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{Thankful November} 17: Fall Leaves
November 26th, 2011 | Rachel
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Its amazing how fast the leaves change. Or maybe its time that flies by so quickly.
For the past month I’ve been telling myself nearly every day that I am going to go out and take pictures of the city foliage before the leaves fall, and here I am today with hardly any pictures while the trees rapidly shed their leaves outside. I feel lucky to take the M86 through Central Park to work every day, a great reminder of how many trees we actually have in the city.
I am thankful for fall leaves as a spectacular exhibition of color and texture and as a visual reminder of both the change of the seasons and the constant march of time.
Fall in New York City
{Thankful November} 16: NYC Public Transit System
November 26th, 2011 | Rachel
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So maybe it does take me 45 minutes to travel the three miles between my apartment and the bakery, I still think the New York City public transit system is fine-tuned network of subway trains, and buses, and drivers, and maintenance teams, and ticket agents, and traffic dispatchers, and countless other employees that keep this city moving.
Thank you, Metropolitan Transit Authority.
{Thankful November} 15: 30 Rock (and Tine Fey)
November 26th, 2011 | Rachel
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Now that Steve and I have finished the four available seasons of Mad Men, the only thing I am watching (on Netflix On Demand) are a few remaining episodes of 30 Rock… and endless reruns because this show never gets old.
Kudos to Tina Fey for creating such a successful television show and for being an awesome professional role model and all around super cool lady.
{Thankful November} 14: Down Comforters
November 26th, 2011 | Rachel
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Even though it is a beautiful 68 degrees in New York City today, we’ve had enough seasonally appropriate weather this November to make me thankful for my fluffy down comforter that keeps me warm even though city housing code allows my building to turn off the heat at night until my bedroom hits a chilly 55 degrees (way to shoot for the bare minimum, Columbia University).
Thank you, cozy blanket of fluff!
{Thankful November} 13: City Sounds
November 15th, 2011 | Rachel
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My first roommate in the city (technically the second, if you count Davina) thought I was a little weird because she’d come home from work to find me sitting on couch in silence. No television, no music, just silence. Most of the time I’d be typing on my laptop, so it wasn’t like I was silently staring at the wall. THAT would be a little strange.
When I lived by myself for the first time, I played a lot of music so I wouldn’t get too freaked out by all of the bumps and creaks and hisses of my apartment, but now I am back to sitting in silence.
Silence is an inaccurate term because there really isn’t any such thing as silence in New York City. Whether it is footsteps from the apartment above you or the radiator clanking or a truck outside with squeaky brakes, there are always sounds. Right now, I can hear a car driving up the hill on my street, the shutting of a door somewhere else in the building, the rumble of the subway as it heads underground at 123rd Street and the hum of this computer. During the day I can hear the murmur of people’s conversations as they walk by on the sidewalk along with church bells that chime every half hour.
That first year in the city, I had trouble sleeping because the recycling trucks would do their rounds in the middle of the night and the noise would wake me up despite the fact that I was in a 20th floor apartment. Eventually I got used to it.
I love listening to the sounds of the city because it reminds me how many people are here going about their own business and living their own lives. I also feel we are so inundated by sounds throughout the day that it is nice to spend some time in (near) silence while I gather my thoughts and reflect on the day.
Thank you, quiet city sounds.
