I noticed quite a bit while I was in the Big Apple, one thing being that New York City is an interesting place.  It’s an interesting city with interesting things to do, interesting culture, and definitely interesting people.

Some of my observations from people watching:

• Either people really like rap music, or they’re all future Notorious BIGs, as there were quite a few people just rapping in the middle of the street.  Not as in street performing (that’s next) but as in just waiting for a bus, busting out some lines.  Sadly, none of them were very good.
• I saw some interesting street performances – singing, rapping, guitarring, violining, drumming, dancing, and miming.  Yes, I saw miming.  I didn’t realize that if you have any type of skill, you can try to do it in the subway for money.  I may have to see how a “watch the amazing computer geek” ploy works, people could watch me as I troubleshoot computer issues in record time!
• A lot of people walk around wearing those bluetooth ear pieces for their cell phones and it looks like they’re talking to themselves.  Unfortunately there’s a lot of people without those ear pieces actually talking to themselves.  I can understand every now and then you may want to verbalize something to yourself, but why must you yell?  It’s not like you have to speak loud enough for you to hear you.
• There’s a lot of non-chain stores and restaurants in NYC, small locally owned places.  Some of them have interesting names – my favorite being “Pete’s-A-Place,” a pizzeria.
• People there seem to be “horny” – they seem to beep their horn at every intersection.  It’s so bad that they apparently have a law banning beeping at some intersections, punishable by a $300 fine.
• Speaking of fine, there are a number of beautiful women in NYC.  There’s also a number of men who believe that yelling “Hey yo baby!” is an effective pick-up line.  Sadly I didn’t see any of their attempts at “hollering” work.