Open Thread

25 years in the City and the only time I ever recall feeling unsafe was last year, when I made the stupid mistake of walking at dusk, in a drizzle, down Furman Street from the new Pier 1 park home. The bike/walking path wasn’t open, and there’s nowhere to go until you get all the way to Joralemon Street. Clearly I’ve watched too much Law & Order, but I was certain my dismembered body would be found – eventually – somewhere on the other side of the construction fence. Now that the path through all 6 piers is open, I’m not concerned.

DeLepp – Yep, most healthful brekkers I’ve had in ages.

Biffy – That’s the intelligent thing to do but when something happens you tend to react instinctively not cleverly. I’ve done some really stupid things when confronted by a mugger threat – sheer luck that nothing came of any of it.

Rob, did the muggers get anything from you? I think the smart thing to do is carry an extra wallet with a couple of small bills in it and throw it on the ground in one direction and speed off in the other direction. Unless they threaten with a gun, in which case I would just hand over whatever I happened to have on me.

i was only mugged ONCE in nyc and it was well after 6am, like around 8am on broadway and 96th street. it was actually kind of surreal. but i had it coming i guess. i would have mugged me too.

*rob*