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365 Project -- 106 - The Crew
365 Day Photo Project — Day 106, April 14th, 2012. Let me start with this: Saturday is easily one of my favourite days of 2012. More so even than any of my Doctor Who encounters. I started having brunch with friends in Queens -- this amazing greek food. In the crazy schedule that has been my Manhattan Life, each moment with friends is a joy, especially when brunch is involved.
After breakfast, I made my way toward Brooklyn Bridge Park, expecting a quick 45 min ride on 3 subways. I had my first experience with construction, causing my ride time to nearly double. I was expecting not to make it at all, knowing the Flickr crew to have moved on before I arrived. As I got there, and took in this new area of the city, I felt comfortable, and excited, even if I didn't find them.
But I did. It seems everyone was just as late or confused as I, and slowly our group grew. I met new people, people with exciting jobs, or cool backgrounds. I met Michael Tapp, who I was familiar with, expecting we'd cross paths eventually. Then I met the crew I spent the rest of the day with. We drank beers, we talked of travel. As the crowd thinned, illogically logical Ben surfaced, making some preposterous claims. We ate tacos. It was great!
There are so many details I could share about this day, but my favourite was just spending an evening with four random strangers, slowly taking in Brooklyn as the sun fell to the horizon. Buildings became shadows. There was no rush to catch a train. We were not heading home after an expected limit. Everyone would wait as one of us held back to take pictures, and we all made our way to the river.
As we watched infinite drops of Hudson float by, a calmness was already over us. It reminded me of my early days at HKT. After a full day of school and work, after closing the store, and the slowly quieting halls as gates were shut, our friends would gather. We'd go sit on the rocks, atop a 40-foot cliff, watching the lights of the city, a passing car, and a town that was not asleep, but no longer in a rush.
Today was a reminder that those days still exist, be it with new faces, and foreign backdrops. Perhaps more than anything, it was the first time I felt at home in New York. Not as some guy in a power tie, or alone as I wander through the park, but truly as myself.
Thanks guys. I hope we keep in touch, but even if that was only for a night, I wouldn't trade that day for anything.
365 Project -- 106 - The Crew
365 Day Photo Project — Day 106, April 14th, 2012. Let me start with this: Saturday is easily one of my favourite days of 2012. More so even than any of my Doctor Who encounters. I started having brunch with friends in Queens -- this amazing greek food. In the crazy schedule that has been my Manhattan Life, each moment with friends is a joy, especially when brunch is involved.
After breakfast, I made my way toward Brooklyn Bridge Park, expecting a quick 45 min ride on 3 subways. I had my first experience with construction, causing my ride time to nearly double. I was expecting not to make it at all, knowing the Flickr crew to have moved on before I arrived. As I got there, and took in this new area of the city, I felt comfortable, and excited, even if I didn't find them.
But I did. It seems everyone was just as late or confused as I, and slowly our group grew. I met new people, people with exciting jobs, or cool backgrounds. I met Michael Tapp, who I was familiar with, expecting we'd cross paths eventually. Then I met the crew I spent the rest of the day with. We drank beers, we talked of travel. As the crowd thinned, illogically logical Ben surfaced, making some preposterous claims. We ate tacos. It was great!
There are so many details I could share about this day, but my favourite was just spending an evening with four random strangers, slowly taking in Brooklyn as the sun fell to the horizon. Buildings became shadows. There was no rush to catch a train. We were not heading home after an expected limit. Everyone would wait as one of us held back to take pictures, and we all made our way to the river.
As we watched infinite drops of Hudson float by, a calmness was already over us. It reminded me of my early days at HKT. After a full day of school and work, after closing the store, and the slowly quieting halls as gates were shut, our friends would gather. We'd go sit on the rocks, atop a 40-foot cliff, watching the lights of the city, a passing car, and a town that was not asleep, but no longer in a rush.
Today was a reminder that those days still exist, be it with new faces, and foreign backdrops. Perhaps more than anything, it was the first time I felt at home in New York. Not as some guy in a power tie, or alone as I wander through the park, but truly as myself.
Thanks guys. I hope we keep in touch, but even if that was only for a night, I wouldn't trade that day for anything.