I took a break for a day from my Prince street perch and traveled to Union Square where I met some interesting folk. Union Square has a history of social and political activism, and this day was no exception. The Obama vendors of buttons, t-shirts, magnets, etc. were out en masse and the buyers were buying.
A nice couple from Denmark wanted my book as a souvenir, and then chatted up another author who happened by my table, magician Ben Robinson. His book, “The MagiCIAn: John Mulholland’s Secret Life,” just came out, and he was excited to talk about it. He even performed a little close-up magic for the Danish tourists, who seemed to be having one of those days on a vacation where everything seemed like a pleasant fantasy, where you stroll from one foreign-looking neighborhood to the next and take it all in… slowly and deliberately.
I tend to like the close up pictures you take…so why not one with the girl with the gray hat…serious.
Next time she visits…you got it!
Didn’t want to break the spell SHE was putting on the magician!