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Red Bull and Blake. A heady combination.

Snowy Flag Basket

Some snow in the city. Patriotic evidence collection device in Cooper Square near St. Marks Place.

Little Mitten meet Little Glove

It snowed today. Two little ones will need new gloves or mittens for Christmas.

1. Found: One lost glove in 57th Street Subway station
2. Found: One lost mitten in front of Carnegie Hall

Last Stand for Newsstand

One of the last of the old style newsstands in the city. This one won't be around for long. Hopefully the new one won't be as crooked, though it is kind of charming the way this one leans over to the side. The shiny new ones are being installed at a feverish pace around the city. This old style one was located directly across from my house. I think I bought some candy bars there once or twice. It's been replaced with a brand new one.

Cemusa, a Spanish company, has a $1 Billion "street furniture" contract to replace all of the 330 newsstands, 3,500 bus stop shelters and 20 public toilets.

This photographer documented most of the newsstands in the city as part of her NYC Newsstand Project.

Ears Like Coke Bottles

A fashionable young man loitering in Times Square. He has Coca-Cola bottle caps lodged in his stretched ear lobes.

According to One Tribe Organics: "Stretching is not an exact science and should not be taken lightly. There is never any guarantee that your ears will shrink back up. If you are going to stretch, please make sure that you will be comfortable at that size as an old wrinkly person, and with having your children and grandchildren ask you why you have huge holes in your ears. "

The Phone is Tapped

A sticker on one of the few remaining payphones in New York City. It does makes you think for a second that maybe all payphones really are tapped. (Courtesy of the Patriot Act)

Sex in Times Square

Saturday night. Uncontrollable urges. Times Square. After midnight.

Marisa Tomei's Illegally Parked Graffiti Truck

A Graffiti Truck this afternoon on 6th Avenue. Illegally parked. The driver was listening to this song by the Human League from their Travelogue LP at an ear-deafening volume.

I know she doesn't own a truck like this, but it would be fun if Marisa Tomei drove this around New York City. Philip Seymour Hoffman could ride shotgun. They were both in the movie, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.

Blankets at Barneys

I saw some colorful cashmere blankets ($285) last weekend at Barneys that I really liked. I want one for Christmas. I like the colorful ones, but the super large, super expensive one ($4,100) is amazing.

A Man with a Plan

Bank of America. Times Square. Wednesday night.

Seven Pounds Screening with Will Smith

There was an advance screening of Seven Pounds (the new Will Smith movie) tonight in Times Square at the AMC 25. Afterwards, Will Smith and Rosario Dawson talked about the movie and answered questions from the audience for about an hour. It was a really fun event.

The Central Park Zoo

The Central Park Zoo is open year round and has all sorts of wonderful animals. Two of the most popular "guests" are the polar bears, Ida and Gus. There are so many great animals to see including 61 Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins, a Fairy Blue Bird from Southeast Asia, a Scarlet-chested Parrot from Southern Australia, Colobus Monkeys, three species of Tamarins, California Sea Lions, Red Pandas, Japanese Macaques, Mandarin Ducks, and Swan Geese.

No trip to New York City is complete without a trip to the Zoo, located in lovely Central Park. Since 1908, Central Park has appeared in over 240 feature films, making it the most filmed public park in the world.

Pictured above is the Arsenal decked out with green lights for Christmas. The Arsenal is the second oldest building in Central Park and was build between 1847 and 1851. It was designed by Architect Martin E. Thompson as a munitions depot for New York State’s National Guard and as a strategic position to deploy troops to the city, or to either shoreline. Over the years it has been used as a police precinct, a museum (the precursor to the American Museum of Natural History), a weather bureau and an art gallery. Today it is the office of the Parks Commissioner. It's located right in the middle of the Zoo.

5:30PM Graffiti Truck 4

Another one about to cross 6th Avenue. Too bad I only had my cell phone camera.

5:15PM Graffiti Truck - 3

It looks like today turned into Graffiti Truck Tuesday. They were spotted all over the city. This one was idling on 56th Street near 6th Avenue.

10AM Graffiti Truck - 2

A sharp looking graffiti truck with 12 tags moving Hwang's Meat down Park Avenue on Tuesday morning.

10AM Grafitti Truck - 1

A quick shot of a truck making it's way towards Macy's mid-morning.

Christmas Time is Calling

Christmas trees in front of 9 West 57th Street. Down the street, you can see the UNICEF Snowflake.

"The UNICEF Snowflake is a dazzling, illuminated crystal ornament that graces the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in New York City each holiday season as a beacon of hope, peace and compassion for vulnerable children around the world."

This year Rihanna was there for the lighting of the snowflake.

They're Magically Delicious

The last few weeks everyone has been so concerned about the economy and the election that they missed some rather huge news that totally slipped by unannounced....Lucky Charms has new hourglass marshmallow charm shapes!!! It's our favorite frosted toasted oat cereal with sweet surprises.

It's also a "good" source of Calcium & Vitamin D. Of course the intrepid staff at Quite All Right (moi and Mr. OJ) didn't miss it so all our fans across the globe can be well informed. We're taking orders for Christmas.

Whatever you do, please don't click on the last picture and blow it up huge for a closer look. You'll get dizzy and fall off your chair.

Obama in Times Square

Making a surprise appearance, Barack Obama just happened to jump in front of my camera in Times Square the other night. He appears to be drinking a Pepsi.

Subway Broadsheeting

This dapper bespectacled gentleman displays the proper way to fold and read a broadsheet newspaper on a semi-crowded New York City subway car. It's the safe and courteous thing to do.

Here are the four simple steps (courtesy of wikihow).

1. Fold your paper as soon as you get it, preferably before boarding public transportation. Fold it in half lengthwise, both ways. This will create a flexible, two-way crease. Then fold the newspaper back along the vertical crease.
2. Find your desired page by leafing through the paper, using the top corners. This takes up little space and provides for better handling.
3. Fold the left page back along the vertical crease. You will be able to read the outer columns of the left and right pages. To read the inner columns, fold both pages back along the newspaper's center crease.
4. Fold the paper half horizontally, into quadrants, for better handling.

I like newspaper reading even in the digital age. It's important to have your very own newspaper because I don't like to share mine. But if you ask nicely...you can have the sports section.

Suit Yourself

A superhero in red plaid and yellow ruffles was seen walking down 6th Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.

Wouldn't it be totally cool if he threw his backpack in the back seat, hopped in this awful bright yellow car (also seen on 6th Avenue) and sped off into Central Park?

So Cheesy

When you are just dying for some fresh mozzarella, rush out to Obika, the only mozzarella bar in New York City. It's conveniently located in the atrium of the IBM Building.

When I visited it seemed a little empty and wouldn't you know that I forgot to ask just how many types of mozzarella there are.

There are also branches of Obika in Rome, Milan, London, Turin, Kuwait City, Tokyo, and Fidenza just for my jet set blog readers from . . . Kansas City, Netherlands, Allston, New Jersey,Turin, Seattle, and Texas!

So just what kind of bars do they have in those places?

Not So Very Fresh Prince

A colorful Fresh Prince of Bel Air/Will Smith sticker seen on 56th Street in Midtown Manhattan. I have no idea what this "oops!" refers to, but I like the florescent colors.

Will Smith makes $20 million per movie and always incorporates the line "Aw, hell no!" into all his movies as a running catch phrase.

Blue Skies at Night

All points towards New Jersey.

57th Street Shuffle

These two were out for a little shopping and a stroll on a Saturday afternoon in Manhattan. I like the way they are walking in step, pretty much have the same posture and have fabulous fluffy coats.

The matching gloves are really excellent too. Top it all off with a purchase down the block at Bergdorf Goodman and a trendy designer purse. Extra points if anyone can identify the handbag.

House in the Window

Don't Tickle Me

An enormous Elmo walking through Times Square. I think he has a weird voice. His city vendor license is hanging from his neck.

Alcohol

Where you need to go when you need to get drunk. Somewhere on the East Side, I think.

Armored Vehicle

These trucks are all over the city. Men with guns and money are inside.

St. Marks Bookshop

The results of the presidential election reduced to a simple consumer item. Spotting sitting atop the cash register at St. Marks Bookshop.

Voting NYC

America speaks.

New York City has Trees

Autumn colors in Central Park.

Kayo Dot

Kayo Dot at the Bowery Ballroom on Sunday night, November 2, 2008

Two of a Kind

Vampire Zombies out for a night on the town.

Vampires drink your blood, zombies eat your flesh. I think by combining the two you get the most healthy combination. Nothing goes to waste.

Pumpkin

Halloween in the city.