There were two lines outside the Carnegie Deli, a longer one for sitting and a short one for take out. None of them moved. And yet, despite the cold, everyone waited patiently in anticipation. I decided to pay my respects to this NYC institution, which is about to close for good at the end of the year, by ordering online.
December 3rd, 2016 – 7th Ave &55th Str.
Just when I thought 2016 is about to end – at last – and leave us in peace to pick up the pieces, these news reached me simultaneously yesterday afternoon: the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was confirmed dead after he was shot at an art gallery in Ankara, an event that sent shivers down the spine of the world on account of Russia’s and Turkey’s relations, now more volatile than ever in view of their respective Syrian agendas; it was quickly followed by another shooting incident outside the U.S. Embassy in Ankara; three shot and wounded in an Islamic Centre in Zurich; ten shot dead in the popular tourist destination of Karak, Jordan; twelve dead and fifty wounded in Berlin when a truck was driven into the crowd at a Christmas market; and part of Schaerbeek in Brussels was on lockdown following a major security operation by police.
Not surprisingly, this was how the ”most viewed” list on the Guardian (international) looked this morning:
Dominated by some of the attacks in all – but one – cases: at number nine we read that Delhi mascots will blow the whistle on public defecation.
Well, as long as there’s still hope…
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Hope Sculpture by Robert Indiana is on 7th Ave & 53rd Str.
December 3rd, 2016
It must have been the coldest evening yet and it made me wish I was wearing boots and a warm hat. The 40° sign behind the giant Christmas lights is my witness.
Avenue of the Americas
December 8th, 2016
Walk with a view that made my heart sing. Available all year round. The Christmas lights are incidental.
December 8th, 2016
December 8th, 2016
… Tree?
December 8th, 2016
Avenue of the Americas
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Under the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
December 8th, 2016
With its very own lighting ceremony, dedicated wikipedia page, popular ice-skating ring, devoted fans and proud history, the Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center is as awesome as it gets.
29 m (94 ft) high
50.000 lights
December 8th, 2016
The City is in a festive mood, all set for Christmas.
The show will go on until January 2nd.
In the interval, let us simply enjoy life.
Here it is, going by.
December 8th, 2016
5th Avenue
The ”Land of 1000 Delights” is made of candy and lollipops and the brightest colours and the Nutcracker and a light show and music and it will bring you joy and fill your heart with warmth and Christmas – but only if you walk by on a weeknight, preferably a very cold one. That sugar puff dream will turn bitter on a Saturday evening when thousands more will follow the very same destructive idea and join you to form a massive human wall. So, stay out of trouble, be constructive and avoid the masses: go on a weeknight instead. Light show goes on every 10 minutes, 5.00pm to 11.00pm until January 2nd.
5th Avenue
December 8th, 2016
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