Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It is a lovely day and I planned on discussing my trip into New York City to see an exhibit of Rembrandt etchings at the Palitz Gallery at 11 East 61st Street in Manhattan. I can tell you about the trip but not the etchings as I never actually got to see the exhibit. And while I like to walk, I think I must have walked about 80 blocks today and it was a warmish day. The paperback book that I had in my back pocket needed to be dried out when I got home.
I planned on visiting Trader Joe’s and buying nuts, then proceeding to the Gallery. I looked up Joe’s on the Internet and found the address of the store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, which is on Broadway, then entered the address into my street locator which told me it was at 74th Street. Great. I walked up to 74th Street from the Port Authority and did not find the Trader Joe’s. I even continued another block to 75th Street as the street locator is not so precise but there was no store. I was frustrated but what could I do. I then walked down from 75th Street and Broadway to 61st Street and Fifth Avenue where I discovered that the Palitz Gallery was closed. As the sign outside, as well as the Internet, all said it was open on Saturdays from 11AM to 4PM and it was 11:10 AM I was nonplussed. I rang the bell and waited, although looking through the window in the door it was clear that it wasn’t open. After a moment a man walked out and I queried him about the gallery but it turns out the building is also a hotel and he was a guest and knew nothing of the gallery. I walked away in search of a pay phone as I am still holding out against getting a cell phone. There are still many pay phones in New York City. Of course the majority of them no longer work. I was heading for the 57th Street and Sixth Avenue Subway entrance so as to take the F train to 23rd Street so as to proceed to the Trader Joe’s on 22nd Street, a place that I know exists as I’ve been there. I stopped at a pay phone, picked it up, heard silence and decided my visit to the Gallery would not take place today. I continued on to the subway entrance, walked down the stairs to the turnstiles and found a notice posted. No Downtown trains at this station. Well, as Dana Carvey used to say, isn’t that special! Remarkably frustrated at this point I continued my walk and entered the subway at 50th Street. When I was checking out at the Trader Joe’s I asked the clerk where the store was located on the Upper West Side. He said 72nd Street and Broadway. So I had walked right by it. When I said that he said that it was easy to miss as it was not a large storefront, just an entranceway into a space that was actually enormous but two flights underground. I hadn’t written down the actual address as I assumed it was half a city block like the other two stores in Manhattan that I’ve visited. That certainly didn’t please me either.
So I took the subway up to the Port Authority and caught the bus back to New Jersey, with nuts but no Rembrandt. When I arrived home, I pulled out the ad for the exhibit, which I had in in my pocket, so as to call the Gallery and ask them what had happened. Of course there was no phone number on it which meant that even if I had found a working pay phone I still would not have been able to contact them. So I went online and got the number and called them. A young man answered and when I explained what had happened he said that he had arrived late due to subway problems. Then he added that he thought he had passed me on his way to the gallery. He asked if I was the older man he saw walking away from the Gallery. When I said yes, he told me that he thought I had been walking away from the gallery and thought about saying something but didn’t. ______________________ As you can see, words still fail me. I just said thanks and hung up.
As always it was clear that events do conspire against me.
Hope everyone else had a much calmer Saturday.
Let’s wander over to Flickr and see who’s visiting us today.
Andy G.
My Halloween idea...Yes I'm a straight male ; )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78675062@N07/9605606144/ " Today I'm June"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50974572@N06/9604845520/ IMG_2063
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31591873@N04/9581908524/ The Disney Princesses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82129626@N00/9673475710/Mr. Dorothy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82129626@N00/9667927415/Will in his pretty pink party dress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41710855@N08/9845944194/ Tgirl Fashion; Baby Blues
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22813843@N06/9649850792/ Here to save the world, dressed like a girl!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50914151@N00/9615001756/ Candy spank
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99931654@N07/9623231276/ So the kids bought rob at an auction and dressed him like this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63301336@N07/9648992533/ 
Betty's Pub 20.1
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