Moving Day Tomorrow
November 23, 2007 at 9:00 pm 2 comments
I have no idea who this is, but it looks like he’s wishing good luck for my big move tomorrow. He’s running in the 2007 NYC Marathon and the photo just happens to be in front of the U-Haul truck rental and storage building on 4th Avenue at 6th Street. That’s where I’ll meet Sambou, another helper and pick up the truck tomorrow morning. All my earthly possessions will then travel down 4th Avenue to my apartment. Hooray!
How did I find this photo you ask. Serendipity strikes again! I was reading a most interesting blog named The Gowanus Lounge by RSGuskind, a Brooklyn writer/photographer. I clicked on to his Flickr account where he has many photos of this year’s NYC Marathon. He was taking them on 4th Avenue. So there you have it.
As an added serendipitous kick, did you notice OP Finland? Now how many Finns were running and he happened to be in this photo? Not many is my guess. I thought many times when I was still running about running the NYC Marathon. That will have to wait till the next lifetime. But, I sure will be watching next year.
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Heather | November 25, 2007 at 1:09 am
We hope you had a smooth move in to your apartment.
You should get a Vespa and scoot through the NYC Marathon next year. I’m only 29 and I wouldn’t tackle a marathon with my sad knees. I ran the US Half in SF a few years ago. I wanted to puke at the 10th mile.
You’re so lucky to be in NYC for the holidays. And New Year’s! You always said you wanted to be in NYC for New Year’s again. Any big plans?
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greenscaper | November 25, 2007 at 7:15 pm
A Vespa! I really like your non-linear thinking Heather, but how the hell would I do that? News flash…old geezer arrested for crashing the NYC Marathon with a Vespa!
Thanks for your good thoughts, but the word ‘smooth’ doesn’t fit in the script of this movie. Everything, including yesterday, is more like an oxcart ride over the Burma Road.
The ‘studio’ is now ‘storage central’. It’s all here and it’ll probably take 2 months to sort it out. Now…if I can just find my coffee maker. Green tea is nice, but it ain’t like a cuppa fresh cawfee.