christmas eve in new york

[tourist_city]

   real new yorkers have made a decision to stay home today but i came into work.  subways are almost empty, and the trains themselves are on a holiday schedule.  i got a seat even though it was rush hour.  i ate an orange and nobody was there to get sprayed by the juice. i think the skyscraper i'm in has me in it only. i'm used to being surrounded

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[tourist_city]

I wonder what you'd like to do here? Tell me and I'll go in search of, and report back.

[tourist_city]

interesting... as you were writing I was preparing for dinner with an old friend who opened a language school, Global English Academy. She told me that she and her partners treat their students like family.

A favorite holiday movie is 'Shop Around The Corner' from Budapest. Is Hungary now pessimistic? There are so many people, even here, who are handed a rose stem and see only the thorns, or worry about the thorns, or are pinched by the thorns yet hold a fragrant silky rose flower.

Look around you for joy and light, and there you will find a path out, maybe to come here for awhile, maybe to make your own place zing and sing.

[laura_seabrook]

is it snowing there?

[ba1126]

Isn't it strange to be in such a place that's usually 'humming' and see it nearly empty? The spontaneous carol singing would be nice. I have to settle for singing the harmony to Xmas songs on the radio. Have a Wonderful Christmas!

[tourist_city]

snow? soon we will have snow, snow, snow...