Old Shops, New Robots One thing I didn’t expect to see in New York: A robot delivering food. 😄 A real little robot, quietly making its way along the street. And somehow, that made me notice something much more familiar: the bodega. This was Gem Spa, a famous East Village neighbourhood store. It sold newspapers, … Continue reading America, One Moment at a Time — #36
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America, One Moment at a Time — #35
The Steam Beneath New York When I saw steam rising from a New York pavement, I immediately thought of Marilyn Monroe. 😄 Not because there was a white dress involved. Thankfully. Just the steam. In The Seven Year Itch, Marilyn famously stands over a subway grate while air blows her dress upward. New York, it … Continue reading America, One Moment at a Time — #35
America, One Moment at a Time — #34
Why Is New York Wearing Scaffolding? One thing I noticed almost immediately in New York: The city seems to be wearing scaffolding. 😄 Not just one building.Not just one street. Scaffolding everywhere. Beautiful old buildings.Grand facades.Modern towers. And quite a few of them hiding behind metal pipes and wooden platforms. At first, I wondered: Is … Continue reading America, One Moment at a Time — #34
America, One Moment at a Time — #33
New York Has a Different Speed New York doesn’t seem to walk. It moves. Fast. And we discovered that even after the sun goes down, New York doesn’t seem to get the message. 😄 Lights flashing.People crossing.Taxis moving.Buses rolling. Thousands of people somehow going somewhere. Apparently without consulting a map. 😄 As a first-time visitor, … Continue reading America, One Moment at a Time — #33
America, One Moment at a Time — #32
A Century of New York on Wheels We had come to see the Brooklyn Bridge. Instead, we found ourselves staring at buses. Lots of them. And not exactly the buses we were used to seeing in New York. 😄 There was this 1918 open-top double-decker. 1918! It looked like it had arrived straight from another … Continue reading America, One Moment at a Time — #32
America, One Moment at a Time — #31
They Looked at All That Water and Thought BIG. Getting off the boat, an old sailing ship at the jetty immediately caught our eye. It looked wonderfully out of place among the buildings of modern New York. As though a little piece of another era had been left behind. And then came something my wife … Continue reading America, One Moment at a Time — #31
America, One Moment at a Time — #30
New York From the Water The previous evening, we had explored New York by train. The next day, before taking to the roads, we decided to take to the water. 😄 New York from a boat. That sounded like a good idea. So we climbed aboard a Circle Line boat on the Hudson. And suddenly, … Continue reading America, One Moment at a Time — #30
