City Life Strategist Gifts

'Hello Ms. Russel, I'm going to be late in. I'm being held up at Euston.'

'Wow! I never thought it would actually WORK!'

'It's not easy to get one of these - before that you have to have found a parking space!'

"And this right here was our weekend in the Hamptons."

From Here You Can See Bugger All

Hard Hat Area/Hard Nosed Area.

'Every year local authorities whinge on about needing more money to maintain services.'

Sculptor explaining to tourist in Trafalgar Square that sculpture of pigeon is called 'Retribution - it actually doubles as a giant privy!'

There, but for the grace of God, go I.

'Excuse me sir, but some guy is stealing your wallet.'

"Did you order takeout?"

Miracles on 34th Street.

"It's thrilling to watch them come out in the morning, ready for the kill!"

Sidewalk the game

"I was born an urban bird and I'll die an urban bird."

"Do you validate?" "What? No, there's no parking lot. It's just street parking. And that's free." "I know. But I came in to get a coffee yesterday morning at 7:59. The line was so long that I didn't get out of here till 8:02. Apparently you had street cleaning that started at 8am." "I'm not following." "It was your long line. The least you could do is validate the parking ticket they gave me." "Get out."

"Face it, Larry. We're small fish and des Moines isn't that big a pond."

Rashomon of West 84th Street

"Remember, a journey of a thousand miles begins with either two squares forward and one to the side, or two squares to the side and one forward."

Police/Ambulance/Attorneys.

Intentional Community vs. Community of Sheer Happenstance

"I'm leaning towards NYU."

"I raised three kids, so you could say I was in risk management."

Peddler selling directory of street peddlers.

An office building made of different sized boxes stacked on top of one another; each box says "This side up" on the side.

"Hello Loft Living? Could you send a rescue party to suburbia?"

Where did birds rest before utility wires?

New Downtown Parking Ramp Grams Opening 1:00 pm. . . Ramp Full 1:30 PM.

"This city is in trouble. It smells better down here."

"Look - an urban legend."

"Please excuse, Tom, Mom and Dad! He's worked the last ten years in a large city hospital and has no practice with chit chat!"

'That's right Baby, I'm on the Most-Wanted list of five city pounds...'

"Why don't I tell you a little bit about myself while you check to see if anything I'm wearing was made in a sweatshop."

"Baldo, you will never flip off people on the highway again...do you hear me?"

Pedestrian Corridor