1. A cool summer morning.
2. The saxophonist on Wall St, whose music carries all the way up to my windows on the 50th floor.  I saw him in person today and told him the noise of the street falls away but his music floats up and that he’s bringing joy to people he doesn’t see.  He beamed and said, “That’s what’s up!” And we shook hands.  It was a great moment.
3. This maintenance guy from the parks department who is preparing to water the plants at the Queen Elizabeth 9/11 Garden.  Correction:  he is watering down the paving stones.
4. The giant inflatable rat standing in protest of Nathan Berman, who is “destroying the American Dream.”  I never know the nature of these protests beyond Union vs Management, but I love the rat and its considered ugliness.
5. The union workers themselves manning their rat.  Mostly black in their 50’s and 60’s, they’ve tilted the demographic of this little park today away from the young, white professionals fiddling with their phones and sipping Starbucks.  The union guys get their coffee from the stand on the corner.

Many thanks,

Me