Reply to "These are a few of my favorite things.....about New York"

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HAD to revive this topic for this only-in-new-york vignette.

I usually take Casanova the wonder puppy to Union Square early afternoons. Besides a good romp in the dog run, we stop and watch the squirrels often - its like doggie television.

A few days ago, we had stopped and a man stopped next to us and started feeding the squirrels. He seemed oddly familiar. After a few minutes I realized it was Bernie Goetz, the famous "subway shooter". I asked some dog run people if they had ever seen him there and they said "Oh, all the time, he is the head of squirrel rescue for the park. When a squirrel is hurt or trapped in the run the park people call him."

So, here, even the squirrel rescue folks are celebrities. Only in New York, kids.

9/5/062:28 PM

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