November, Yankee, Charlie II

Hello all, and welcome to my stack.

I hope your week is going swimmingly. It’s been raining so much here, I feel like I am swimming every day.

Last week, New York City elected Zohran Mamdani as its new mayor. Even if you are not totally on board with Mr. Mamdani’s radically progressive politics, at least be happy that he beat Cuomo. To celebrate the new mayor, here’s some photos from the Big Apple I took in 2016, when the world was naively optimistic. Those were the days, weren’t they?

Hotdog stand.

Reader in the sun

The flag.

Yellow on yellow.

Moment in Grand Central

Reflection.

Another reflection.

Statue of Vladimir Lenin over the East Village as a rainstorm is brewing. Mere seconds after I snapped this photo, the rainstorm hit. My wife, and I with a friend of ours were drenched before we could say “uh-oh….” We stopped at an eatery and tried to wait out the rain, but failed. I left my backpack in the eatery when we left. I didn’t realise it until 20 minutes later. My friend and I ran back to the eatery to get the bag. It was a fun day.

Biker on Broadway.

Times Square chess players.

Bubble man outside Central Park.

That’s it for today. Thanks for coming along with me down the memory lane. Till we meet again!