Oh, the people you'll meet...
Fifth Avenue is packed with shoppers of every kind, most of them walking like typical New Yorkers: heads down, avoiding eye contact, at a brisk pace. It's a New York thing. We don't like to even look at strangers, much less talk to them. Once inside a warm Starbucks to update, however, I was forced by circumstance to sit at an already occupied table, and ended up chatting with a Scottish family visiting New York for the holiday– and for the bargains.
Hugh Scullion went to Macy’s to purchase a new coat that he said was half the price he’d find in the UK. His daughter Shona Healy, on the other hand, spent hours at Bloomingdales, and met her parents with a bag of MAC makeup.
This is the family’s second time spending Black Friday in the City, and Mr. Scullion spoke happily of how friendly all the New Yorkers have been to him. When the tourists are so enthusiastic and outgoing, it’s hard not to smile and share in their joy.