skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Ah, Sunday. I miss you already.
We took out the bikes after a long winter in storage, and biked up the West side of Manhattan via the Greenway. Oliver, generally a pretty adult kind of guy, goes 6-year-old on me whenever he talks about the George Washington Bridge. He biked all the way to it and then across it last summer, and he has been insistent that I come along and do it too.
So on Sunday, I did.
Some images from the afternoon:
The 79th Street Boat Basin, which apparently includes some houseboats. How fun! "I live in SOHO." "I live in the Lower East Side." "Suckas. I live on the Hudson River."
Well on our way now - we would eventually cover about 20 miles. If you squint or enlarge this photo, you'll juuust see the GW Bridge in the distance.
More sights. I liked the desolate look of the chain-link fence, the graffiti and the dead grass. Harlem, I believe.
Gettin' closer. We stopped here so I could give my legs a little rest.
Tiny Oliver and giant bridge.
Right under it.
On top of it.
Looking off it. Manhattan skyline - from really far away. We had come from there. I love a good feeling of accomplishment on a Sunday afternoon.
This time of year I start walking around with one eye on the trees and bushes around me. Sooner or later one of them is going to man up and give me what I've been looking for: the first buds of the season. Yesterday, walking home from work, a little flash of fluorescent yellow caught my eye.
That's right. It's on.
Something like this has to be celebrated. With soup dumplings at Joe's Shanghai in Chinatown.Delicious.
photo by Saitowitz
I love playing husband and wife. Our marriage is real of course (do you hear me, INS? It's real! Real!), but there are times when I step outside myself and see us playing it all like we're characters in a sitcom. A 1950s sitcom, complete with frivolous wife, put-upon husband and zany hijinks. It doesn't hurt that Oliver is currently our sole breadwinner, and that I always clean the bathroom. To every day its laugh track! Hilarity ensues! Case in point:
O: (coming in door from work, sees bags) You went shopping today? Again?
A: I did. You remember, right? I wanted to buy a suit for that thing?
O: Hm...
A: Only I didn't buy a suit after all.
O: (looks relived)
A: I bought shoes instead! Fun ones! I can't wait for spring!
O: Aaarghl! (strangled cry, mix of despair and rage)
Good times.
On a Monday, too! I was going to do a 9-5 at the library today, but it's closed. Guess I'll just have to spend the day at home, doing all those things I'd rather be doing.
And it's the best part of a snow day right now too - the beginning. I'm going to get so much done today...
The 79th Street Boat Basin, which apparently includes some houseboats. How fun! "I live in SOHO." "I live in the Lower East Side." "Suckas. I live on the Hudson River."
Well on our way now - we would eventually cover about 20 miles. If you squint or enlarge this photo, you'll juuust see the GW Bridge in the distance.
More sights. I liked the desolate look of the chain-link fence, the graffiti and the dead grass. Harlem, I believe.
Gettin' closer. We stopped here so I could give my legs a little rest.
Tiny Oliver and giant bridge.
Right under it.
On top of it.
Looking off it. Manhattan skyline - from really far away. We had come from there. I love a good feeling of accomplishment on a Sunday afternoon.
