Whew. Well we’re back from what turned out to be a bit of a whirlwind weekend in New York City, a combined celebration of Charley’s big 40th birthday, and our upcoming tenth wedding anniversary. (Ten years! Wow!) We stayed at the swanky W Hotel at Union Square which was a bit of a splurge, but hell, he only turns 40 once, and who knows if we’ll make it to the next ten year anniversa– no, no, no... I kid. In any event, it took me a minute or so after arriving for me to figure out where I’d seen the building across the square before. It was this:
I’m a huge fan of Improv Everywhere, and though I don’t think this is necessarily their best work, there’s a good message here: Look Up More. So I did. We walked around a lot, and I looked up a lot. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our trip, all of them up.
It turns out that there are lots of interesting things all around, if you actually just take the time to look up.
The thing is that I’m prone to extremes. In an effort to get a different perspective on things, I tend to take one step back. And then another. And then a thousand. Until all of a sudden, I’m hovering above it all, looking at things from an extreme distance where everything loses its meaning. It’s all fine and good to indulge in a healthy nihilistic two-step from time to time, just don’t do it on your husband’s birthday.
“Happy Birthday. Nothing Matters. Love ya’ babe.”
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