The Manhattan Project
Tuesday I decided to look around Manhattan. First stop: Apple Store SoHo. You don't really see much from the outside, except a hanging Apple sign. But inside it's all white and glass. I look around for a while at all the products they have.
Tami gives me a call and arranges to meet up for a get-together later on that night.
Time to eat something. There are a billion kosher restaurants in the city, but I keep going to the equivalents of the fast-food ones. I just can't do anything classy alone.
I looked at my watch. It's 1. I wanted to catch mincha/ma'ariv at OZ at 4:20, to see what that famous shul looked like. Since I had time to blow, I started walking north on Broadway from 37th.
The wind was blowing, but it wasn't bad as long as I was walking. That's something I've noticed here. It's cold, but that's no big deal. But it's constantly windy. Why is that?
I passed Times Square, Columbus Circle, Lincoln Square. OZ is on 95th, and I got there at 3. Too early. Plus I'd drank too much and needed to find a restroom, and there were none around. Wait! There were some in the visitor's center in Times Square. It was only 3, so I went for it.
Hop on the B, downtown to the 1, exit Times Square. Where is the visitor's center? Looking, looking, realized that I'm probably not going to make it back for the minyan. Finally I just run into the ToysRUs, use their facilities, and start running back to the subway.
Mind you, I'm already tired from all the walking. But I caught a train, went back uptown, and was only five minutes late.
After that, I've got some time until I have to be in Queens (KGH). So I went back to Brooklyn, where I'm staying, and lit candles. Then I headed to KGH. Delays on the F meant that I missed the class that I was aiming for, but I ended up placing a few phone calls that I needed to, and talking to some people.
By the time Tami got there and we got to the gathering, it was 10:45. I stayed and talked for about an hour, but then I had to go. Back home, and I staggered in the door at 1:20 and collapsed.
Comments
Most cities with sky-scrapers are windy because of sky-scrapers. Air moves quickly down their sides, creating strong winds. In large cities in Japan, they are building new large buildings to help break the wind with open sections in the middle of the building and other techniques.
Posted by: Gordon Worley | December 15, 2004 9:50 PM