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We’ve lived here for two months now. Here are some of the biggies we’ve accomplished:

• Eat great pizza (Grimaldi’s)
• Eat great bagels (H&H)
• Eat great cheesecake (Veniero)
• Eat pastrami at Katz’s Deli
• Eat a hot dog at Nathan’s in Coney Island (photo)
• Go to the Met
• Go to the Museum of Natural History
• See a film at the Tribeca Film Fest (Palo Alto) (photo)
• See a Broadway Show (Avenue Q)
• Drink local beer (Chelsea, Sixpoint)
• Host houseguests in a tiny NYC apartment (photo)
• Walk through Central Park
• Times Square at night (photo)
• Check out the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center (photo)
• Cross the Brooklyn Bridge (a nightly affair for me)

Neighborhoods we’ve meandered through:

• Upper East Side
• Upper West Side
• Midtown (photo)
• Gramercy
• Flatiron
• Tribeca
• SoHo (photo)
• Chinatown
• Little Italy
• East Village
• West Village
• Greenwich Village
• Lower East Side (photo)
• Chelsea
• Financial District
• Williamsburg (photo)
• Red Hook (photo)
• Brooklyn Heights (photo)
• Coney Island
• Fort Greene
• DUMBO (photo)
• Carroll Gardens

The rush of thoughts
Hits with the force of expectation.
Quick, a pen.

The words of greats engulf me,
And I can find no great words.

The brick walls are liberating,
So is the cold, heavy air.

The street is quiet
With anticipation of my footsteps.

I shall wake it.

Twenty-three days after the movers picked up our stuff from Santa Monica and nine days after their “at the latest” delivery date, the van arrived.

Not only were the boxes a bit beaten up (I would assume nothing less from a cross-country move that changed hands a few times and took a month), many of them were soaking wet. Fortunately, mom wrapped and packed things so well that we only lost a pint glass and a few books. If Curtis and I had packed on our own, I have no doubt the damage would have been much worse.

This is the box in which Curtis’ computer was packed. The tower was bashed in and warped, but Curtis managed to rebuild and salvage it, and it appears to be working fine.

See other photos from before and during the move-in here.