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Category Archives: Grand Central
100 Pennies For Your Thoughts
A few times a year, the sawed off paper cup I use to hold loose change at work turns into a swarm of brown uselessness, the fine silver fished out for the candy machine, leaving a worthless batch of begrimed pennies. … Continue reading
Posted in 6 train, Grand Central, Park Avenue South
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After the Flood
The Great Late Winter Super-Soaker has come and gone, leaving us with a wet basement for the second time this week. Well, Little G and Little Miss C have been moaning about still wanting to be in the Bahamas ever … Continue reading
Posted in Grand Central, Park Avenue South
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Cereal Killers Hit GCT
Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Hall was home to a giant breakfast this morning. The western half of the hall was filled with long communal tables, with passers-by invited to pop in for breakfast, complements of Kellogg’s. Of course, as it was … Continue reading
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She Bop
It was 5 o’clock on Friday, enough to put a spring in even a misanthrope’s step. But this woman was extraordinary. She was slim and white, with long, dark hair spilling out of a dark beret. She wore long leather … Continue reading
Posted in Grand Central, Park Avenue South
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City-Suburbs ‘Cold’ War
The culture war has hit the workplace fridge. Note the HA at the bottom, as if the suburban person suddenly got cold feet, and felt compelled to wipe away their boastful statement. That, or an urban interloper came along and mocked the … Continue reading
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Grand Central Getting an Apple Store?
One of the shiny, trendy Apple stores that give a neighborhood cool-kid cred might be coming to Grand Central, reports the NY Observer. Apple has started the ball rolling on opening such a store, though opening anything in a landmark … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Grand Central, iPhone, iPod
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Egyptian Grabs Trainswatting Title
While the news out of Egypt is pretty horrifying these days, Egyptians had reason to smile when one of their own, Remy Ashour, took the squash Tournament of Champions title inside that plastic squash court you saw in Grand Central … Continue reading
Big Chase, No Kill
Attractive woman sashays down the ramp to Track 29 yesterday. She’s slim and black, well dressed, and carries herself with a certain elan. (Ever since watching Chris Rock’s clever documentary…Rockumentary?…on black women’s hair, Good Hair, I can’t help but think … Continue reading
Posted in Beer guy, Grand Central
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Cold, Wet and Miserable–Welcome to the Working Week
Ain’t it always the case–you get away for a few days, and come back to a horrid commute. The morning walk to the train was an awful, frozen mix of rain and snow and slush and ice–it brought to mind … Continue reading
Posted in Grand Central, New Haven Line
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