Hot Bird

Something I saw over the last few days that I don't normally see:


Things I did over the past few days that I don't normally do:
• Run three times around Central Park with about 5,000 other people (18 miles, ugh) who are training for the NY marathon.
• Watch horse races in the rain at Belmont Park without placing a single bet.
• Sleep on a couch with a goldendoodle.
• Purchase a curtain at Ikea that actually requires assembly. Is anything there straightforward?
• Drink a cappuccino at a French cafe in the East Village with my writing workshop professor, Catherine Texier, and talk about my story for an hour.
• Read the business section of the Times.
• Eat a ridiculously good meal at Stone Park Cafe with Veronica and her dad. How can beets be so sublime? Thank you, Mr. Roberts!
• Buy something at Brooklyn Industries (in a pathetic attempt to feel hip).
• Go see music at Union Hall, around the corner from me. What a great bar!