It’s Lincoln’s birthday, which means that it’s a floating office holiday. I had to work for a few hours, but now it’s time to enjoy a gorgeous day outside by stealing my own Shake Shack virginity, and taking a walk in Manhattan with my camera.
Countless people have asked me two questions over the last few [...]
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So I’m on the R train tonight heading from Madison Square Garden, where I’d been at Westminster with my friend Tim, to the Upper East Side to see a cornea specialist about my eyes when a shouting match breaks out between two dudes on the train. I still have just over a month before I start my new job in Missouri, and already I’m fighting the urge to fill every anticipated free moment with an activity of one kind or another after I’ve arrived. Photo Credit: Smalltowngirl, June 3, 2008 Nothing will fry insired writing or kill the high found in watching a Panamanian drum corps rehearse in the park or keep new drumsticks in their packaging unused as well as television will. I was walking down the hill in front of Brooklyn Hospital on my way to work yesterday morning, taking in the traffic and the bustle of the late-morning commuters. If there were so many people rushing to work at 9 a.m. on a Thursday in Fort Greene, what must Midtown be like? I’ve never worked [...] It’s absolutely easier to give up than to keep your chin up, and it seems that for a lot of people in this city, it’s easier to get negative than to be positive. It’s easy to complain about things, wherever you are or whatever you do, than it is to be an uplifting influence on [...] “If it’s possible, I’d like to just put these things inside my bag and save the plastic.” |
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