New Year's in Times Square

[The Gaijin]

Ha! I was on Broadway but, 50 blocks north. So much warmer inside...

McSorley's is good fun!

[304065]

Bill, I feel a McSorleys coming on. Stay tuned to this page.

[VINMAN]

I avoid Times Square on a normal day, let alone NYE! I guess growing up and working in the city will do that to you!

Been a while since I was at McSorleys. I remember the first time there, about 25 yrs ago. I was pretty disgusted at the sight of a handful of mugs that people just drank out of, being rinsed out in a tub of (doubtfully clean) water and immediately refilled then handed to you. But after knocking back a few, the disgust quickly went away!

Definately a cool place. I'm due for a return visit soon!

[304065]

Vin, as soon as I can get a handle on the calendar I'll start a new thread. MUCH beer must be quaffed as we lash ourselves to the mast and prepare to ride out 2009.

[ramonesfreak]

took this recently. i used to live about 10 minute walk from here. now i live 6 hour drive away stupid me

[ramonesfreak]

the stove. on wintery days now, i sit at work and watch these and dream

[304065]

Originally Posted by srandallf

took this recently. i used to live about 10 minute walk from here. now i live 6 hour drive away stupid me

Six hours is not an unreasonable commitment for you to make. If you make the trip, you can sit near the mens room door to get the best view when embarrassed ladies violate the "members only" rule by going straight to the washroom instead of taking a left.

How about January 22nd, a Thursday night?

[ramonesfreak]

i work on fridays. no 3 day weekends coming for me.

i have often over the past few years since leaving, driven down on friday nights in order to be there at 11am sharp on saturday. sit and drink all day, walk out to my car, pass out in car, wake up sunday and drive home.

this is a typical scenario for me. the past month i have been tempted to do this several times, but, i sold my truck and now have a VW and between the cold temps and small space in which to sleep, i have not done it. i feel a trip coming soon though

if you ever walk past a car with a person in it that is peeing into a winshield wiper fluid bottle, its probably me

[304065]

Originally Posted by srandallf

if you ever walk past a car with a person in it that is peeing into a winshield wiper fluid bottle, its probably me

This being the Bowery, that is among the more courteous ways of relieving oneself.

That said, credit-fuelled gentrification has resulted in the demolition of a number of notable landmarks in the neighborhood, among them McGurk's Suicide Hall, where in 1899 a number of prostitutes killed themselves by swallowing Carbolic Acid. It's now a luxury rental building, I wonder if the residents hear strange noises?

[ramonesfreak]

if your bored, listen to the audio interview here...assuming the links still work. very interesting...to me anyway

http://soundportraits.org/on-air/the_sunshine_hotel/

The Sunshine Hotel
Recorded in New York City.
Premiered September 18, 1998, on All Things Considered.

This is an audio portrait of one of the final vestiges of the Bowery, New York's notorious skid row. In the first half of the century, the mile-long Bowery's bars, missions and cheap hotels (or flophouses) were home to an estimated 35,000 down-and-out men each night. Today, only a handful of flophouses, virtually unchanged for half a century, are all that remain of this once teeming world.

For several months in 1998, David Isay and Stacy Abramson had unprecedented 24-hour access to the Sunshine Hotel, one of the last of the no-frills establishments. "It was like stepping into King Tut's Tomb," Isay says. "The Sunshine is this fascinating, self-contained society full of unbelievable characters. While it's a profoundly sad place, it is, at the same time, home to men with powerful and poetic stories."

The Sunshine Hotel was awarded the Prix Italia, Europe's oldest and most prestigious broadcasting award, in 1999.

[The Gaijin]

Originally Posted by john_cramer

How about January 22nd, a Thursday night?

That sounds about right.

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by john_cramer

How about January 22nd, a Thursday night?

Thats no problem for me!

[304065]

OK, 22nd is clear. I will post another thread.

[304065]

Here is the other thread in the appropriate (if barren and uninhabited) Regional Forum.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/northeast-us-ny-nj-ct-ma-me-nh-ri-vt/450198-pelicanhead-get-together-mcsorleys.html#post4403534