The go to bathroom spot if you had to piss used to be Barnes and Noble. They used to be everywhere. Me and my boys used to hit up the one on Astor Place anytime we were in the Village. If you got to shyt then hold it for Columbus Circle.
I forgot to add:
-the African ladies on 125 asking, "braids, twists?" to everyone who walks by even if you don't have enough hair to braid or twist
-the Dominicans who are outside of their building in the summer at 2am with their whole family. Mother, father, abuela, and kids of all ages. Why you got infants out that late?
-the Dominicans on the train with their whole family heading to the beach in the summer. I literally saw about 15 of them get on the train with a boom box playing loud as hell and they set up a table in the middle of the car and played dominos
- cafes and bistros in Harlem and there's not one black person dining
) but our last night I had a taste for a beef pattie with cheese and sausage. So as we was driving back to our hotel in LIC, I stopped off at one of my spots on Bushwick Ave and Montrose, right next to the train station. The spot had changed a lot since I had been in there; and you could see they changed with all the hipsters that live there now; they expanded the back to be a little sit down restaurant/bar, and the slices were now $2.75
And while me and wifey are sitting there waiting for our order, I see this hipster and his broad come in pick up their order, and before son sits down he asks for a KNIFE AND FORK.... I couldn't help but stand there looking at him like
It was like everything about what went wrong with the city encapsulated.
