Food Tours - The New Way To Explore Exotic Locations

One of the joy's of traveling to exotic locations is the opportunity to taste amazing foods in their home locations. Recently I came across a novel concept that combines business, tourism, and walking. Yes, there are entrepreneurs who have started offering food tours new york, for those of us who are interested in getting to know more about the vibrant eating scene in New York. This tour helps participants learn about New Yorkers favorite places such as Greenwich Village, Lower East Side, Little Italy, Chinatown, and a host of othre food locations.

Law enforcement at its extreme!

We saw in the movie Minority Report how efficient law enforcement can even prevent crimes from taking place. That kind of pre-crime division has not been set up yet, but there are cities where law enforcers will arrest people for even the smallest mistakes. I recently read this article about a school girl in New York who was arrested for doodling on her desk. According to the report the girl was only 12 and she was escorted in handcuffs to the police station.
I really don't know how the school "outsourced" the disciplining students aspect to the police. Doodling or scribbling on the desk is a matter for schools to deal with and not the police. The management, teachers, and staff, particularly the counseling, should take care of the matter. Ideally the girl needs to be spoken to and made aware of the problems that could raise from her doodling and why it is not appreciated. This would probably help the student learn a valuable lesson in her life.

New York Streets are dirty too!!!

During my recent visit to New York, the first time I have been to the financial capital of US, I was surprised to see that the city was no better than Mumbai, India's own financial capital. Narrow dirty streets, chaotic traffic, the river waters appeared "black" and noisy to the core..... yes of course the buildings were much taller and once inside the noise and pollution didn't permeate because of the air conditioning/ heating, but otherwise this city... the big apple is no different from the dirty city of Mumbai... here are some pics...

Graffitti on the walls next to the railway tracks is quite ugly and dirty looking
Trash along the railway tracks is in the range of tons, much more than what I saw in San Franscisco

Snow views in New York

Visiting my brother in New York during winter showed me a different part of the US in totally different perspective. The weather is icy and there is a carpet of snow all around the home, besides the road, on the lawns and trees and plants. Here are some pictures of the snowed out lawns of New York.