East Side, West SIde

Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 4:02 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. – Words heard during a fast walk on Forty-second Street, New York City, from Grand Central Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal: brother, you got some change, God bless you ... it's this way ,,, and then she said ... a latte ... about three thousand, I said three thousand for that ... now it's your turn ... get over here ... when she was in Amsterdam ... you can't get them now ... don't ask me ... he would have said the same thing ... it's the same difference ...  next week sometime ... it was the spark plugs ... that was then, this is now ... how can anyone blame you for doing that after what they did to you ... ya no viene acui ... once in a while ,,, how do you get there ... it was way more than I was willing to pay ... let's go somewhere else, the line's too long ... not until then ... so he walks in, turns on the light and we all yell surprise and the jerk walks right back out and we're like all surprised like what was that all about and the cake is sitting there in the middle of the table, you know, and nobody thinks of going after him or if they do they ain't saying nothing, so Louise, she's a pisser, she starts cutting the cake and says oh well, more cake for us ... whenever you want ... sir, can you help me for a meal.