And I’m not the only one who thought this! Yesterday had dinner with my friend Bob, who is a student at Yale and interning at a museum in the city during the summer. “I didn’t know ice cream trucks were real until I was 14 years old. I thought they only existed in cartoons.” I began thinking about all the stuff that to someone from a small, rural town truly finds utterly unbelievable.

People really do buy cold treats from trucks playing circus music. People ready do open fire hydrates and pretend the gutter is a water park. People ready do eat hot dogs from stands that are literally on every corner. People ready do flag down yellow cars that will take them anywhere in the city. People really do play drums and sing underground and on trains and then ask for money. People really do spend $3000.00 on bottles of champagne at rooftop pool parties in Chelsea. People really do go into stores and max out credit cards instead of paying rent. People really do where heels during the daytime.
I see it all, and love it more every day.
I love you and canNOT wait to come see you in your new CITY!! :D
ReplyDeleteYes!! Please do!!
ReplyDeleteWait. Ice cream trucks don't exist everywhere? And people don't open hydrants when it's hot? My mind is a little bit blown right now ...
ReplyDeleteWhere I grew up, houses were miles apart. Ice cream trucks would never be able to afford the gas! And fire hydrates just don't exist, because we lived so far from town that the county water lines stopped long before hitting our road. We had a well and had to drive 20 minutes to the grocery store to get some Breyers!
ReplyDeleteI didn't even think about that. My dad grew up on a farm and he still tells us how his first year in NYC was like moving to another planet.
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