Times Square

This is the Chrysler building. I had to take a picture of it because I can see it from my apartment.
Times Square. You can see the "pens" the police use.
The Toshiba Tower, from which the ball descends. The ball was not up, so I didn't get a picture of it.
There is some dude outside sitting on his horn. I hear other horns interjecting as well..I think they are trying to communicate. Some kind of Morse code, perhaps. I think horns in NYC need to come with a time limit. Only a total of 60 seconds of horn for every 15 minutes of driving. Or maybe after 60 seconds the car will flash cute kitten pictures until the driver calms down. Dude, if they didn't hear you for the first 60 seconds, they probably won't hear you for more than that. Horns are not anger management tools. If you don't like the traffic, get a bicycle and lose some pounds. I am not sure how I manage to sleep through this.

I made it down to Times Square to check out the New Years set up. Every year about 1 million people gather to see the big ball drop at midnight. The police are so strict with security that I don't see the attraction in attending. At 3pm the police start to corral the crowd into "pens" starting in the middle of Times Square and then moving out. People may leave a pen, but can not go back in. By midnight they have most of the crowd closed up. Now, no alcohol is allowed, no backpacks, and there are no restrooms. That is half of the essentials of life canceled out right there. No way I am going to wait nine hours with no booze to see the big ball drop. I will do much better celebrating at home.

I went shopping down on 42nd street for a suit. I didn't by anything, but if you are the type who wants to go to every store and see everything in the store, you will never come home from downtown Manhattan.

I don't know if this happens to others or not, but for some reason people pick me out of the crowd to ask directions. Is there something about me that says "helpful" or what?

Happy New Year everyone!