2 posts tagged “summer”

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Subject: Timesheets

Tell me about this week … the more dramatic, the better…

I have a sort of love/hate relationship with autumn. Good summers make depressing autumns, and I had a great summer. I expected Monday to be a fiercely fall day, so when I stepped out of work for lunch and it was 90 degrees, I felt at least a small measure of relief at having been spared the cold for a day. Summer never dies as long as it’s hot and humid. Took a deep breath—hot, humid.

Tuesday came and went. I could look out the window at Central Park and stare at the expanse of leaves: green, so far. Just green. Felt like summer, but it’s not summer. I sat back, tapped at the keys, caught myself thinking about apples. Is this what people in California do? Dream of apples?

I took the subway to work on Wednesday and Thursday; I typically ride my bike, but I thought it might be a good idea to acclimate to the train (wasn’t raining, no latent cold weather hostility, and I wanted to watch a movie on my phone). On both days, I stopped for coffee near my house. I like an iced Americano. Nobody was drinking anything iced. Got a foul look from the “barista”. Screw that.

Outside the coffee shop on Thursday was a dachshund with one brown and one blue eye, sitting amidst a few dry, yellow leaves. He just sat and stared.

Today I rode my bike. It was windy. The very tops of the trees in Central Park are pale green, turning paler yellow. It’s humid, but it’s fall.

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L'il Biggie

1. The aesthetic of the open hydrant, though I deplore the actual water wasted by said hydrants--except in the case of:
2. Riding through an open hydrant when I have ridden my bike home from work, perhaps the greatest summer water encounter there is.
3. Summer Thunderstorms--as above, without the waste.
   
4. Sitting on benches, watching people--eavesdropping gets better as the temperature rises.
   
5. L&B Spumoni Gardens--add #4, above, for extra enjoyment
6. Coney Island, extremely crowded, for people watching and Cyclone riding
   
7. Robert Moses State Beach, not as crowded, for traditional beach enjoyment
8. 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.
9. Music from fire escapes at night, with the heat radiating off the pavement.
   
10. Local Dominican Juvenile Tricycle Gangs (pictured), who enjoy summer unconditionally on my behalf, and who can always be relied on for a good picture.