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desayunoencamaAm in muggy NYC, but have very spotty wifi access since my once-reliable neighbors seem to have moved. A lot of empty storefronts all around town, it seems, which is not surprising given how EXPENSIVE everything is. Was still shocked to see the empty spot where the Barnes & Noble Chelsea used to be, since that had been a fixture in the neighborhood for almost the entire time I've been here. (I later recalled a friend saying they'd had the rent raised from 1 million to nearly 5 million, or numbers to those effects, so I had been told it would be closing but that's quite different from wandering by and seeing it not there.)
(NYers, take note, I've also heard that the Strand Annex is closing because THEIR rent has been raised astronomically, so they're likely to have a mega sale between now and September to unload stock without having to move it, since they also don't really have the space to move it TO...)
The local bagel shop has also closed, and something else is in the process of being put in although not yet sure what. Even the pizza place that had been on the corner for YEARS is gone, now a Verzon wireless store.
Of course, both bagels and pizza are part of my dietary past, which may be a large part of the nostalgia twangs.
(It was hard at the supermarket to pass by the Entemann's, the Pepperidge Farm oatmeal raisin cookies, etc.)
I did manage to buy a handful of books, some dupes of things I already had (J. R. Ackerly's MY FATHER AND MYSELF, for instance, or Paul Monette's novelization of the film NOSFERATU), and some for other people (a parody dog book titled THE COMPLETE petROSEXUAL), but quite a handful for myself as well.
Will type up my book haul and post when I have more reliable connection (although I do wonder where that might be...)
NYC is especially muggy after today's rain... And already my knees hurt from pounding the pavement more than I'm used to.
Anyway, let me post this before the connection goes away again (has done so at least twice as I've been typing).
(NYers, take note, I've also heard that the Strand Annex is closing because THEIR rent has been raised astronomically, so they're likely to have a mega sale between now and September to unload stock without having to move it, since they also don't really have the space to move it TO...)
The local bagel shop has also closed, and something else is in the process of being put in although not yet sure what. Even the pizza place that had been on the corner for YEARS is gone, now a Verzon wireless store.
Of course, both bagels and pizza are part of my dietary past, which may be a large part of the nostalgia twangs.
(It was hard at the supermarket to pass by the Entemann's, the Pepperidge Farm oatmeal raisin cookies, etc.)
I did manage to buy a handful of books, some dupes of things I already had (J. R. Ackerly's MY FATHER AND MYSELF, for instance, or Paul Monette's novelization of the film NOSFERATU), and some for other people (a parody dog book titled THE COMPLETE petROSEXUAL), but quite a handful for myself as well.
Will type up my book haul and post when I have more reliable connection (although I do wonder where that might be...)
NYC is especially muggy after today's rain... And already my knees hurt from pounding the pavement more than I'm used to.
Anyway, let me post this before the connection goes away again (has done so at least twice as I've been typing).
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