Archive for May 8th, 2006

“What ground-up herb does Tim love?” my teammates asked me as we stood outside the York St. station in DUMBO. We looked for a sign that would answer our question, we spoke with the guy in the MTA booth (are you Tim?), we even asked a cop standing nearby if he knew. Finally when we were ready to walk away, I saw the answer. “Thyme! Tim loves Thyme!” It had been written in the cement, in plain view of the doorway, but you could walk over it everyday and never notice it. At least, not unless you were taking place in Metro Metro’s annual scavenger hunt.

Started by three guys, Bo, Brady and Will, in 2002, Metro Metro has hosted trivia nights, spy games and fake office parties, but what they are best known for is their ability to encourage a bunch of well mannered New Yorkers to don matching t-shirts/masks/wigs and run around the city making fools of themselves. On Saturday, I was one such fool.

Your hosts

Read the rest of this entry »