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yesterday i walked. and i walked and i walked and i walked. i crossed over greenwich avenue from 8th street and wound all the way up the hudson river, through riverside park, and cut across 106th street to West End to meet my big sis for lunch at a diner. then we went back to her place for chocolate covered ginger and to make fun of this article in the wedding section of the ny times. i found out my mother had called julie promptly after reading it, too, so it made me happy to know that all of the women in my family were equally bewildered/amused by her book dedication to a husband that didn’t exist. HEALTHY! i left and continued east on 106th street, which is where i came across manhattan avenue (honestly forgot it existed, so i snapped a shot), then walked through central park. once i hit West Drive and met up with the other runners, walkers, bikers, and bladers, i walked south. i stopped somewhere in the ’80s to read a bit of a book i borrowed from julie called “how to be good,” then continued south through the park, and called jessie. we talked until i got back to 8th street. i got home and had dessert first, followed by a heaping plate of veggie/parmesan ravioli. oh! and then we watched the third DVD of Ric Burns’ NYC documentary last night. it is truly fascinating. i believe yesterdays’ DVD was 1865-1895. i highly recommend it, even though it starts in the 17th century and goes up to the late 1990s, so if you have about 12 hours of time to spare, it’s worth watching. i’m learning all sorts of cool stuff, for example that dewitt clinton was largely responsible for the erie canal, and that he literally helped shape the city’s grid system in the early 1800s. at the time, it was super confusing and stunting urban development, so he remapped it by implementing numbers instead of names, thereby helping immigrants with an easier, more logical system. and he also wanted people to be able to see straight across the avenues from east to west, because that way you would either be able to see the sun rising or setting and there would always be a breeze. good work, dewey! maybe he inspired nike’s slogan. the man was clearly a go-getter. peace.

yesterday i walked. and i walked and i walked and i walked. i crossed over greenwich avenue from 8th street and wound all the way up the hudson river, through riverside park, and cut across 106th street to West End to meet my big sis for lunch at a diner. then we went back to her place for chocolate covered ginger and to make fun of this article in the wedding section of the ny times. i found out my mother had called julie promptly after reading it, too, so it made me happy to know that all of the women in my family were equally bewildered/amused by her book dedication to a husband that didn’t exist. HEALTHY! i left and continued east on 106th street, which is where i came across manhattan avenue (honestly forgot it existed, so i snapped a shot), then walked through central park. once i hit West Drive and met up with the other runners, walkers, bikers, and bladers, i walked south. i stopped somewhere in the ’80s to read a bit of a book i borrowed from julie called “how to be good,” then continued south through the park, and called jessie. we talked until i got back to 8th street. i got home and had dessert first, followed by a heaping plate of veggie/parmesan ravioli. oh! and then we watched the third DVD of Ric Burns’ NYC documentary last night. it is truly fascinating. i believe yesterdays’ DVD was 1865-1895. i highly recommend it, even though it starts in the 17th century and goes up to the late 1990s, so if you have about 12 hours of time to spare, it’s worth watching. i’m learning all sorts of cool stuff, for example that dewitt clinton was largely responsible for the erie canal, and that he literally helped shape the city’s grid system in the early 1800s. at the time, it was super confusing and stunting urban development, so he remapped it by implementing numbers instead of names, thereby helping immigrants with an easier, more logical system. and he also wanted people to be able to see straight across the avenues from east to west, because that way you would either be able to see the sun rising or setting and there would always be a breeze. good work, dewey! maybe he inspired nike’s slogan. the man was clearly a go-getter. peace.