestrians crossing on the red light, just stepped away, put down his hands and waived at the cars in despair: "Just run them over, they don't want to live!"
New Yorkers finally abandoning their uniform black for rainbow of colors.
Ice cream trucks got resurrected from last fall.
Tourists finally enjoying the top of the double-decker buses.
Flowers and fresh grass all over the "stone sack".
Two sprigs of crocuses that I have discovered on the way to my sister's house. They came out at the first hint of warmth, and had survived the worst rainstorm in thirty years and two consequent cold blasts.
Welcome, Spring!
To new beginnings!
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