Overheard on a Sunday

Overheard in front of the Museum of Natural History . . .

Father: What do you want to see most in the museum.

Daughter (4 years old): I don't know [pause] . . . everything.

Father: We're probably going to have to wait in a line for a while.

Daughter: In a lion?

Father: [Laughs.] No, in a line.

The Greatest City in the World

I live in the most amazing city in the world. People from around the world travel to New York like it's Mecca. Fashion, culture, food, people - it's all here. Name a country, you can find someone from there. (It might be your cab driver, but, hey, he's living the dream.) Actors, actresses, singers, artists of all kinds - they come to make it big, to become a star. Broadway, films, galleries: they're on almost every corner. (Well, Broadway is on Broadway, but let's not get too specific.) Museums and sports, glam and rock, Wall Street and Harlem.

It's New York. Who can ask for anything more? Well, I jcan: where are the grits?

You can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl.