The Leopard has paid over $1000 to the city and had my car towed twice in the last two years. Why? Because a sign wasn't clearly marked; because I got out to my car at 8:30 in the morning a moment too late; because I was two inches closer to a fireplug then the law allows.
Now most people say that you shouldn't have a car in New York, anyway. True.
But I actually live in New Jersey and I drive into the city only occasionally; and even then, I get zapped.
The only way I can get around things is to drive around the neighborhoods from 20 to 40 minutes until I can catch a break. Often this means squeezing into a super tight space, waiting for some slow poke to move out of a space, or lining up on the opposite of the street
and waiting for an additional hour until a space is free.
I once worked with the great caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. He was 99 years old at the time (He died a year later). He was famous for his dead-on illustrations of Broadway stars and celebrities for the New York Times. He lived in NY most of his life and as part of his job, he went to a play almost every night.
He drove around the city in this Gi-normous vintage Cadillac.
He once told me that in all his years, he always found a space right near the theater he was attending.
That's what I call some bitchin' car karma.
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