Sundry events @ NewYork City

• Shakshuka and rose water infused lemonade at the Hummus place in Greenwich village
• Improv at the comedy cellar - I wonder if stand up comedians would have any material left without foreign accents and homosexuality. There was a genuinely hilarious one though. Us brown skins were seated in one corner and there was this bunch of chinese americans seated in the other far corner. So, the stand up guy goes, "I see a bunch of Indians there..so you chinese should hook up with them and head out to whitecastle or something"
• Dancing starlites choreographed to a piano/violin piece on the Saks 5th building ala the dancing fountains at the Bellagio in Vegas
• The simple hacking knot for a scarf that tucks in well with an overcoat. Perfect layering for wind chills.
• Shir-Chay - Afghani tea brewed with cardomom and rose petals. Bamiyan @ 3rd ave and 26th
  
• Freshly ground (by the table side) Guacomole at Tio Pepe
• Karan Johar at a Starbucks by the radisson. What's the caffeine for?..to conjure more red and golden drapes for his sets ?..Not that its a UFO sighting of sorts.
  
• Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe at the MoMa and the incredibly cool exhibits around the theme, SAFE: Design takes on risk
• The Charlie Brown balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade isn't as goofy as I expected it to be.
  
• H&M finally has some pinstriped woolen sports coats. Got me a brown one.
• English is not the official language beyond 5th ave.
• There are more hot women on the MTA subways than a decent friday nite in an atlanta bar/club
• iPod is a neccessary functional accessory
  
• No smoking in public places is just an ordinance to be broken