I published several New Leaf Journal articles on the subject of the relentless abuse of the word like. My first four articles on the subject were inspired by things I overheard while walking around Brooklyn. I was walking in Manhattan near the Winter Garden the other day when I heard a woman talking on the phone. I recorded the quote contemporaneously in an SMS to my good friend Victor V. Gurbo (good thing I did since I installed a new OS on my phone a few hours later without saving the message): “But like, I was like, whatever.” That’s even worse than like… and like… yeah… Oh yeah? Well I was like I’m going to like save this quote and like literally start a new series like, on my like website,
Tag: manhattan
Learning that Bloomingdale’s is Part of Macy’s
Back in 2021, I wrote about walking around Manhattan with a friend to see cow statues. One of the cow statues was in Bloomingdale’s. In the post I explained that I had previously not known anything about Bloomingdale’s other than the name. In a recent Washington Times report, I learned not only that Bloomingdale’s is owned by Macy’s (I went to Macy’s many times when I was younger), but also that Macy’s owns something called Bluemercury. What is Bluemercury? Beats me.
Brooklyn Bridge Clear of Vendors
Nicholas A. FerrellThe Gothamist published an article on the push to ban street vendors from the magisterial Brooklyn Bridge. I am 100% in support of banning street vendors from the Bridge. But vendors said there are not many legal spots where t...
I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time since New York City evicted all of the vendors and panhandlers a few weeks ago. I fully supported clearing the Bridge for pedestrians just like I previously supported removing the bike lane from the walkway. However, I was skeptical that New York City would follow through. I can happily report that I saw no vendors or stands on my two walks across the Brooklyn Bridge on the afternoon of February 6, 2024. Despite having a decent number of pedestrians, both walks were easy and painless (save for the one guy twirling around with his “selfie stick”). Moreover, I only saw one illegal bike on the Bridge. There were a few cops (first time I have seen cops on the Bridge since early 2020), so that may also be helping.
While I did not take pictures of the walkway, you can see the Manhattan skyline and Freedom Tower from what is close to the Manhattan off-ramp at about 1:40 PM.