After bank & pharmacy, I came across the free #TagSale folks in front of the 10th Ave clinic like before (I won’t use Meta so don’t see their invites on Facebook anymore).
They were breaking down & let me help. Two trips with the cart to donate around the corner.
Second trip was not too bad although much heavier, bc they were watching my coat scarf & purse.
They took my email so I can get word. Next one is *Sat morning May 2*, ends at noon I think. At the #clinic on 10th/ 46th. 2/?
#FreeStuff

Beautiful day. Got chow at the Amish, sat outside at the perfect table, got the Batman shadow signal on my bat-table.
Decided to get dessert next.
Sooo many choices - depends on how picked over Amy’s Bread is…
Decided on gelato.
3/?
#NYC #gelato #sunny #Saturday

Gelatoville does carry fruit base gelato, I was patient. For years I’d ask, & eventually got an employee who taught me what to ask for: fruit flavors w no almond milk (almost everything has that in it). These are virtually fat free.
They also have a child size (one flavor only, though), which they don’t advertise, only $6-something with tax. They had mango (slimy), raspberry (ick), pineapple (tasted weak), & strawberry, the winner.
4/?
#sunny #Saturday #adventure #midtown #gelato #waffle #cone

Next, I came across a #Mamdani #pothole patrol! In the first picture, a man fills a pothole w asphalt from the truck while another sets up orange barrels. Then I missed him using a broom w super long bristles to sweep the asphalt over the hole & begin tamping it down. Next, he gets the watering can filled w liquid tar, while a third guy tamps down the #asphalt. As he pours tar around the outside edge, the truck starts moving! Poof they disappear, dragging barrels behind.
Quite the spectacle.
5/?

This weekend I came across:
>Young bearded man in black t-shirt letting his girlfriend wear his jacket. She held it on as a capelet, its sleeves dangling.
>Man walking his white haired dog. It wore a black jacket-leash-sign with white letters on both sides: DEAF DOG.
>Stones as checkers, Free Luigi sign.
#NYC #Manhattan #midtown #NewYorkCity #pizza #place #takeout #people #watching #FreeLuigi #drizzle #sidewalk

A neighbor on my block has swapped out these flowers recently and they’re super happy here.
#BloomScrolling #NewYorkCity #NYC #midtown #Manhattan

Midtown restaurants really want your money LOL the rental places must be making a handsome profit these days.
Went off to get pics of the #EveryoneHatesElon inflatable in #TimesSquare ,
Came across these timely tributes…
#NYC #NewYorkCity #WorldCup

There’s a tongue twister to be had here.
The soccer balls adorn Lillie’s,
After Miss Lillie Langtree who languished lasciviously etcetera.
Still hoping that Times Square has the (evil) goods - #PresidentMusk protest installation.
#NYC #midtown #Manhattan

#TimesSquare cannot disappoint. But my search for the #inflatable, #ketamine-tattooed #Elon came up empty. It was permitted for the #stock going public then went back to hot air.
Other rewards were available however. A couple shows are celebrating anniversaries and have displays and promotions (cameos in Book of Mormon).
#Broadway #Spacex #Grok #ChildPornGrok #PresidentMusk #EverybodyHatesElon #EatTheRich #NakedCowboy #BookOfMormon
https://www.wired.com/story/massive-effigy-of-elon-musk-raised-over-times-square-to-protest-grok/

Street fair!! 8th Ave, 52nd to 42nd! Lots of jewelry, hats, but also dumplings, sugared fruit, aqua fresca, mozzarepa…
Plus, the Whole Foods is open in the old CVS, 50th/ 8th! It’s jam packed inside, with 7 foot shelves. Got a cold, berry, hard cider for three bucks.
#NYC #midtown #Manhattan #sunny #Sunday

Alright, checking out a new spot, with outdoor seating!
*by & by* on 10th at 45th - just down from my pharmacy. (Scruffy Duffy’s is on this block.)
Sliders (lamb!) and a beer, $17 bucks, can’t beat the price -
EDIT: offered a free beer for the wait; the lamb sliders are worth your patience! Good char, and the lemon whipped feta is amazing.
#NYC #midtown #Manhattan #HappyHour #HappyFriday #MillerTime #MuellerTime #BobMueller #RIP