Date Cramming

So I'm sitting on the A train headed uptown when a guy and a girl, looking all preppy hop on.

As it turns out they're close friends, but going to a speed dating event. And, of all things - they're practicing their questions on each other. Yeah, you know who these guys were in high school.

Finally the guy asks, 'So what's your best Michael Jackson memory?"

Flabbergasted the girl, looking at him like he's crazy answers, "You're kidding right, I don't have a Michael Jackson memory, I'm way too young."

"Well then give me any Michael Jackson memory."

"Molestation charges?"

"Ok, that probably won't work. No wonder you can't find a date..."

With friends like that. . .

I'm sure he can get another

So my wife and I are headed into Brooklyn to go visit the Botanical Gardens with my wife's brother and his fiancee ("Sara").

We're on the train early on a Saturday morning so it's pretty empty. A few benches down and across the train is a homeless (addict) guy asleep on the bench.

Sara had never really been exposed to homeless people, much less up close and personal. They are very much not city people. At one point on the trip the train came to a pretty abrupt stop and a glass tube (crack pipe) fell from the homeless guy's pocket.

After explaining to Sara what it was she asked the most unexpected question...

"Should we wake him?"

Best.Directions.Ever

I'm navigating the Columbus circle station mess when I finally find the downtown 1 platform.

There's a group of European travelers scanning a subway map. Realizing they have no idea what they're doing they stop a guy in a business suit and ask in a thick accent -

"How do we get to Kennedy airport?"

The guy obviously recognized their accent and broke out into their language. They had a quick conversation in a tongue I didn't understand.

Toward the end of the conversation I caught one word in English - "Taxi" as he pointed to the staircase leading out and handed them a few $20s as he said his goodbye, obviously intending that they not spend their last few hours in NYC in the subway. They happily accepted and booked out of there.