The Adventures of NY.SUBWAY.GURL !

2010-03-11T18:57:00.000-08:00

Wow what a winter. Glad its over. I can live again....

2009-10-30T03:19:00.000-07:00

Love Fox5 NY..its the cams..best is the Sky Cam. Where else can you see the horizon of beautiful Ny and all its colors at sunrise or sunset. Thank you Fox5 NY!
Thanks for the News Stream too.
http://www.myfoxny.com/subindex/good_day_ny/watch_live

2009-10-25T18:01:00.000-07:00

I dont care if its raining or not. Pigeons, the best, my symbol besides the rat which I used to raise to sell to people that had snakes, although I kept one of the baby rats so when its eyes opened i was the only one who raised him.
Back to the pigeons of Ny...food yes, even in the rain, at the library, I've been saving all week breads, chips...they are happy...and me too. So what i am out in the rain, so what....its better and I am happier here than anywhere else..
I got stuck today on one of the trains..I think my anxiety got to me. I felt my heart in my eyes, my phone I could text but not call, so i text someone to check the news. and all i could see out the doors were 2 numbers on a wall. All was ok then the lights and train began to move again after 19 minutes. i felt so relieved. No one knows where i am , no one cares about where im going before or after ....i wish someone did. I miss that in my dearest friend that passed this earth 2 yrs ago.
I'm hungry, going for Japanese take out now..goodbye....

2009-10-17T16:15:00.000-07:00

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

I am a New York girl...

its the pigeons...sometimes they are alwyas there. they always count on me to thow food. i bring the food and feed the pigeons at the library. yes, there are signs posted not to feed the pigeons, but when i do, ya know for the only time in the week i feel wanted and surrounded by sound, feathers and all little beady eyes on me...I smile so much. I wish someone could photo me with them. its a sight.I cant explain too much how i feel when i am in Ny. its like a light inside my system that passion of existence like i have been to most of ny before, comfortable, the smells of exhaust, sound of subways, rats as big as puppys, and always a way back to where or nowhere. i have been in the lowest of all places and no one has bothered me. Depressed, crying outside , alone, no one bothered me. Was God watching over? sometimes i feel so alone ...and then i go to Ny. I am fine. its like a fix, like caffine in my bloodstreem, feeling the energy of the subway under my feet, imagination rising up off the track with the speed, then comming to a fast stop, squeel of brakes, crowded wondering if it stops can i breath with no lights, heart racing, people calm, selling candy, reading newpaper, talking, laughing, sleeping, alone i stand, riding the subways one after the other to anyplace and comming back the same way . Just ride all for $2.25.Loneliness is a silent death...

2009-09-12T18:12:00.000-07:00

Today was a great day in the city.

I worked with some great people today and even helped a kid i knew he was in trouble with something, but i got to his heart and he was calm, and told me his life in jail and now working as I wished him the best and gave positive energy. God bless you "Peanut".

I went to the IFC met a dear friend and while i was waiting for him, a youg woman with white daisys and big sidewalk chalk began to write the words FRANK on the walkway in front of the IFC. Then she began to sing a song! Yep a song of FRANK..that she for sure made up. So i watched while she held the flowers and sang with FRANK written in yellow chalk on the walkway. No one seemed to mind and the theatre workers had a good laugh. I stayed and was a mused!

My friend arrived so no more singing show...

Then off to Johns Pizza on bleeker and it was blazing!!!

I then ventured to Bleeker St to Christopher, was going to get my coffee beans but got distracted by the coolest watch no one else i know has.
I really enjoy talking with people in NY...I had the longest conversation with the sales man and know I made a new friend. Ya know some people are so easy to get along with and to talk with. We will be in contact and I did buy a watch with lights, knowing how i love things that light up...

Good day!

2009-08-22T04:48:00.000-07:00

LOVE NEW YORK, even after the rain in Times Square on a hot summer day!

2009-08-20T04:06:00.001-07:00

As we all know from past blogs and if you know me you know my passion for New York Subway items such as Metrocards and signs! I have a small room but I had to purchase the original MTA Subway round sign that was on the actual Subway Car!!! with a certificate! This is so cool! Heavy, as i have drywall and will need someone who knows how to hang this with this type of wall....my other signs will be comming into my room also.
As I have purchase this item, I really enjoyed viewing another artist work with the signs of New York! I will ask if I can link to them but until then, thanks for listening and its so great to have good people in my life.
Sending blessings today and everyday! Im off to the sunny day now!

2009-08-16T06:33:00.000-07:00

Life on the number 6 train!

DUDE! YO BRO! BRO! WHATEVER!

AARGH!!! a group of 8 20 year old men or boys??? dressed in suites on the subway. What a long ride this was and yes i could have moved, NOT, too crowded. They were going to a grooms party, as I overheard all the conversation. One guy said he was handsome because "DUDE, I'M FROM BRAZIL!" the other one "DUDE, IM MOVING TO MANHATTAN BEACH!" DUDE, YO BRO, WHAT A PARTY PLACE..."

Oh my God, make it stop with the DUDE, DUDE, BRO, and now the quiet one with saying his say finally a paragraph of WHATEVER!!!

So I began to count the times I heard (this was to kill time in the same crowded car) DUDE (18 times) BRO (13 times) WHATEVER (only 7 times)

Do BRO, and DUDE have real names? I began to think, maybe their birth name is DUDE and BRO or Yo BRO?

Annoying but I do love the subways. So it took me over 5 stop to say ADIOS Dude! Avoir BRO! Hey WHATEVER!

2009-08-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

A Strong Leader and Powerful Effective Speaker.
Mike Bloomberg has the power to captivate his audience with down to earth ,effective, yes also innovative with honesty with a sense of humor.

A thank you to Mayor Bloomberg !! I love what you do for New York. When you ran for your election years back I was on your campaign making calls and I know that you will be elected again! Very positive energy!

and everyone needs to sign the petition

http://www.mikebloomberg.com/community/group_details.cfm?groupid=900800

2009-08-11T19:16:00.000-07:00

I am so very thankful that I can watch Fox5 New York online. Some ways its better because I can see the live updates and the Sky cam...for years since I was little (I remember watching Woodstock on WNEW) now Fox 5 NY, and rotten Comcast of Ct took this channel away after all the years on TV to replace with a Connecticut channel. ...I called Comcast and they blamed it on the goverment..yep goverment, yeah right....

So I am thankful that I can watch my favorite news chanel Fox5NY online..Thank you www.MyFoxny.com....

2009-08-11T19:12:00.000-07:00

YEAH new york....whats going on about these escalators..i wondered why they have been broken so long!

2009-08-11T18:50:00.000-07:00

2009-08-11T18:43:00.000-07:00

Its time for a change. I am so into the subways of New York. Always liked the speed and smell and architecture. I know in my other life if that was possible that I was something great in New York. As I walk around its like I hve been there before in certain parts but in reality I have not..I feel so safe all these years here.

so i dedicate my current lifestyle to the New York Subways and the adventures of me..

2009-06-25T03:41:00.000-07:00

June 25th, 2009

The End of Trashworship...I met Rolando in 2002 in a NYC park as an artist of recycled materials. I was facinated by his work and also it was like an artistic magnet that drew me his art and personality. We talked and I designed his website also some of the photographs...His art is with a purpose and with everyday items we find in the trash. One of the most creative people I know and now all must come to an end. Bullet Space in NYC

BULLET SPACE...C & D ON 3 IN THE LES...this is the END.

You are the best Rolando! I am so very honored to know you and your work! Thank you Rolando Politi (founder of www.trashworship.net)

2009-06-20T11:31:00.000-07:00

June 20, 2009

and the street fair goes on even in the rain. at 7th 46 to (more than 56th). Had to get the sausage and peppers but the man forgot the peppers but it was great anyway!

Oh and the Arepas! top of mine is at the bottom of the page, see it?

After walking in the rain with a Daily Newspaper over my head to keep out the rain, I loved walking in the rain in New York. Its like liquid sunshine....

I love the sidewalks in New York. If you are from New York do you appreciate all the spots on the sidewalk and what are those spots from. How could it be gum. That is an awful lot!

2009-04-26T05:35:00.000-07:00

New York with Connecticut People

Im back from New York and it was so hot there today. I went to a street fair then to the Village and had dinner at an Italian Restaurant with waiter service..I usually eat street food but now I am living it up! A real restaurant! It was small and dusty but the food was great!I found a church and went to service and it was in Italian.They roped off the pews and service started and I couldnt get out until endof servicebut I texted my friends outside &told them i was stuck in service so they waited andthen I lit a candle(cost me $1.00) to click a button to light the bulb that flickers like a candle under the saint. No real flame...then i left...and of course with Connecticut people that insist that we take a cab from Bleeker St and you cant get a cab there you need to go to 6th ave and even then its difficult but who listens to Speedy? Gee, Connecticut people I went with must know more than me?????LOL...so there they were trying to flag down a cab on Bleeker then on 6th...could not. As a black car stopped and asked where we were going the Connecticuct people answered Grand Central and the handsome man in the black car said he would take us for $20. So one of the Connecticut people that tried to flag down a taxi on Bleeker and 6th but could not take my suggestion of subway, said "Ok what do you think-yes?" I answered" NO YELLOW TAXI I WANT A YELLOW TAXI!!!" then I had a talk with the Ct person about strangers in black cars with no Taxi Id hanging or on licence plate to not get in the car...what are you @#$%^&* nuts? Once in the car, its up to the nice man in black car to take you whereever...DUH!
Gee, now the Ct people want to take the subway so off we walk, to the subway and now catch a taxi ...can you believe it...

and the ct person did not even give the taxi person a tip so I did then had a somewhat argument with that person who wrote me a letter this morning. OUCH!

stressfull when no one hears you isnt it?

2008-11-22T11:13:00.000-08:00

speedy

2007-09-23T06:00:00.000-07:00

San Gennaro and Vito Picone and The Elegants

September 22, 2007

I was prepared to go after work. Me, myself and I. Walking to work, started to rain. I only had a trash bag in my bag-as I always carry one in case it rains or I buy something big that I need to carry for blocks. But I needed something to protect my head from the rain so I stopped at the local trash cans on the curbs of the Chelsea streets and found a whole newspaper. It looked clean so I took it out and began to walk my 10 blocks to work with newspaper over my head and Tough Tight trash bag covering my bag because I did have my good camera in it. I was a sight, oh yeah, good thing I was alone at that point...I did get to work and my clothes were so very wet but I seemed to dry off while i was working and the rain stopped within 2 hours which made me very happy. So I began my mission to Mulberry St and hoped that I did not miss Vito Picone and The Elegants perform. They are one of my favorite bands from long ago. Just in case after the performance, I always bring a Sharpie Pen for autographs. I have met some famous people and am truely blessed to have worked with some.
I made it to San Gennaro and got Zeppolies (I probably spelled that wrong), a Chocolate Canoli filled while I paid and of course my sausage and peppers.
As I was walking I heard the music I loved and it was Vito Picone and The Elegants!!! and the photos I got (even with me in it, as I am almost never in any & always behind the camera, not this time, I handed it to a stranger, yes, I took a chance...)and autographs!!! I was so very happy and flying that I did not want to go home as of yet but also wished that I had someone to share this with.

I decided to get some zeppolies for later and a calzone. Out comes my trash bag! Ya know why right? I have to walk and carry the food, but it has lots of oil so the trash bag (not used for trash) is a great way to carry things...and this type is very fashionable with a red handle! Aren't you glad you were not with me????? LOL....if I did have someone with me I would have not stopped at the trash can to get a newspaper or even taken out the very fashionable trash bag...
Thanks for listening...
***Speedy

2007-08-02T06:53:00.001-07:00

Subway train with no Air.....
Riding packed sweating air then NO air...I sweated in places I didnt know I can sweat in mass quanity...at least it did not break down...and to watch some people sweat with beads down their face and neck it was truely and art form...
I have not been to Pier 16 for many years. So I went. Reminds me of Boston a little, very nice, only in NY will you see images that is not normally seen in other places....

2007-08-02T06:46:00.001-07:00

after a long time out. I lost my dearest friend, got bit by a dog, lost my housing and could not go to work due to bite for a long time. My life has changed without any notice 325 degrees. I was planning so much more but instead the Divine has planned for me something else and that is ok...i am back after a very long time...

2007-04-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

MANIAC ON THE SUBWAY.....

Number S train from Grand Central...pushing into the car when people were just getting out. MOVE MOVE i hear ...therefore I know that I should do NO EYE CONTACT with that person.

I am now in the same car as Maniac...she shouts out her name as Maniac "I am Maniac!!!" as she introdues herself to everyone. No one seems to care or do they? Remember No Eye Contact or it will cause a reaction I have learned.... So on she went singing and YELLING out "I AM A MANIAC!!! MY NAME IS MAAAANIIIIIAC!!!!!!!!!" ..."MY THROAT IS SOAR, ANY ONE GOT A HALLS?" and then the silence...even the guy with the ipod removed his earphones and looked at her for a moment...I held onto my pole in the car and it was a long ride. The train stopped at Times Square and she jumped up from her seat to race towards the door of the car as soon as it opened and ran out with eyes bugging out yelling "MY NAME IS MANIAC!!!"

Nice to meet you Maniac!

Defination of Maniac....
1.a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.

2006-11-12T09:47:00.000-08:00

Find it on EBAY!!!
I am still finding stuff in my storage bins...I found my first programs for 3-D...Poser and Ray Dream 5...from 1999 or even 98...wow...I cant find the manual for Ray Dream but someone on EBAY had it! I am so very thankful...I have other 3-d programs but for fun I would like to try Ray Dream again...its like playing Sonic games on the old Sega console...LOL....anyway if you are reading this from the Seller of the instruction manuel, Thank you so very much!!

2006-09-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

Like music in my head

San Gennaro New York 2006

One of the best times of my adventures for this summer. I still consider the nice weather a part of summer which is my favorite. I went with the MOB girls...we are all Italian or at least part of it (not really in the MOB but just call ourself that)...Food was great! ...Smiled the whole night back. And into this week.

part of being a photographer is seeing what others do not see. And sometimes in my photographs, I can see things that I did not see when I was taking the photograph...
I like expressions of people. I always ask first and never post without permission (unless its a public event etc..)
Enjoy! And look at the photos beyond what they are!

2006-08-17T05:48:00.000-07:00

Martha Graham Dance at Lincoln Center.Wow what a fabulous performance. I never saw a live show and before this have had no interest. Beautiful and graceful yet powerful. I would definately go again.
Free so we all got there at 5 to wait in line for the gate to open by 6:30. Man and he signaled his female friend in the LONG line to jump in front of us. So one of my friends spoke up about how long we were in line and how wrong it is to cut...Argue...but we got in the first row. Empty seats and crabby people. One took a seat from a lady with kids that happen to be standing up. She was right there and we all including the row told the lady to MOVE...finally she did...she tried to justify the seat not taken but the lady with the kid was right there standing...I think she was afraid of us all. Good that way when we are in a pact...
I had a great time!

2006-08-13T04:41:00.000-07:00

A 40 Point Guide to Peeing In New York by Ray Tempus!
I was walking around the parks today, saw a man with books, had to stop, his book he introduced himself as the author. I am honored to meet him and bought this book - autographed of course!!! Its wonderful! Every New Yorker should read this one!

2006-08-12T23:58:00.000-07:00

August 12, 2006..the parks ...Washington Square as I hear the voice that is familiar in the subway, and it is ...i wonder if he was famous in his day. Motown classics he sings and powerful. I think he was someone recording at one time in his life. ..In the circle a unicyclist and later a fire dancer. This is so very cool to be a part of. People everywhere. As I walk the street fair close by, the belly danceing people try to sell me an outfit. It is very beautiful, but just not me. Beside where would I go with this beaufiul out fit on...?

2006-08-09T23:51:00.000-07:00

August 9..what a nice night at the west side facing the NJ lights...ocean breeze and helicopters form in a perfect square overhead to the left where the World Trade Center once stood. Skateboarders and one was backwards on the planks...lovers there and non lovers, friends, police, saxaphone player, all ages just hanging out ....this is great. I dont want to leave. Why would I have to?

2006-08-04T18:44:00.000-07:00

It happened on Aug. 3, 2006...On the 100 degree plus days and there is no electric for almost 20 hours...I was in my apartment on the top floor. I always have candles and a flashlight in the apt and carry a small one with me. Its for those times i am in the subway and it stops and its dark and my heart beats fast ...I have fully come to appreciate electric for everything it does. Being up on the top floor of my building it was so hot that even the sofa felt like it was melting. I went to a friends place to cool off for a while my friend does not live in the same area and had electric to recharge my phone and stay cool.
Many thanks to Con-Ed for all their efforts to fix the problems. I really appreciate the workers in the extreme heat underground trying their best, and they did. Thank you.
What a relief it is today to have the electric. Today I am thankful for everything associated with electric and me not getting stuck in the underground subway.. ***Speedy

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2006-07-22T23:59:00.000-07:00

The Heat of My Eyeballs steamed up my glasses and left imprints of my eyeballs onto the glass. I am not kidding. Only to Speedy. I am the one that could burn out batteries in a watch . Some say that batteries click with your heart rate. What is mine?....

and here it is! My subway adventures in New York .

How I love the subways, and that is the truth. I am a collector of subway memories. I visit the transit store often. Have many tokens which i saved and now Metrocards I pick up off the street. Even my friends save me theirs now. I have 4 shoe boxes filled with used metrocards I picked up off the floor at subway stations. And yes i do run them through the scanner ...sometime I find a fun pass so I use it or sometimes a few dollars on the card. Alot are tourist that just drop the card on purpose. There is an art form to me on the metrocards and us collector know that.

Today was very hot like 100 degrees or more in the city. I had to work, so I took the C train to my stop when waiting on the platform, no air circulation. I sweated in places i did not know I can sweat in. Even sweat balls dripped off my chin, this sound impossible but even me going to the beach which i do alot of, I have never done this and one other thing...I had my sunglasses on most of the day. There was heat fog where my eyeballs are so I had to keep on cleaning the glasses...so much happens in the subway, well we are in the depth of the earth!

On the way back from work I stopped at Macy's to visit a friend and noticed on the 7th floor there is a McDonalds amist all the clothes, so Speedy had to go to that McDonalds for the adventure of saying I went to McDonalds in Macy's with all the cloths on the out side of the entrance...It's like a magical entrance to food and decor of happiness...and of course to get to the floor, I had to take the wooden escalator...how does anyone with a stroller get on those escalators? Well it happened and I think the lady was really sorry she did. I had to watch before I got on in case it stopped . But she held on for dear life as the wooden escalator asended into McDonald Heaven...

I decided to go to China town so again I take the subway to Prince st. I wanted to walk into China town. Subway adventure. No air intake at the terminal, not even circulation, HOT my glasses steamed up at the eyeballs, at the platform , that SMELL of bleach...how awful, people holding their nose (and I did too) with the heat and heavy smell of bleach . I was feeling not too well between not seeing due to eyeball heat and smelling bleach. Finally the train arrived, I got on and the smell was still in my nose, got off at Prince St. & the smell there at the station was cleaning chemical...what a day....again covered my mouth & nose and walked fast to get out...

I walked and it began to rain. I loved the rain right now. Summer, sun and coolness. Went to a Mall on Broadway with all Asian items. Loved it ....

I had a nice day, really, I do love MTA subways...and the energy of New York!

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2006-06-07T17:33:00.000-07:00

And I went to my favorite park to eat and enjoy the view of the buildings because i really like buildings. Whey is is when I am in New York I feel so very great that nothing can upset me. I am a different person with positive attitudes.
whats happening to the subways? I took the C train to work. Graffetti on the windeow, scratched in and wrote on almost all the windows. Two Weeks ago it wasnt that decorated. It's starting to look like the 70's again in the subway like in the movie "Warriors". and the MTA wants to take the conductors away and make the subway conductor computerized and install cameras because the vandelism appears to be happening ealry mornnig. Yegh, I was looking at the scratched letters each about 2 inches wide, who did it took time to scratch in the letter. It wasn't just on e stop and at various times.
I got a gift from my higher power. Today is raining lots. I dont won an umbrella. As you can sse, I like to my my rain hats on the street. http://speedysfast.com/nydrama/healthyfoodrain.htmI was in Grand Central to use the ladies room, as that is a free on ethat I dont have to be a customer and it always has toilet paper and that is so very important to anyone in case you dont bring your own and that I learned to do bring my own paper for the toilets because I am always o n the road and public bathrooms are well used by me. And of course the long distance I go on Amtrak-well needed. Oh yeah, back to "My Gift" As I closed the door of the bathroom stall there was a small umbrella hangin on the door. I asked myself if I should take it or turn it owver to lost and found. Well, i decided to turn it over to my lost and found and accept it as a dgift that I might need today. So I put it in my bag knowing that it probaly belonged to a tourist and they can buy antoher one on the street for $3 if it is not raining or $5 if it is raining. Funny how the price goes up with the same seller in a few minutes.
And in the 1st paragraph above as I was in Bryant Park eating a Steak & Cheese Hoagie, it began to rain and rain very hard too. I remembered I do keep a strash bag with me at all times, being a photogrpher it is necessary for weather purposes and i remembered that I do have the umbrella. So I used it! Thank you Higher Power for sending this gift!

2006-05-28T17:03:00.000-07:00

I GOT ANOTHER TATTOO!

I love it! The pain and color and design and knowing that this is a lifetime thing...I choose the Tattoo artist carefully, he has done my other tattoo and a beautiful bright design. Highly recommended! Last week I went to the NYC Tattoo convention but waited until I talked with "The tattoo artist" I wanted to work on me. Love it and am in pain and its big like 4 inches tall and for me that is big. Although one is larger than that and the others I have a small...I am so very excited!

2006-05-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

New York Tattoo Convention

May 20, 2006

Wow! What an event!! Very cool. I met the artists and got to talk with the famous
Shanghai Kate who did Howard Sterns tattoo and other famous people...I realize that she used to work in Chinatown and I remember talking with her to get one of my tattoos, not knowing who she was at that time until she showed me her portfolio, and I was scheduled to get one from her but it was in the year 2001 & the events of the World Trade Center sent her moving into Buffalo New York....It was nice to see her again!

The best was the Japanese tattoo artist...the method is different and after waiting for several hours I decided not go with that type of tattoo....

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2006-05-11T04:10:00.000-07:00

Mail received!
Well, this is a first! Opening my postal mail now I receive from 2 different Asian restaurants menus! I have never received any menu by postal mail until now. I will try one of the restaurant, the list of food looks great! Great idea & it won me over!!!
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2006-05-08T04:15:00.001-07:00

May 7, 2006
Shopping in the UNDERGROUND!

Wow! How cool that I can go shopping underground and it's so much cheaper. I was walking to the A C E trains from Times Square, and all these years I did not go into the stores there. I had some time before work so I went to the stores. Nice prices. I bought a shirt for $10 & no tax! I changed into that shirt and put my old one on the trash can so maybe someone could use it...This is so very cool! I was also impressed with Wall Street area where you can buy a tie, shirt, pens etc...all on the street and go to work. This is the fast way to dress and look brand new!

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2006-05-07T17:23:00.000-07:00

May 2006
I lost my earing ....I had these from the 90's just the right size and a part of me...just one is gone..how I dont know...maybe it jumped off and wanted to stay in new york...i feel a loss but it will be replaced...and another part of me might be in the subways of NY...my earing ...it has the energy of me..

2004-07-07T04:03:00.000-07:00

RAT POISON....June 27th at the PrideFest on Greenwich and Washington sets. Went to get some food. As I passed by one of the food booths and took out my camera to take a picture of what I saw as something that I would not see again & no doubt someone out there would not believe me, I saw a sign in back of the people cooking in the plant section that there was Rat poison ...But still people were eating on the cement ledge where the signs were ...What a photograph. But I was stopped by an irate man who did not want his photo taken although I was not taking the photo of him and he wasn't in the picture. So I put my camera away. What a photo. As a photographer, I do respect people if they don't want to be in the photo. ..http://speedysfast.comor post your comments!

2004-07-07T03:34:00.000-07:00

Nose Picker...June 27th on the way back to New York on the MetroNorth. Was with 6 friends. Left on the very early morning train. Going to the Pride Parade with friends from my old town that did not ever go...This parade is a show...Well the show started on the train when I glanced over to the man and woman in 2 train seats over only to find that the lady was turned towards the window and what was she doing. Well, her index finger was straight up her nose. Did the man she was with see her? Yes. What did he do? Nothing but read his paper. So seeing this I quickly notified my friends who were unbelievers by the actions of this woman...Now taking her finger out of her nose & looking at what she picked. Then repeated the procedure. Some of my friends were disgusted especially that early in the morning rest of us were laughing. And there she was for the 3rd time picking away...Good Morning New York! As our train pulled into Grand Central.....http://speedysfast.com

2004-06-09T07:10:00.000-07:00

THE CHERRY MAN.....
Doesn't everyone go to the grocery store and go to the fruit isle and maybe take a grape or even a CHERRY to try before you buy? There were no signs up that said "No testing the fruit before you buy" ...I was waiting in a long line to pay for my frozen foods along with the other item and also on a time schedule so I could catch a yellow cab back home and feed my guests. But there it was again. The flashing light at the register and a man yelling at the cashier. I counted, 8 people ahead of me too. I looked at the other lines and long, long, long. Security came over. It took 3 plain clothes people to say to this man. "You opened the pack of cherries and you must pay for them. Ring them up on his bill" They said to the cashier. So the cashier did. Then the CHERRY MAN said "I didn't open that. It was like that. You did it when you scanned the item. I didn't open anything." Yelling loudly. "Charge him for the cherries." said one of the plain clothes security men. "I am not paying for that or anything else." Said the CHERRY MAN. and began to walk out of the store past the security. Oh all the radios went off and police were called. 2 cars of 2 police each. By the time I changed cashiers and walked out, the police were outside talking with security...then a car drove up and parked in a NO Parking Zone! Out of the car gets the Cherry Man. Yelling at the police. (I had to watch this one from a distance) First the CHERRY MAN takes a cherry from the package. It was obvious that it was a finger hole in the package, then says he is not going to pay for that and blames the cashier. Security is called. He walks out. Police are called. Now the Cherry Man is turning himself in. And as I watched this from a distance. A police officer, not the ones with him, walked over to his car and put a ticket on it! What luck did this guy have today, all because of a tase of a CHERRY! I left in a cab and laughed. I know the CHERRY MAN did'nt know about the ticket yet. Wait until he goes to his car! What a day for the CHERRY MAN!!!

2004-06-01T07:39:00.000-07:00

ANOTHER SUBWAY DATE!!!!
I am so very happy! I met someone who is so very cool and from another no, not planet, but state. Good I do like the long distance relationships. So I met my date at the train station and now let the adventures begin...
OH I HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK NOW...BUT i WILL FINISH BY TONIGHT...PROMISE ...YOU GOT TO HEAR THIS ONE....SUBWAY DATE 2

2004-06-01T07:32:00.000-07:00

FASHION STATEMENT (this is part of SUBWAY DATE 2)
Here it is! Suddenly it began to rain while I was on my date and we were walking the street festival on Madison. So I had to step aside and watch people. I had a hat so I was ok. I saw an interesting hat too! It was made with a plastic bag. I saw one tourist search the trash can filled with ends of food for something to cover her head and she found a plate. I began to walk back to 42nd stree and while the people were walking fast a man riding a bike, wore a brown box around him singing while he rode his bike....I tell ya, the fashion in New York...Love it!!! and I really do. My date was having a great time! Had not been to New York in over 10 years. Now meets me and I can have more SUBWAY DATES

2004-06-01T07:12:00.000-07:00

THE MAN IN THE WHEEL CHAIR (this is part of SUBWAY DATE 2)
Ok, so I decide to take my date to the street fair on Madison Ave. I need a watch so I can tell the time to all the street people that ask me. This happens to me alot. Where ever I go, someone all most always askes for the time. I guess its because smoking is banned from alot of places and no one asks me for a light anymore. Do I smoke, only sometimes. Gave it up for years but that craving is still there. Oh, that is another post! The cost of cigarettes and the man on the street!
Anyway back to "THE MAN IN THE WHEEL CHAIR"...Yippee! I found some cheap watches!!! and the crowd that was there, I had to wait to get into a space to see any of the display watches. I finally get there and my date is with me. We found a small space (kind of like a space in a subway train in Ny!) to view the cool cheap $10 watches. I am in the process of asking if there was a deal to buy 2 to the seller behind the watches when I hear a voice say a few times and really sad...'CAN I GET IN PLEASE, CAN I GET IN PLEASE?" I turn around to see where this sad voice is comming from. It is an older man in a wheel chair. I felt so sorry for him. No one else turned around. I said "Sure, take my spot" and I turned to my friend to say "Let's come back" and I began to walk away..did you know that this MAN was now (by the miracle of watches!!!) was getting up from his wheel chair with both feet on the gound and proceeded to take my space. I was so not happy that I turned to my friend and said "LOOK!!! HE IS NOT CRIPPLED!!!" Then we both laughed and remembered the time I took a photo of a church with a man in front of it with a sign in cardboard and a milkcrate. The sign said "I can't walk, please help." At that time I was NOT photographing him but the church. He though I was and by the MIRACLE (Again it happened!!!)he got up and was yelling across the street (where I was) I want $5 for that photo...well that story is posted on my web I want $5 for that...Maybe it's my energy and I can cure people that are in wheel chairs and don't even know it!!!! No, I know I don't have that power...Not crippled, still laughing at this one...only in New York! I love it here and may God Bless!!!

2004-04-06T22:04:00.000-07:00

Damn virus...got it with all the security by Norton and firewall with Zone alarm etc...changed the registery and sent out spam emails with an attachment that was infected to people all over the world that I didn't even know....Well the computer is put back together now...and even better than before...thanks for listening!

2004-04-06T12:04:00.000-07:00

My burger was cut in half...why is my hamburger cut in half...I hate that when a restaurant cuts my sandwich in half...sounds minor but let me tell you, I am not a happy person when this happens...One restaurant I went to I ordered a Gyro and when I got it it was cut into 4 pieces..why? I did not send it back although I should have...and now another restaurant I ordered a cheese burger to go and I got it to the park...that is where I was eating and relaxing ...and I went to open the container and saw my cheesebuger cut in half....why? Now it was falling apart...I hate this...so now when I order something I always tell them NOT TO CUT MY SANDWICH IN HALF!!!! Thanks for listening and if you would like to respond, you can find the email address on my website...email me!

2003-12-19T03:12:00.000-08:00

Friday, December 19, 2003
Laundry Night!!!...What is it about the laundry places that people are so intent on getting that particular dryer or washer...I didn't know someone was waiting for the same washer that I put my clothes in...the person was not around...so I put my clothes in the washer and then put the money and then put the soap....Then an approach from a mean woman yelling "THAT IS MY WASHER! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 39 MINUTES!! WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE MY WASHER?"
My thoughts...what the heck..this is a public laundry place..and it was not even crowded...there were other washers..

Again I am a magnet for the nuts in New York...(yes I am one too, but not rude or mean)...]

Anyway everyone was looking...what I didnt know is that this person is a regular and has (as I was told by another regular) O B C (compulsion disorder) and maybe did not have her meds...

so I became the target....

I apoligized with a sad face..all I could do..she cursed and I just wanted to leave, but my socks were in the machine and I needed them bad...

So she went to the snack stand and got some candy and cakes...and began to eat them and talk to another person in the laundy place...

Good she now left me alone...thank you..I did my laundry without drying....I went to another laundry place and asked if anyone needed that particular dryer I was going to use....

I learned my lesson....and now I have clean socks!

# posted by rapido @ 2:52 AM

2003-12-19T02:52:00.000-08:00

Laundry Night!!!...What is it about the laundry places that people are so intent on getting that particular dryer or washer...I didn't know someone was waiting for the same washer that I put my clothes in...the person was not around...so I put my clothes in the washer and then put the money and then put the soap....Then an approach from a mean woman yelling "THAT IS MY WASHER! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 39 MINUTES!! WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE MY WASHER?"
My thoughts...what the heck..this is a public laundry place..and it was not even crowded...there were other washers..

Again I am a magnet for the nuts in New York...(yes I am one too, but not rude or mean)...]

Anyway everyone was looking...what I didnt know is that this person is a regular and has (as I was told by another regular) O B C (compulsion disorder) and maybe did not have her meds...

so I became the target....

I apoligized with a sad face..all I could do..she cursed and I just wanted to leave, but my socks were in the machine and I needed them bad...

So she went to the snack stand and got some candy and cakes...and began to eat them and talk to another person in the laundy place...

Good she now left me alone...thank you..I did my laundry without drying....I went to another laundry place and asked if anyone needed that particular dryer I was going to use....

I learned my lesson....and now I have clean socks!

2003-12-15T15:40:00.000-08:00

Fame...yes its true, you have it for a while...was it Andy Warhol that said "Everyone is famous for at least 15 mins out of your life"? I think so...In Oct. lots happened. My photographs were used for a website, yes, with my permission and one was published in a New York paper.

I was also asked to photograph some important people in New York and I did!

In November, I was quoted in the New York Times!!! WOW! and this month, I was asked to photograph at a press conference!

For the good that New York gives me, I give back 7 times of good stuff to help other New Yorkers and volunteer my time with people of need.

Thank you for listening and really listening!

2003-11-27T13:45:00.000-08:00

Tourist....They are back and that is a good thing for our dwindleing economy. I took the shuttle from Grand Central to 42nd st. ...In the midst of the HUGE crowd was a little girl maybe 7 yrs old????..I think she must have been so scared of all the tall people and when she looked at someone in the seat sleeping (yes, I had to check to see if he was alive- had some kind of dreul comming out the side of his mouth-he was breathing) The child said in a loud voice "It smells in here and is the man dead?" Moma, the tourist, said to the child, "Quiet, I will tell you later" I laughed...and yet for the whole almost 2 minute ride to 42nd st., the child asked more questions out loud and the best was when she was holding her nose and said "Momy it smells bad, I think its that man!!!" And again Mom the touist said " Quiet, we are here now..." I laughed...I think that Mom and family will be taking a cab from now on....

2003-11-23T17:07:00.000-08:00

World Trade Center Designs....Yesterday, Saturday, I attended a workshop on the 8 designs for the memorial in the New WTC. As you know, I have been working with different organizations in New York to help rebuild the WTC from day one and have attended most of the Public Hearings and workshops to help rebuild the WTC and helping New York City people.

I am also doing lots of volunteer work in New York City to give back the good things that New York has given me. My energy, love and committement with be a postive part in the rebuilding of the WTC and people of New York City.
Recently I was quoted in some of the New York papers and happy that one of my photos was published in a New York newspaper. The photo was not of the WTC or anything to do with it...I guess I need to ramble on ...so thank you for listening!

2003-11-23T17:01:00.000-08:00

Sing to the song of "I love New York!!!" My subway rides. Ok so I am on the number 6 train going to Brooklyn Bridge. It is so very crowded and I notice that people tend to look around at each other when the other one is not looking. Did you ever notice that? Door opens & the smell. But who is it from? Oh no, why me does this person have to stand next to or near? Because there is no more room in the train. The smell is powerful and fish-y..yes, smells like this person has been working in the fish market..so I begin to check out the outerwear and shoes...no sign of fish guts..but the smell. One guy was covering his nose & mouth with a hanky...all I could do is patienly wait till my stop with hopes that I too would not smell now just being near this person. And no, I don't. Thank God!

2003-10-22T05:24:00.000-07:00

Train Residue is Ruining Cars in Queens....ok so what is this stuff and where is it from?..."The mysterious liquid raining down from the elevated subway trains in Corona is certainly not mana from heaven."...and where exactly is this comming from?...."The rumble of the elevated trains over Roosevelt Avenue in Corona makes John Trigo and his neighbors take their cars and run for cover because for several months now the cars parked by, or driven under, the el have been hit with gobs of an unidentified chemical that eats away their car finishes.

“It’s not sap from a tree, I brought it to my paint shop, my car wash, nobody can do anything,” says Stephen Scharfstein, a local businessman.

“You can see it stripped the finish right off of the lacquor and the paint,” says another frustrated resident.

If you walk down the street or look at cars in the parking lots you see dozens marked with the rust-like lines and spots.

For the rest of the story, please use the link to CBS2.

2003-10-22T03:14:00.000-07:00

....Life is not measured by the breath we take but the moments that take our breath away.......

2003-10-22T02:46:00.000-07:00

Train Residue is Ruining Cars in Queens....ok so what is this stuff and where is it from?..."The mysterious liquid raining down from the elevated subway trains in Corona is certainly not mana from heaven."...and where exactly is this comming from?...."The rumble of the elevated trains over Roosevelt Avenue in Corona makes John Trigo and his neighbors take their cars and run for cover because for several months now the cars parked by, or driven under, the el have been hit with gobs of an unidentified chemical that eats away their car finishes.

“It’s not sap from a tree, I brought it to my paint shop, my car wash, nobody can do anything,” says Stephen Scharfstein, a local businessman.

“You can see it stripped the finish right off of the lacquor and the paint,” says another frustrated resident.

If you walk down the street or look at cars in the parking lots you see dozens marked with the rust-like lines and spots.

For the rest of the story, please use the link to CBS2.
http://cbsnewyork.com/siteSearch/local_story_273073647.html

2003-09-23T05:08:00.000-07:00

I was in Queens this weekend. I managed to have a nice dinner at a Greek restaurant and the food was fabulous! I guess I did get out for a while but my mind is still on work. Got to take time for me and heal. Sometimes we all run from what we have experienced in the past. My way is to work, and yes, it pays some of the bills too. Pain in my heart from a loss....still....when will it go away?....thanks for listening.
www.speedysfast.com

2003-09-23T05:06:00.000-07:00

Hi, I really have to update stuff. I am getting so far behind. I am with 2 jobs now just to pay some bills and I do need time for me. My website is my art form and I have neglected it. I am so tired from working that I need time to play again. Therefore I will. Thanks for listening.
***www.Speedysfast.com

2003-08-18T03:40:00.000-07:00

Good morning...Walking on pavement on 42nd St. is like walking on stars that have fallen. Ever notice that the cement has glitter in it? (along side of those black spots...hey, are those black spots gum?) I have not seen such beauty in cement walkways before. It is my art background that I am trained to see things in a different way. Even the trashbags on 42nd St. are lavender with the name imprinted on them. How cool is that?...I am so glad the power is on again.

2003-08-17T05:55:00.000-07:00

Blackout....need I say more. What an adventure in darkness, panic, calmness, caring New Yorkers for each other. Giving water and food for free. Sleeping on 42nd st. Stuck on a subway underground in the dark and the heat! Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on foot. Darkness, not silence. Not terrorists, but human error on the electric plant or was it computer by human error? Anyway, always an adventure in New York.

2003-08-03T19:51:00.000-07:00

I love Ny with all my heart and soul. The best
is the subway system. Free entertainment and the smell
is fabulous! Chinatown, went to Sacred for Tattoos!
This is wonderful. My friend got 2 & me, well I will add to what I have
with a nice design sometime in the next 2 weeks. Got to get the money
to pay first! and a nice vendor man in Chinatown, was shouting out to the crowd, give me your money (with a smile)
& who do you think who's hand he grabbed? Yes, I am a target or a magnet? its ok, i politely said "No, but you have a beautiful day!" & took my hand back.
Waiting for the number 6 train long time. in the heat, in the odor, love the energy!

2003-07-26T06:34:00.000-07:00

Today I traveled to 6th and 8th just to satisfy a craving for hotdogs and juice. Gray's Papaya....very kool place..love to stand and look out the window while eating the greatest hotdog I have had in a long time!!!Yes, it took me over 30 mins just to get there and wait in line...loved it though!