lunch "break"

These guys were entertaining the lunchtime

crowd hanging out on the steps of the

 library one day this past week.

I hope they made a few bucks, because 

they were giving it their all!

big apple in bloom

If you wanted to sell an apartment on this

block, this would be the week to do it,

don't you think?  (And that's the library

in the distance—I've shown it to you

once or twice.)

here, kitty kitty

The two lions, by sculptor Edward Clark Potter,

in front of the NY Public Library have been loved

by New Yorkers and visitors since the library was

dedicated in 1911.  In the 1930s, Mayor Fiorello

La Guardia dubbed them Patience and Fortitude,

traits he felt New Yorkers would need during

the Depression. (This is Patience.)

book? what's a book?

It's the main reading room at the New York

Public Library, but I don't see anyone

reading—do you?