- The New York City subway system, truly one of the great acheivements of humanity. (He says in the back of a cab.)
- This anxious in-between time waiting to hear how much the rent will increase and whether I got the lyme disease gig. I don’t know what’s to be grateful for there except that “bad” news on either front could lead to major life changes, which makes this a unique time. And that for the rest of my life I’ll know how it all resolved, but at this moment I don’t, which makes this time precious and rare.
- The FDR Drive. It’s as if they intentionally added the swoops and curves to make it fun to drive. And of course, with the back-drop, it rides like something out of a video game.
- My Mini Cooper, which I haven’t had for years now, but which provided such joy when I had it. See FDR, above. I’d take it out on late Tuesdays and drive laps around the city. Can still picture the impossibly dangerous-seeming hill and merge on the Harlem River Drive.
- The “off” button on the little TVs in the backs of cabs. I’m not a fan of the TVs at all, but how horrible would it be if they didn’t have a way to silence them?
Many thanks,
Me