A blog about New York City, my books, and my cats. Mostly.
I wouldn’t mind having a week off, but it’s back to work today. It won’t be too bad, I’m on releases. That’s when people come to pick up their animals from the hospital. It’s a happy shift, because these are mostly the animals who came through whatever they were dealing with and are better and ready to go home. Everyone is happy.
I took this picture on a subway platform, while waiting for a train. This was actually a sad trip. I was on my way to a wake.
A few shots taken on the way to work yesterday morning. They aren’t pretty per se, but they are a few of the holiday scenes I walked by at the time. Let’s see what I come upon today.
Below is a picture of Tiffany’s, almost entirely empty of shoppers. When I worked at Tiffany’s in the 1980s (and again in the early 1990s) it would have been packed this time of year. And the counter that I worked at, Elsa Peretti’s, pictured below, would have been the busiest of all, mostly because it had some of the most affordable items in the store.
It was so packed I wrote a short story about it. I wonder if I still have it somewhere. I wonder if I have the energy to look? I can’t now, have to head to the ASPCA shortly, but maybe later. I realize people are buying online, but still. There was probably no more then 10 or 15 people there, when normally there would have been no room to move and you’d have a wait before someone could help you.
A friend of mine from our choir went to an impeachment rally instead of our yearly caroling outside the church. I wanted to join her but I got off work too late for rallying (but in time for caroling). She sent me a couple of pictures though. Thanks Barbara! It was FREEZING Tuesday night, so thank you everyone across the country who rallied. (What is with these people without hats on?? It was truly cold that night.)
I can’t believe how uninspired the holiday windows were this year. What happened? There are not only fewer stores left, the ones that remain seem to have lost the spirit. I found my favorite window when I got home, on the way to picking up groceries. I may try to go out again, to take more pictures but just in my neighborhood.
The first is Bergdorf’s on 5th Avenue, and the second is … I don’t know! I’ll have to go back and look. I think it was this place, Adelaide, an art deco furniture store.
