On The Joe DiMaggio Highway

When I left NYC on Friday morning it was cold and rainy. I walked to Chelsea Market in the raw wind for some stiff cappuccino and food to take home. I saw Malcolm Gladwell in the market at 9th St. Espresso on Thursday morning. Part of his inspiration for writing "Blink" was the fact that he had recently grown his hair out. The NYPD picked him up one night on the street in Manhattan because to them he "resembled" a suspect that they were looking for. In fact, he did not look anything like the suspect at all. I recognized him from pictures on the web. His hair stuck out and so did his eyes which seemed like they were 2 feet in front of him in thought. He is so distinctive looking that I don't think I could confuse him with someone else, but the NYPD did in a split second. I told him that I enjoyed his books and he said thank you and nodded.

On the Joe DiMaggio Highway on my way to PJ Wines, I grinned at this Amfar billboard. Spritzer we hardly knew ya'.