Some sights and sounds of a holiday:
- samovar-shaped boxes of chocolates at Net Cost Market on SI
- tourists lined up three deep on the observation deck of the ferry taking flash pictures of the Statue of Liberty at dusk (enjoy your shots of the backs of peoples heads or the overhanging roof)
- many inflatables and holiday lights everywhere, including one house that had its own low power FM station (sadly, we passed that one during the day when everything was shut down)
- SITA SINGS THE BLUES on the big screen at IFC Center on 6th Ave & W 3rd. Formerly known as the Waverly where I went many times back in ye olden days
- "Cranial Crunch" quiz program on SI cable featuring high school or middle school students
- old school SI (rolled thru several old haunts, including the neighborhood where my cousins lived when were all growing up) and new school SI (lunch at awesome Sri Lankan restaurant)