what new york is

For me New York City is observations, people watching, and walking commentary. Like yesterday, the first thing I said was "Medium hazelnut with cream and sugar". Funny, huh? Today a woman on the train had two different shoes on. I felt bad, I mean one was brown and one was black, totally different. What can you do? Now that I'm on the east side of the island, working in Murray Hill I've noticed a lot more. People are generally just walking around here. In midtown west side, people are going to work, going to a meeting, going to lunch, no real leisurely walking. The other afternoon I saw these two police officers chatting a guy and his little boy. The officer was giving the kid a low-five. The boy then demanded(!) a high-five. It was too cute. More to come...