When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?

[LuFins Dad]

Saw one at the Washington Club a few weeks ago. Bathroom attendant, too.

[Horace]

Today at Union Station

[Mik]

Curiously they still have the chairs at CVG, but they are unstaffed. All the hotels out here in Vegas have them.

[jon-nyc]

I remember short lines at O’Hare waiting for one to open up.

[Mik]

I used to use them quite a bit when I flew in suits and dress shoes. No more.

[jon-nyc]

I still occasionally fly in a suit when I have a meeting in Boston or DC, but nowhere else. If I saw a shoe shine guy I’d probably use him, especially after this thread put it back in my mind. It’s not like I shine them myself. Though I’ll wipe them with a towel at a hotel.

[LuFins Dad]

@Horace said in When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?:

Today at Union Station

Are you in town?

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?:

Are you in town?

I think he's probably too busy shining people's shoes to meet up

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?:

@Horace said in When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?:

Today at Union Station

Are you in town?

Just passing through, visiting my brother in Burke. Now we’re in NYC for a couple days. Just had my first ridiculous sized Reuben at a deli near the hotel. Tonight will be my first broadway show. I’m not starring or anything, I mean just in the audience.

[jon-nyc]

What are you seeing?

[Horace]

Moulin Rouge.

[Mik]

Good show. You’ll like it I think.

Aren’t those Reubens great?

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?:

Moulin Rouge.

Nice. Mayla and I saw that last year.

[Tom-K]

There's one on the main street of the town near mine--all the time. He has a chair and shoe shine stand in front of a clothing store and has his truck parked nearby to do repairs. His name is Herman Baker and I stop by his establishment when I wear polishable shoes. He does a great job--makes the shoes look noticeably better than new.

[Horace]

@Mik said in When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?:

Good show. You’ll like it I think.

Aren’t those Reubens great?

Was very good. The Reuben that is. But I can understand why that sandwich at that price is a NYC novelty. I don’t think they’d sell anywhere else.

The show was great. Oddly my favorite part may have been the mood setting pre show where some actors and dancers slither around on stage and observe the audience while a steady beat plays. I thought that was very effective, even if the audience was milling around everywhere still finding their seats.

[Horace]

I don’t know why there are 4000 street food vendors and only like four types of vendor. The same vendors repeated over and over on every corner.

[jon-nyc]

Hotdogs/pretzles, strange halal meats, roasted nuts, and Latinos with fruits, though the latter not so much in midtown.