Day 6:
New York to E-ville, Observations
Weather: Overcast
Pics:
Fashion
Fitness center, SSB
stuff and coffee. Check out of the Affinia Dumont, average of $420/night and a
great room and location. The cabbie can’t figure out how to set the meter for
the flat fee for the airport, $45, so we find out how much it costs on the
meter on a traffic free Sunday morning ride: $30! We pay the flat fee anyway.
Observations:
·
The
cabs now all have credit card capabilities (they fought it for years, and now
love it because there are more rides and people leave bigger tips) and for the
most part the payment screen is on the back of the front seat at knee level.
THB cannot possibly bend over and read the screen, so DB leans over and clicks
through the payment menu. Clever!
·
The
bread in the restaurants is way better than it used to be, clearly the
aesthetic on eating good bread has come up to Bay Area levels, much to THB’s
enjoyment
·
The
town has become very casual, everywhere. Very few ties, lots of jeans and flats
for women, rarely tennis shoes with business dress
·
Trench
coats for women are back in style, knee length
·
No
tokens in the subway, now “metro” cards that do not always scan as you slide
them through the readers, must be an acquired skill.
·
Ahhhh,
smart phones are of course everywhere, including being used as actual phones.
THB sees lots of people talking on their phones, texting while walking, in
palms while walking, while people are working, etc. The phones seem to be more ubiquitous here
than elsewhere.
·
Scaffolding
is all over the place, frequently on buildings that appear to have no need for
it. THB does not know why
·
THB
went to two plays. At both performances, there were numerous calls by ushers
and over PA to turn off the phones. During both performances, a cell phone
started ringing.
·
What
are the new colors for summer? See pics!
·
Another
reason nobody goes to Brooklyn: it’s too crowded with all the strollers and
urban hipsters walking around
·
United
Airlines has figured out how to always arrive on time: they pad the transit
times by huge amounts (over an hour longer on each of our flights) so that the
only real concern must be if the overscheduled previous flight is still at the
gate when your flight arrives
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