Whole Foods Market
I had just walked out of the place I'm staying now, the Seafarers & International House, looking for some lunch, when I spotted a familiar sight:
Whole Foods! So I went in and had a nice baby greens mixed salad with dried cranberries, walnuts, almonds and chipotle ranch. Yum. For an entree, I had chicken tiki masala with naan over vegetable biryani, an Indian dish. YUM. It was entertaining trying to get my food, because I was constantly being jostled about and waiting for the herd to move so I could squeeze in. Whole Foods in Plano could only dream about being this busy:
There were about 10 lines in the staging area, with three employees calling out register numbers to the people standing on line. A lot like Fry's Electronics. The sitting area is upstairs, and affords a nice view of Union Square, which was sunnier than it looks in the first picture (a cloud must have gone over):
In NYC, it feels like every day is a parade. Every street corner has 20 people on it waiting to cross. Those last two pictures of Union Square were at lunchtime - packed. I can definitely see where NYC would not be enjoyable if you are shy or combative in nature. For me, I have yet to get a reaction from someone here that I wouldn't have seen in Dallas. When I'm nice to people, they are nice back. In fact, they seem to be even nicer! Not a single person has been rude to me yet. I've interacted with about 30 so far. I had my tablet with me in Whole Foods, which led to me entertaining three people with it, one of which I had an extended conversation with. Michael was his name, and he works at a library in the city. Overall, I've found people here in NYC to be incredibly normal and friendly. It's like they say: "Smiles are the universal language".
I spotted another familiar sight on Tuesday, near The Leo House:
Home Depot! I was talking with someone about it recently. Maybe Jesse. He found it really funny that there is a Home Depot in Manhattan. Rumor has it, they didn't bother to put in a lumber section.
There are water towers above most of the buildings in town. The Big Onion tour guide said they are there because it's tough to keep water pressure pumped up to rooms in tall buildings. It's easier to steadily pump it into the water towers, and then let gravity work its magic when people turn on the faucets.
A chance encounter. I've heard about Big Apple Greeters for years. I tried to get one last year when I visited, but no one was available at the time. Anyhow, pictured above is a Big Apple Greeter (on the right) who was welcoming a couple of tourists at the Leo House. She talked for about 20 minutes straight without taking a breath. The guy looked like he was about to pass out from listening for so long! I don't know if she just had that much to share or if she was talking out of nervousness. Either way, it was cool to actually see a Big Apple Greeter. I guess I'll never go on a tour with one of them, because at this point I know a ton about the city's basics already.
I hopefully will have another interview today, and from the sounds of the phone interview, it will be a shoe-in.
Whole Foods! So I went in and had a nice baby greens mixed salad with dried cranberries, walnuts, almonds and chipotle ranch. Yum. For an entree, I had chicken tiki masala with naan over vegetable biryani, an Indian dish. YUM. It was entertaining trying to get my food, because I was constantly being jostled about and waiting for the herd to move so I could squeeze in. Whole Foods in Plano could only dream about being this busy:
There were about 10 lines in the staging area, with three employees calling out register numbers to the people standing on line. A lot like Fry's Electronics. The sitting area is upstairs, and affords a nice view of Union Square, which was sunnier than it looks in the first picture (a cloud must have gone over):
In NYC, it feels like every day is a parade. Every street corner has 20 people on it waiting to cross. Those last two pictures of Union Square were at lunchtime - packed. I can definitely see where NYC would not be enjoyable if you are shy or combative in nature. For me, I have yet to get a reaction from someone here that I wouldn't have seen in Dallas. When I'm nice to people, they are nice back. In fact, they seem to be even nicer! Not a single person has been rude to me yet. I've interacted with about 30 so far. I had my tablet with me in Whole Foods, which led to me entertaining three people with it, one of which I had an extended conversation with. Michael was his name, and he works at a library in the city. Overall, I've found people here in NYC to be incredibly normal and friendly. It's like they say: "Smiles are the universal language".
I spotted another familiar sight on Tuesday, near The Leo House:
Home Depot! I was talking with someone about it recently. Maybe Jesse. He found it really funny that there is a Home Depot in Manhattan. Rumor has it, they didn't bother to put in a lumber section.
There are water towers above most of the buildings in town. The Big Onion tour guide said they are there because it's tough to keep water pressure pumped up to rooms in tall buildings. It's easier to steadily pump it into the water towers, and then let gravity work its magic when people turn on the faucets.
A chance encounter. I've heard about Big Apple Greeters for years. I tried to get one last year when I visited, but no one was available at the time. Anyhow, pictured above is a Big Apple Greeter (on the right) who was welcoming a couple of tourists at the Leo House. She talked for about 20 minutes straight without taking a breath. The guy looked like he was about to pass out from listening for so long! I don't know if she just had that much to share or if she was talking out of nervousness. Either way, it was cool to actually see a Big Apple Greeter. I guess I'll never go on a tour with one of them, because at this point I know a ton about the city's basics already.
I hopefully will have another interview today, and from the sounds of the phone interview, it will be a shoe-in.
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