  I just ran out to the bank to grab some cash for lunch (a bunch of the assistants are going out together). I love being out in the city during midday. It is such a different world. You see all kinds of people you wouldn't see during the weekend. Like: Business men in suits, looking sweaty but still in their coat and tie Bike messengers riding hardcore through traffic while talking on their phones and walkie-talkies (my favorite was the one on the red/yellow/green-taped rasta cruiser) The Halal meat lunch stands Construction workers and their heavy duty equipment The cops standing guard all over this synagogue down the street -- why?
There is something strangely satisfying about being out in the city slightly before lunch time, when you get to see all of these people in action. It's like a busy hive, thriving with activity. On the weekends you only get to see the slow-walking tourists and the angry city folk pushing through them. It's nice to sweat for two feet and then be blasted by the a/c pouring out of the shops and hotels along your walk.
It's also great to walk with purpose and have everyone else along with you. I am not, however, looking forward to what the RNC's influx of people and the people who hate them are going to do to the orderly activity of this hive. That should be a trying week. 
