Sam's Halloween

Last year he was shamed by having to wear a chicken costume, but this year, ah, that's another matter indeed. It's a real showstopper all up and down Broadway.

The Season of Lost Gloves

As a cold storm sweeps toward NYC and the temperature dropped all through the day yesterday, the season of lost gloves has begun. We saw the first -- full-sized adult -- on the sidewalk coming back to the apt from dinner last night. My guess would be hundreds more to be sighted on the streets and in the stores between now and spring.

T/Sweat Shirt of the Month

This one actually comes from outside Charlottesville, VA where we were apple picking with the Richmond family on a beautiful Sunday: "I'm So Far Behind, I Thought I Was First".

T/Sweat Shirt of the Month

You see some entertaining ones in NYC and they are often not obscene, so for as long as I remember or am interested, a recurring category starting here. This month's winner, which I can already declare even though I just saw it two days ago while ducked into Columbus Circle, waiting out yet another of the city's endless intense rain showers (according to official records, we've had 72.59 inches of rain/snow in Central Park in the last 365 days, with 58.44 since January 1.) before biking home, is a guy who walked past me with Donald Duck on his shirt, Donald in his familiar hopping mad pose, sailor hat flopping, and looking down at his butt. The caption: "Suddenly Donald realizes he never wears any pants."