I heard silence in NY today.  It happened towards the end of my run.  I turned on bank st after playing a little ring and run on Dan A’s buzzer and I noticed the sun hitting the red bricks of a townhouse which, of course, turned one darker shade of red as a result.

There was this woman walking in front of me and I noticed the sound her jeans made every time she took a step – THAT’S how quiet it was.

Its the last day to shop before X-mas and people are running around all over the place getting stuff done.

NYC (especially midtown) before X-mas is one of my favorite places on earth… Snow on the ground… Not TOO cold (30 F to be exact)… This is bliss.

I stopped working last night.  I’m in shut-down mode and I love running on the first day of shut-down mode because I know I get to take a looooong shower and drink LOTS of wine and hang with Amit for days upon days and not rush anywhere.  Nothing is more important than what i want at this very moment and i get to enjoy that for more than a week.

Bliss.

Side  note: I love sinking into a soft huge couch after a loooong shower after a looong run.

I went extra long today because I had the time and because I love how the sun looks when it hits the snow on the ground.  And because I was curious to see what the construction brought on further up on the WSH.

I think I need a new candle that smells like figs and mint and a new book.

Side note: I love diving into a book that becomes my “real life” while I’m reading it.  The story becomes my life and everything that happens in between reading those pages is just a side note.  That hasn’t happened in a while…  I need a good book like that.

I think I’m going to drink my weight in tea and coffee today.  I also got perfect apples from the farmers market in Union Square and a bottle of Ravenswood for $11 and I can’t wait to plug my ipod into our speakers and hit shuffle.  This is my perfect “after run”…  I could do this forever.

Its loud, windy, and cold downstairs.  I love u again NY…

I can’t wait to go to LA tomorrow.