Before this week, I had never spent a normal workday out of the Financial District. I am doing a week long training course this week which means I am commuting to Midtown. The excitement of this is unparalleled. Lunchtime shopping! Different subway stations! Different surrounds. No Century 21 tourist rampages. Hurrah!
At lunchtime I sat here and watched people go by.
That was before I started melting so I ducked into JC Penney’s for a quick look around.
Working with this fine building across the road. Hello Empire State!
And just as I was about to go into the training offices, the little Irish pub next door caught my attention. The sign read ‘Belturbet’. That is where one half of my ancestors are from in Ireland.
I’ll say this now – no-one knows about Belturbet. I went back to the tiny little town when I visited there and there is quite simply, nothing there. But it is quite pretty! The population now is around 1,400 – yet here it is, being represented in Midtown Manhattan. Awesome!!