After the rain

It always intrigues me that after the rain and even during the heavy rain storms there are always discarded umbrellas around the city’s streets and in its "trash cans". It turns out one can, rather than throw out yet another umbrella after the next rain storm, "bring it to the Local Labels kiosk in the Graybar Passageway at Grand Central Terminal to be recycled into stylish bags and totes by fashion designer, Catherine Edouard-Charlot."

This also got me thinking of the NY1 ad that says how you know you're a New Yorker...among other things....when you know that $5 umbrella will only last 5 minutes...

So here is other ways to know one is a New Yorker...

• You've seen Woody Allen. [Note: or substitute whatever celebrity you see around your neighborhood.]
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• You've stolen a cab from someone who needs it more than you do.
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• You've cried on the subway and not given a damn what anyone thinks.
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• You've killed a cockroach with your bare hands.
• You don't pronounce Houston Street like the city in Texas.
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• You don't stare when you spot a celebrity.
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• You never tell a cab driver where you're going until you're inside the cab.
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• When you've been here at least five years (weeds out the college dilettantes) combined with when you start talking about the thing that used to be on that corner three stores ago. (Note: this comes from Garth Johnston, a born and bred New Yorker.)
• When you stop going out on Friday nights.
• When you start going out on Monday nights.
• When you stop giving money to homeless people.
• When you know better than to enter an empty subway car. 
• When you know how to walk around tourists. 
• You just want SantaCon and the No Pants Ride to end already.
• You can nap on the subway and play it cool when a rat scurries across your face.
• You don't even notice the pee smell in the subway system anymore.