Another New York Moment . . .

One of my favorite spots in New York is the dog "park" at Union Square. It is more like a little dog pit. It's like an alternate universe of friendliness where it is acceptable to talk to strangers. And well...The DOGS are adorable! Today there was this cutest puppy. His owner gave him a treat and suddenly 7 other dogs were jumping on the guy. It was hilarious.

Anyway. I was standing there laughing and looked over my shoulder and kind of did a double-take because this man was standing right behind me and he was wearing white make-up and looked like a vampire. Serious. He addressed a small boy with blonde hair wearing a baseball cap who looked like he belonged in the California sun. The man was speaking to a woman behind the fence in the pit about a dog and she said it was hers and his name is ferny or something. The guy said, "He looks very happy." The Vampire then addressed the boy and said, "Did you hear that son? His name is Ferny!" The boy said, "Yes. I heard dad." These two did not look like they belonged together.

The man continued to talk to the woman because there were several feathers all over the park from a community pillow fight over the weekend. The woman was so angry about it. So I chimed in and said that it was this improv group and they do it every year. She said she wanted to make a complaint because it looked awful. I think it looks kind of cool. I then said they do random improvs all over the city. Like once they did something where they had a bunch of redheads meet up somewhere in the city. The boy said, "That would be mom. She's a redhead" to the Vampire. The two of them then left. So the woman says to me, "Only in New York City would you see that. A Ghoul and an All-American boy walking off together." I had to agree with her. It was very peculiar.