March 2011
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Puss and Boots
Being a Native New Yorker, I have definitely seen my share of homeless people. It is hard to witness, but unfortunately, we do all get used to it. We basically walk right over homeless people, without thinking. But, once in a while, we do give - and once in a while, we notice someone. We are affected by a face, a story, or in my case, someone with a cat. (I admit, I tend to give money to...
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Drunken Damsel in Distress
I was walking my dog at 2 in the morning and saw this barely dressed drunk girl stumbling down the street in the bitter cold. She had just been kicked out of Webster Hall for being underage and her friends had abandoned her, she was very upset. I did not think this was going to end well, so I invited her to my apartment to call her mom to come pick her up. Her mom came, crisis averted!
- Susannah...
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Helpful Doorman
I was parking on a Manhattan street, shocked to park almost directly in front of the building I was visiting. I attempted to leave enough space behind me for another car— the doorman came out of a nearby building, and advised me to take up the whole space, that someone would only block me in — that it had happened to him yesterday. (There was only room for another small car, and hardly...
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You Seem Honest
Today an older man at the bus stop asked if I’d fill his Metro card for him. He had a cane and couldn’t make it downstairs to the MTA vending machine. He gave me $20 saying, “You seem honest.” I filled the card, he thanked me and I thanked him for trusting me. It was such a simple lovely exchange of trust and kindness. I felt like good energy was shared between me and this...
July 2010
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3000 Smackers
I found an envelope somewhere that had two checks for $1500 inside written out to a lady, so I mailed them to her with a note and she texted me to thank me. Kinda boring, but I know if I were on her end, I’d have been majorly upset if I lost $3000.
- Eliot Glazer
Not boring at all! Amazing! Reminds me of the time I dropped my driver’s license in Times Square (Times Square!) and...
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Free Cab Ride
I was trying to hail a cab, rocking the homeless chic look, carrying a bunch of bags. (I feel like women with lots of bags have lots of baggage. Myself included. The day I carry one very small purse I’ll know I’ve “made it.”) Anyway - a cab driver stopped, and I launched into this big story about how I had to get to Queens but I only had $18 left on my debit card, so...
May 2010
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Spare some change?
Over a decade ago, I was spending the summer in NYC during college vacation. One night, I hopped on the bus. To my chagrin, they did not accept bills, and I wasn’t carrying a metro card. The bus driver was unhappy but started moving the bus, because he didn’t want to hold everyone up. Completely embarrassed, I turned to everyone on the bus and asked if anyone could spare some change,...
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“Oh, I took care of it.”
Last June, I celebrated my 30th birthday in NYC. I had just flown in, and went to a little Italian place on 9th Ave. called Cascina. I was alone, and the place was small and cramped, so a couple was seated next to me. I could hear everything they discussed, as the woman was literally about a foot away from me on the same bench. They began discussing Broadway, and the show they were about to...
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"Well, if this is how I'm going out, at least I...
Around 2 years ago, I drove in from Jersey for a friend’s birthday dinner on a Friday night and parked on 14th St. We did start with dinner but then decided to go sing karaoke followed by drinks at a third bar which we stayed at til close. When I got back to my car it was after 4am and it was gone, my cell phone was dead and I sat on the curb to have a smoke, cry and try to figure out what...
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"Connecticut? Follow me."
I’m driving back to Boston around 6:30 am and of course get lost trying to find 95 North (I’m a little challenged). I’m stopped on a bridge on the edge of Manhattan and ask the guy in the car next to me how to get to Connecticut. He’s about 20 and maybe of Latino/Italian descent in an old school tricked out Oldsmobile. He said “Connecticut? Follow me.” So I...
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Why Be Nice New York?
Because it’s too easy to think everyone in New York City is a mean, awful, scary person. Because we all need to be reminded of our humanity. Because I found a little grey purse with black trim from New York and Company in Union Square park with nothing in it but a few maxi pads and a cell phone, and when I turned that cell phone on, the wallpaper was showing a picture of a 13-year-old girl...