Monday, September 15, 2008

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

A New York moment from Saturday: I see a man descend the stairs down to the Borough Hall subway station. He encounters a police officer, has a conversation with him that I can't hear, and then turns around. As I meet him on the stairs, I ask him if they're turning people away.

He looks me up and down and says, "Only people wearing long sleeves and no socks."

I always thought that was a made-up rule, like "no gin-and-tonics after Labor Day." Besides, I'm not about to wear socks with pumps.

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