Relocating To A Big City T-Shirts

Just in from St. Paul.

"That's the 'big apple' son...if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere!"

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"Tight......this isn't tight...now a New York City apartment......that's tight."

"M'lady, we’ve reached peak Brooklyn."

Carefree luggage.

We're here at House of Java cafe at an all-too-familiar scene. House of Java.net Cybercafe. Tommy Jones, a local boy, has been caught stealing a scone. A minor offense? Not to the cafe's proprietor. He's demanding the boy be sentenced as an adult. But I'm eight! Wahhh! Add a year to the sentence for whining and crying.

THE PIED PIPER OF GRAMERCY PARK

Omara Portuondo

Handbag store - "Perfect."

Culture Saturday

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

Woman dreaming about being on vacation.

'We need to change our luck. Let's move our headquarters to Redmond, the home of Microsoft.'

Relaxing in the Sun

"It's the sequel to 'Cooking for One'."

'Looks like Reginald wasn't kidding when he said he's going to start urban farming on the roof...'

Man at penthouse party walks out onto terrace and is startled to see the Earth, instead of the moon, shining in the sky.

Why Cows Leave Home

"You had the power to leave all along - just click your heels three times, grab your coat, and sneak out without saying goodbye."

Lift buttons read: East Side/West Side/All Around the Town.

"Excuse me, I think you'll find I've reserved that luggage rack space ..."

Of course I always start off by wooing a prospective candidate with talk of stimulating work,great colleagues and a reasonable work life balance...but the winning argument is always when I promise them enough money to choke a rhino.

"Right now it's between you and two hundred and fifty other people who came to Seattle, moved in with five roommates, joined a band, took a job in a coffee bar, got fed up, had a meeting with themselves, and decided it was time to go out and find a real job."

The stages of gentrification: a guide

Kensington Fluffies

Birds on a wire, "Bernie?...Oh he's gone cable!"

'I remember when all this was fields.'

". . . and if I hadn't made that wrong turn at Zlendar-5, I wouldn't have wound up at Happy Harry's and I wouldn't be sitting here with Good Ol' Larry Peterson!"

Converted Parking Garage

"I like New York, but I miss sleeping drunk on my front lawn."

Entering Megalopolis - next Bucolic area 162 miles.

'It's a sign of the times, a high rise block of caves reserved for hermits.'

"Your animal companionship is here!"

'A quick pint or a quiet drink?'