Metropolitan Diary analysis: 2006-01-16

• Woman is pushing a dog in a baby carriage. Category: Precocious NY Pets
• Woman states ''Valentine's Day already? That's it. We're leaving.'' upon seeing that holiday's trappings at a post-Christmas sale. Category: Single New York Woman's Perspective
• Mitigating factor: this story takes place in a mall in Garden City and so is not strictly from a New York City perspective
• Woman "kicks out the kinks" after a Central Park run while waiting for traffic light near Columbus Circle and is told "you're hired!" Category: New York Eccentrics
• Limo at airport has name "Rich" in window ("fast-paced NY'er") and child states "Why do they have to announce it?" ("precocious NY kid") Categories: Precocious NY Kids / Oh, Those Fast-Paced New Yorkers!
• Wallpaper and paint store's W and P are faded leading to an "amusing" misspelling. Category: Amusing Misspellings
• Polish housekeeper also does accounting work. Category: Oh, Those Fast-Paced New Yorkers!
• Old lady uses fat man on crutches to shield her from the wind at a crosswalk. Category: New York Eccentrics
  
  

Totals for this Metropolitan Diary:
Precocious NY Pets: 1
Single New York Woman's Perspective: 1
New York Eccentrics: 2
Precocious NY Kids: 1
Amusing Misspellings: 1
Oh, Those Fast-Paced New Yorkers!: 2

Totals for year to date:
Jaded New Yorkers: 4
Precocious NY Kids: 4
New York Eccentrics: 3
Rubes in the Big City: 2
Precocious NY Pets: 2
Oh, Those Fast-Paced New Yorkers!: 2
Single New York Woman's Perspective: 1
Amusing Misspellings: 1