PJ's Studio: Chinatown 7

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Chinatown 7

The tourists are back!

I went to Chinatown the other day to pick up some herbs and seafood and there they were – clogging the sidewalks buying counterfeit handbags, watches and sunglasses.

And listening to self-appointed expert guides who may or may not be spreading fake news.

I have to admit that even though I grumbled as I walked around them it was nice to see their return.

NYC just wasn’t the same without them.

I even had an invitation to “come with” after I helped some ladies on the train figure out which stop they wanted to get off on.

I’m still not sure that they got it right.

But, as I explained to them when I turned down their offer to join them, I needed to get home before my shrimp took a turn for the worse.

Given the warm weather we’ve been having, I wasn’t sure that shlepping seafood on the subway was a great idea, but the seafood is so much fresher in Chinatown it was worth a shot.