Posted in Uncategorized on 09/29/2011 11:24 pm by Classic NYer
I enjoyed the show. I let the bartender make me a mystery drink and enjoyed the hell out of it. I’m an adult. I’ve done more than one and more than two foolish things in my life. But… maybe the past isn’t so scary as I thought it was?
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alcohol, jazz, midtown, past, pauline jean
Posted in Uncategorized on 09/28/2011 11:12 am by Classic NYer
There are few things that a real New Yorker loves more than giving directions to somebody who is lost. In this case, I didn’t even wait for them to ask me for help, which was probably my first mistake, but I could tell that these ladies were lost. We were at Times Square on the [...]
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direction, lost, subway, tourists, transportation
Posted in Uncategorized on 09/27/2011 04:10 pm by Classic NYer
A few days ago I tried on a pair of jeans at Levi’s and discovered that I had a muffin top. Yes, I said a muffin top. Apparently, I’m getting fat.
Nobody believes me when I say this, though.
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brother, clothes, mother, sister
Posted in Music Monday on 09/26/2011 04:45 pm by Classic NYer
And I wonder why it is… I don’t argue like this with anyone but you… I don’t let my guard down with anyone but you…
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corinne bailey rae
Posted in Uncategorized on 09/24/2011 07:10 pm by Classic NYer
Right about now I could use a drink, a deep tissue massage, and a good old fashioned nap. In that order, please. Any takers?
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mindless bitching, random babbling, tiredness, yoga
Posted in Poetry Corner on 09/23/2011 07:26 pm by Classic NYer
Right now
I walk silently like a swan
through streets that are only mine
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future, past, walking
Posted in Impressions of New York on 09/22/2011 04:05 pm by Classic NYer
“It was quite lovely. And it made me think of you, but I’m not certain why (other than the obvious Italian connection). It made me think of you fondly. Sometimes I think I like you…”
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Posted in Uncategorized on 09/21/2011 10:46 pm by Classic NYer
I choose to be alone tonight. I am damn good company all by myself, am I not? When I am done with my coffee, I’ll take a walk. I have not decided whether I will walk uptown or downtown or west…
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alone, coffee, harlem, john coltrane, johnny hartman, les, midtown, paris blues, writing
Posted in Uncategorized on 09/20/2011 03:15 pm by Classic NYer
I wondered what was this woman’s story. I wondered how many other things she had lost under various unfortunate circumstances. Perhaps she gave these things away in a messy divorce? (After all, she was yelling at a child, not a man.)
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anger, homelessness, kids, people watching, poverty, work
Posted in Uncategorized on 09/14/2011 05:06 pm by Classic NYer
Yesterday was a good day, though. That means that tomorrow has the possibility of being a good day as well. As a matter of fact, fuck it, today isn’t over yet.
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cold, dark philosophy, optimism, suicide