Scenes from a Subway car in Boston

1. A man practices card tricks by himself, but is soon drawn into conversations and exhibitions by curious and admiring observers.
2. A lovey-dovey couple. The girls throws a ball of aluminum foil at the guy and then moves him aside to apologize to the passenger caught in its trajectory.
3. A fashionable black woman whose eyebrows are dyed with intermittent patches of blonde.
4. A chatty woman who seems to have fishily man-ish features at first glance. She is talking to two coworkers, bitching about work conditions and putting up with bosses only for the promotion. She uses phrases like, "Be a love," gesturing to one of her friends to hold her beverage as she reaches into her bag. She pulls out her knitting, explaining that she's making a cute little summery scarf to wear. "I always wear a scarf. Don't you know this about me by now?" She leans in close. "Plus, it covers my adam's apple." So there we have it. I wasn't quite sure until then. Features can be deceiving and her voice was actually quite naturally feminine sounding. She goes on chatting, unconcerned about who hears her. Occasionally she inserts a phrase in Spanish (she's not a Latina by any stretch of the imagination, though.) She explains to one coworker that she doesn't like being in love, but in lust. When one of her friends gets off the subway, the says, "See you tomorrow! No wait, I'm not working tomorrow. See you Friday! Oh no, I'm not in the store Friday. Well I'll see you sometime." And as she makes her own graceful exit she yells back to the remaining coworker, "See you later... if I don't get killed."