...and counting

Redeye just held a party for the 300th episode of the little show that could.  Beside the free red and white sangria was the consensus that the city of New York has officially been child proofed.  Case in point, I mistakenly walked toward Alphabet City and to my surprise, the former seedy part of town looked pretty much like any other Starbucks studded section of the Lower East Side.

In this gentler ghetto I saw trendy types hanging in and out of bars.  Even the sidewalks were clean, as the cigarette smokers dutifully discarded the trash they had in their mouths in rightly designated bins.  In the recent past, a trip to Alpahbet City was a walk on the wildside, where sticky sidewalks hinted at an edgy neighborhood.  Now, soles clinging to Avenue A through D means the dogwalkers are neglecting their duty.