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December 20, 2004
New York City Holiday Zen*
This morning at 6:30 I walked outside my apartment into bitter cold. There was a dusting of snow on the ground and I froze my rear end off waiting for the train in the subway station (trains cause a rush of wind when they pass which means windchill). After getting off the train at my destination I popped into Dunkin' Donuts and picked up a coffee (black, no sugar) and then went to work.
After work I rode down to Herald Square to pick up a few last minute Christmas gifts. I went to Macy's and got something for my grandma and then to Starbucks to get a gift for a coffee drinking co-worker and a gingerbread latte for myself.
The moment that I had my moment of New York City Holiday Zen? Walking to the Times Square subway station, still in my shirt and tie from work, carrying my work bag over a shoulder, Starbucks latte in one hand, Metropolitan Museum of Art bag carrying my grandma's Christmas gift and Starbucks bag in the other, all while listening to some tunes on my iPod.
If that's not New York City at Christmastime then I don't know what is. It nearly made me wish I were actually going to be in the City for Christmas instead of in Minnesota... but not quite. I leave tomorrow night for Minneapolis.
*ZEN - the word that I've seen on every blog in the entire universe this year (especially this one) and have purposely avoided using... until now.
Posted on December 20, 2004 at 11:58 PM