July 6, 2003 4th of July

New York was good. It's all kind of a blur of Shelley's (very nice and cute) boyfriend buying us dinner at Da Andrea and then conversing over pints and martinis. Walking through the city with Shelley and Maryelizabeth, stopping to buy lemonade at the Chelsea Flea Market, buying magnetic postcards for $3 at a bookstore called Unoppressive Non-Imperialistic Bargain Books, eating at the Grey Dog, sitting on the stoop and eating ice cream cones. Looking at maternity clothes in humongous GAP and Old Navy stores. Lying prostrate in the heat reading and taking magazine quizzes with Shelley's roommate and arguing over whether we are earth, fire, water, or air. Finishing Everything Is Illuminated and proceeding not to shut up about it for the entirety of the trip. Eating Cuban food and weeping in round into the daiquiries, pina coladas, plantain chips, and giant bowls of black beans. Watching the fireworks from a Jersey City rooftop. get notified. journal archives © Copyright 2003 elb