If You See Something, Take A Picture Of It

I was riding my Citibike down Second Avenue last night, when I saw this gold bag beside a LinkNYC station on East 10th Street:

Gold bag.

Upon closer inspection, I saw that there was an iPhone in the bag, plugged into the USB port on the LinkNYC:

Charging iPhone.

I looked all around for the owner, but she was nowhere to be found.

In the bad old days, some drug addict would have stolen not only the phone but the charger cord too!

#eastvillage #citibike #bikelanes #linknyc #iphones #10thstreet

Dead Battery

It couldn't have happened at a worse time.

Yesterday, when I was unlocking a Citibike to ride home on, my iPhone battery died. I knew it was low, but I thought I could make it home! It was not to be.

Why is this important, you ask? Because right there at the Citibike station was not only an abandoned chair, leaning up against the stanchion, but an abandoned pair of shoes! Together!

And, as if that wasn't bad enough, as I mounted my bike and started for home, a parade float passed by, going up First Avenue, by itself, with the beloved Peter Jarema Funeral Home's name on the side, playing polka music!

When it rains, it pours… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #batteries #citibike #iphones #peterjaremafuneralhome