Stickers are the new graffiti, and they cover every postbox and lamp post and whatever the thing in the above pic is. They also seem to change every time I’m here. Do they get removed? Do they just fall off due to weather? And who’s applying them and when?
Almost every street corner in Manhattan has one or more food trucks or carts. Down near Times Square the proliferation of these is incredible: I counted nine in total at one intersection. I buy drinks from them sometimes, but in all the years have never bought any food aside from the sugared nuts.
I sent loads of postcards this trip, since I had been ‘saving up’ Postcrossing cards. I think over 40 went into mailboxes during the past three days. I also bought over 100, many of which cost only $0.10 each!
The above statue had a matching friend on the other side. It’s a clever illusion, but I thought the pallet he was standing on was best since it’s also painted metal (I think).
Times Square is full of people – usually middle aged Hispanic women – dressed as Disney/Marvel/Minions characters who will pose for photos with you for a price. Yesterday on the subway I saw a lady in a Pac Man ghost outfit, with the head off, no doubt heading to work 🙂
I had fun these few days in the city. I already look forward to the next visit at Kristin’s birthday.