have to make do with extremely little money---my strength as a budgeter will be tested. But will persevere. Lots of sports to watch, also attend the Fringe encore series. Movies....? well, I would like to, but not sure how to pay. Want to keep the credit card low...problem is all monies come in Tuesday and Wednesday, so not really without funds, but don't want to mess with my bank account that covers the rent, even though I doubt check will be cashed for around ten days.....does that make sense? Well, let's get more upbeat.
yesterday took an interesting trip through Crown Heights, walked south on Nostrand from Fulton to eastern Parkway. Some beautiful houses to look at, same with streets near Nostrand on Hart and Willoughby in
Bed-Stuy west (that's what I prefer to call it). Walking down those streets, one has to wonder what they were like during the sixties, seventies or eighties. Hard to believe that there was any crime there, houses
look so peaceful. After visiting the central Brooklyn library, headed across Union into heart of Park Slope.
Carroll Street, between the park and Eighth. What amazingly beautiful Brownstones. Could this really be
the hard scrabble neighborhood that I knew in the late sixties and early seventies where everyone was a bohemian, and rents were low and things were "cool". How did it evolve into what it is today/ This is
the curse/blessing of forty years of living through the history of the city.....one has strong memories of
the past, the first time one confronted the neighborhood...the people one knew, the places we walked, etc.
Memories come hard, they really do. Do I return today, go to a different area, stay in Manhattan, want to
finish the book on WaMu, it is really good...will probably see a fringe encore play tonight, maybe watch the
game at La Flaca, though to be honest, I am a little played out with baseball..oh well, let the festivities
commence!
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