May 12th, 2011
The last couple of mornings clovis and I have perched on the sunny bench outside the local coffee joint on 119th and Lenox. i drink java, Clovis eats muffin crumbs and we watch the world go by. Harlem has changed since I taught school near here at the height of the crack craze. That deserted, jittery, where is 5-0 feeling is gone. Replaced by Italian folks with maps looking for chicken and waffles.
After traveling to many places I can safely say that NYC is truly different. Geneva, Vienna, Budapest, Beijing, Athens, Istanbul, Ulan Bator are all amazing. But lenox and 119th is really a place where can watch the world go by during the time it takes to drink a large coffee. Every language, every hairstyle, every shape, every color, every day.
The last couple of mornings clovis and I have perched on the sunny bench outside the local coffee joint on 119th and Lenox. i drink java, Clovis eats muffin crumbs and we watch the world go by. Harlem has changed since I taught school near here at the height of the crack craze. That deserted, jittery, where is 5-0 feeling is gone. Replaced by Italian folks with maps looking for chicken and waffles.
After traveling to many places I can safely say that NYC is truly different. Geneva, Vienna, Budapest, Beijing, Athens, Istanbul, Ulan Bator are all amazing. But lenox and 119th is really a place where can watch the world go by during the time it takes to drink a large coffee. Every language, every hairstyle, every shape, every color, every day.
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