Friends in Town

I love it when friends visit New York. It's always fun to explore the city through a newbie's eyes, but given my current state of adventuredom, where I'm basically playing high-level tourist every day, it means I have at least one companion for what I normally do alone AND I get to share all my secret tidbits and hidden trails. Yes!

My friends Sean and Erin (pictured with me above) were in town from Indiana last week as part of an epic east coast roadtrip, and we lazed our way through Central Park, bought cookies, wandered the Met... It really was a perfect day.

Spring in New York

Upper West Side. The gentle rain is gone and soft beams of sunlight illuminate green leaves. Somewhere a woman is singing opera. She stops and starts, circling the same phrase to get it right. A bird calls. An air conditioner hums to life. The breeze smells like wet cement and freesia.