songbird's crazy world

My first effort at movie making:

So yesterday Drew and I headed into Manhattan to ejoy the charms of the city at Christmas. We boarded a Long Island Rail Road trai n the Polar Express around lunchtime.  I noticed that several of our fellow passengers were dressed as Santa, elves, etc.  Didn't realize it until later, but that was our first encounter with participants in this year's SantaCon . Our first stop -- a street vendor for a soft, hot pretzel. And look, he even has chestnuts! Next up, the windows at Lord & Taylor. You actually had to get on a line to see the windows. But you were entertained by piped-in Christmas carols and Salvation Army bell ringers. In fact, all of 5th Avenue was one big musical festival of Christmas music. At Lord &; Taylor, this year's theme was holiday memories of New Yorkers, and there were scenes of NYC Christmases past and present. Our next stop was Bryant Park, behind the main branch of the NYC Public Library. No photo of the library,...

Two years ago, when this blog was brand new, I posted information and photos about various Christmas displays in NYC. did it again last year. will do it again this year. we're going into Manhattan today to see The Tree (a/k/a the tree in Rockefeller Center), the sotre windows, etc. Photos will be posted shortly thereafter.

See this? It's the Colgate Clock. It's a landmark on New York Harbor, a relic from the days when Colgate Palmolive was headquartered in Jersey City. There's a walkway along the riverfront, it ends in front of the Goldman Sachs building, just north of the clock. And if you look south, past the clock, you see this: No wonder New Jerseyans think the Statue of Liberty should belong to them, not to New York!!!

 Remember when I posted about Double Check -- that I mentioned there was a similar sculpture called makeshift Memorial in Jersey City?  Mee t Makeshift Memorial .  He's part of a memorial to the 9/11 victims in Jersey City. The memorial is located on the Hudson River, across from lower Manhattan and the World Trade Center site.