And so here we stay in numbers, warm

It is late in the day and we're still in New York.

We were going to head out Monday, but we ran into our friend Patrick, whom we met at Common Ground. He convinced us to stay for a few more days. Jeanie and I were very glad we did because he took us to open mic night at St. Nick's Jazz Club in Harlem last night. We were witnesses of something beautiful.

So, we arrived in New York and since then we've seen many tall buildings and now I am convinced that there are at least five empire state buildings, we've enjoyed the company of a friends both new and old, and devoured many a free bagel.

Also we got the chance to see some of the Wooster Collective 11 Spring street art exhibit, which I was pretty excited about. We almost flew out to New York just to see it while the event was going on last fall.

After we got the car out of paid parking we parked it in Brooklyn near Malcolm's work. We have been walking, riding bikes, and taking the subway. Public transportation that is reliable is so fucking amazing and bicycling in New York is too- though it can be scary sometimes. Bicycle lanes are the way to go, I assure you.

We spent this past Saturday with Ed, who seems to be having a good time living and printing in New York. We walked around the lower East side, stopped at Blue Stockings infoshop and Mooshows vegan shoe store. He showed us 'Kid Robot', a designer toy shop and we ate at a Vegan fast food joint known as Curly's. It was a gay ol' time.

Malcolm went with us to Central Park a few times, and Jeanie and I got tattooed. We walked to battery park and did a few other touristy blahblah things. Tomorrow we are going to play music in the subway and visit the museums for free with Patrick.

We are seriously living it up- barely spending money other than a few splurges for parking and tattoos, eating our hoard of bagels, and enjoying the sights that are oh so free. I'd say we could live like this forever and we just may.


And now for a flood of images:


Peace March On The Pentagon


Battery Park


Central Park




St. Nick's Jazz Pub in Harlem


Street Art


Lovely times ahead both tomorrow and when we all meet again, but for now it is time to sleep.

G'love,
Marshall

an early morning p.s. - new york is full of food waiting for you to get it. seriously, you could go gourmet here just on what you find - packaged mushrooms, fresh parsnips, boxes of ritz crackers and stovetop stuffing - this is the way to live. we honestly ate ritz with apple slices and brie last night, and never spent a penny. amazing. -j