Today we went back to B&H photographic store to buy some more toys - and they do have a lot of those... The store is massive, and always extremely busy, and its hundreds of staff run it with military precision. Did I spend money? Don't ask.
Rachel loved the conveyor belt system - snaking all around the store is a massively long system of conveyor belts that ferry your requested items from the basement straight to the counter you're being served at. It's needed of course - they stock tens of thousands of different items. Want to get a closer look at that underwater housing for that particular digital camera? The bloke at the counter presses a few buttons and a minute later Hey Presto! it arrives at his feet, courtesy of the magic pixies in the basement (probably Mexicans in reality).After that we trundled off to the Museum of Sex. I learned lots and lots. It was quite unlike the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Whereas the Met was a unpleasant experience in rude crowds, here everyone was quiet and respectful. The patrons paid a great deal of attention to the exhibits. Rachel especially. No, she wasn't an exhibit, she was enthralled by the display of Victorian mechanical devices. None of which anyone of either gender would want anywhere near their 'naughty' bits.
After dinner we went out to a 'geek bar' in Brooklyn called 'Barcade'. It's built in an old garage and has a great atmosphere and, of course, arcade games from the seventies and eighties. We couldn't resist. We got ourselves a couple of extremely dark ales and a bunch of quarters and played ancient console games.
All good things must come to an end...
2 comments:
That was a diverse mix of entertainment. The mind boggles at some!! Ma
Now thats impressive, how the arcade machines are functioning so well, since those games are perhaps 20 years old. They will have had a lot of refurbishment. Somebody is very dedicated there. New power supplies, displays..I wonder how much has been rebuilt in those?
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