Impressions

MY Impressions

-Walking is a race. No matter how fast someone is walking, another person HAS to be in front.

-Power shoes. You have to wear shoes that make noise. The loud click-clack of shoes hitting the ground command power.

-It seems that everyone loves to wear black. Dreary weather......dreary clothes.

-A lot of males in NYC are gay. "you know, twisted. You know what I mean".

-There aren't enough places to sit down.

-Pictures of NYC don't show all the people. How do they do that? Rockefeller tree shots don't show the throngs of people milling about.

-The Rockettes are great. Their show was great. The building was great.

-The transit strikes stinks. It costs us hundreds of dollars to deal with it.

-Bodegas are great. Quick and close everywhere. Open when others had to close when their workers couldn't get there because of the strike

-Bodegas are awful. Over-priced toiletries and limited items.

-People are surprisingly friendly, like the lady and her daughter with a Christmas tree on the subway and strangers helping us with train/subway connections before the strike and the hotel/concierge folks after the strike.

-Hat hair is unavoidable. It mattes the fluffiest hair.

-Cold weather is not bad, it's the wind. The wind cuts right through anything that you wear.

-Inside buildings, you will sweat to death. First there are the trickles of sweat, the peeling off of the hat, marshmallow-fluffy coat and scarf, and finally toting them around knocking into displays and people.

-People won't avoid walking into you. It's like a game of chicken. YOU'D better move cause they won't.

-No matter how hard you try to hold your camera still, pictures will still come out blurry. Luckily, others in your group have better luck and it's easy to share digital pictures.