Category Archives: Everyday
Office On the Go
For many folks nowadays, your iPhone and any old bench in the City is your office. Another in a series of everyday life in New York. Click on the photograph for an instant view of a larger and more detailed … Continue reading
The Broadway Median
Originally, there used to be a walkway all the way down the center of Broadway where it passed through the Upper West Side. Now, it is planted with trees and benches at the crosswalks provide a favorite place to sit … Continue reading
Eats
Traditional supermarkets, most of which were fairly shoddy places and will not be missed, are fleeing from New York City in droves. Instead, many folks are now ordering online from Freshdirect and other suppliers, leading to a new class of … Continue reading
Apple Store
Another in a series of everyday life in New York. Click on the photograph for an instant view of a larger and more detailed image.
Mini Mexidog
Dogs, dogs, everywhere. Particularly the tiny ones which Mexicans love. A preference that perhaps would improve New York instead of the massive megacanines that seem to be the favorite there. Thanks to this one in particular for posing so nicely.
Colors
Most of the visitors from Mexico City have now returned home, so the flower sellers are taking it easy for a while. As always, wonderful colors.
Number What?
This house on Relox, in San Miguel, is typically Mexican in every way. Narrow as it is, it has two front doors. Better still, it has three addresses, the doors numbered 18 and 18A, and the house number, between the … Continue reading
Pretty Clever
As a wayfinding professional, I am impressed by these two sorting out the streets of San Miguel at this early age. Sticking out your tongue of course always helps.
From the Campesino
Our street ends in a small square, or rather triangle, where the buses stop and Insurgentes lurches to the right. An ideal place for folks from the outlying campesinos to bus in and sell fruit, vegetables, flowers, and all manner … Continue reading
The Sidewalks of San Miguel
San Miguel de Allende is famous for its narrow sidewalks, the standard width being about two feet. But even that doesn’t help very much as sidewalks here are basically just a zone for accommodating steps, utility poles, and garbage. You … Continue reading