Actually today was a mixed bag. Yesterday's lack of limb feeling may be down to the fact that I came down with a case of flu last night or a very heavy cold. So much so my nose is raw from Comfort Inn brand kleenex and, I felt so blah I went back to bed until noon. It was cloudy out anyway and the wind picked up. Not sure I missed much. It was 1:30 before I got out on the street. Excuse me if I am more moribund than is usual for someone with a core body temperature of 3 degrees...
I forgot to pack a bathing costume, so in Macy's, the self proclaimed "World's Biggest Store" you'd be surprised to hear that they have none. It's a spring thing they say, so I assume no one in a city of 13 million goes on winter holiday. There's business opportunity there I think. That said, the way my head feels, it's probably a sign from the Good Lord Steve Jobs. My ears hurt ascending Rockefeller Plaza, so bad news for flying and maybe a hint as to no diving in 2 days... Not sure what to do about that, but maybe no bathing suit is a good thing. I meant not go swimming silly, no one mentioned naked. After Macy's I tried to get tickets at TKTS for cheap shows, American Idiot was about all they had, I wanted to see The Addams Family. Anyway, Rockefeller's pictures are below. Last time I went up the Empire State and thought paying for another high view was lunacy. But it dawned on me too late, everyone wants pictures of The Empire State as the tallest building in Manhattan, but when up it, you don't see it. From Rockefeller there are also less obstructed views of Central Park.
I have a friendly homeless person living with a puppy dog two doors down from the hotel, I saw him several times today. I also asked directions from a policeman, who I laughed with about the hordes of rainbow huen Euro Trash. Midtown is too much like Las Vegas I suppose, it's mostly full of people that should be put on a one way flight out into space.
That said, my homeless friend can stay with his puppy dog. I was going to eat sushi for dinner, but I gave the homeless man a twenty and ate at McDonalds instead. Wisely spent.
OK, lots to do tomorrow, the van picks me up after 4pm, so I have to have to visit the Church of Cupertino and the Museum of Modern Art. Love it there. I wasn't going to ask the homeless man for a picture, but if he is around tomorrow, I think I am going to.
He is my tribute to Midtown. He signifies the perseverance neccesary to live in an area so dense with awful, awful tourists.
Hey, I am excluded because I wrote it.
Some may recall my last trip to NYC and the infamous Letterman Show. Attending it is something you do when entering Hell is impossible because it is full or closed for refurbishment.
This bright section is indeed Times Square, the radiation glow being the tourist's winter clothes.
Central Park is behind this section of sky scrapers.
Human entrees can defrost themselves in the complimentary heated rooms on top of the Rockefeller Plaza, note most seem more concerned with holding on for grim life than the view from the windows...
Euro Trash are like lemmings drawn to the Golden Arches. Oh wait, I ate there too, darn it.
Even the face on the pay per use binocular says "Go Home! Too Cold!"
And goodnight New York!
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