The first several hours of shopping was fine. I walked up and down Broadway picking up the items we needed and stopping into discount stores to look around. I noticed on my walk that a lot of people were wearing these rubber/ plastic boots. Honestly I thought they looked pretty silly. They reminded me of the boots my cousins wore when mucking out stables. I thought that even if it did rain we were in Manhattan- it wasn't like it was going to get muddy and gross. They come in all sorts of silly patterns and colors too- tiger striped and polka dotted. You can buy them with skulls and fairies. (probably not on the same boot)
Eventually it started raining. Just a light rain- I didn't even bother to get out my umbrella. Then it started POURING. All of the sudden the streets were rivers and people everywhere were having those splash moments that you see in comedy movies or in the opening credits of Sex in the City when Carrie sees her picture and then gets splashs all over her white skirt. In short order I not only had my umbrella up but my pants were soaked and my shoes were leaking.
I made it back to the studio before anything major got wet and when we were released at 6:30 the weather seemed fine. I walked down and got on my subway and waited for the train to let me off at 116th. One thing about subways is that they are blind travel. You can't see the shops and buildings you pass. You can't people watch or ... check on the weather. At 116th Columbia University stop it was POURING again. I live up at 122nd. That is 6 blocks north and 1 block over. It poured for all of those blocks. Having forgotten my umbrella at the studio- I was soaked through upon arrival, including my shoes.
Those wellies seem like a great idea. I'll take a purple pair please!
Onward and Upward.
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