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Among the many thrilling things about this last weekend:
- Running around the city playing a secret game, grinning the entire time, impossibly lucky to have stumbled on it
- Matmos, perfectly paired with...
- So Percussion, and their performance of
- Steve Reich's Drumming
- the Attacca String Quartet, at
- the Stone, a concert venue concealed at the bottom of Avenue C
- Concealed glass houses
- Chili crab, quail egg shooters, pierogies, dim sum, pizza, pasta, wine
- Fleece blankets
- Late mornings
In the tragic tradition of purloined property posts, here are the contents of my luggage, which went missing somewhere between my departure from New York and my arrival in Barcelona (more on that arrival to come):
NON-SENTIMENTAL CONTENTS:
- Ten pairs of boxers, fourteen pairs of socks
- One pair of too-expensive jeans
- One jacket, for fancy dinner
- Two pairs of shorts
- One crappy pair of swim trunks
- Various liquids: deodorant, lens cleaning stuff, soaps
- One tripod
SENTIMENTAL AND/OR TROUBLING-WHEN-MISSING CONTENTS
- A bunch of clothes forgotten by Laurea
- My ten favorite old t-shirts
- My favorite sweatshirt, perfectly worn
VALUE OF SENTIMENTAL +/ T.W.M. CONTENTS, APPROXIMATE: $260
VALUE OF NON-SENTIMENTAL CONTENTS, APPROXIMATE: $800
RATIO OF CONCERN FOR SENTIMENTAL VS. NON-SENTIMENTAL MISSING CONTENTS: 8/1
ADJ. VALUE FOR SENTI. & NON-SENTI. CONTENTS, RESPECTIVELY: $2080/$800
- The aesthetic of the open hydrant, though I deplore the actual water wasted by said hydrants--except in the case of:
- Riding through an open hydrant when I have ridden my bike home from work, perhaps the greatest summer water encounter there is.
- Summer Thunderstorms--as above, without the waste.
- Sitting on benches, watching people--eavesdropping gets better as the temperature rises.
- L&B Spumoni Gardens--add #4, above, for extra enjoyment
- Coney Island, extremely crowded, for people watching and Cyclone riding
- Robert Moses State Beach, not as crowded, for traditional beach enjoyment
- Dancing outdoors in Central Park or at PS 1, with people who know their hip hop and dance music, and who will spend the rest of the year trapped in dark rooms listening to it.
- Music from fire escapes at night, with the heat radiating off the pavement.
- Local Dominican Juvenile Tricycle Gangs (pictured), who enjoy summer unconditionally on my behalf, and who can always be relied on for a good picture.
