Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Eye of the beholder

I see another Storytelling Saturday is upon us

Once upon a time...

On Wednesday mornings, I train back-to-back-to-back kickboxing clients in Manhattan so early that I’m back in Queens by 9:30 a.m. Each time the #7 train drops me at Queensboro Plaza where I switch for the N or W, I gaze at the “luxury condos” being built in my old neighborhood. The “Queen Plaza” building will be, in fact, a mere 3-4 blocks from where I misspent much of my youth.

This past Wednesday, however, I didn’t stare too long at the pricey apartments because sharing the elevated outdoor subway platform with me was a rat big enough to be mistaken for a goddamned Chihuahua.

(more about rats here)

You can turn an old factory into an overpriced yuppie file cabinet...but to a rat, that part of Astoria will always be good old Long Island City.

The End?

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