Hot Child in the City

Day Sixteen

I was hungover yesterday, so this is going to be short.

I didn't wake up until 3.30. By this time, Elke had already woken up, eaten breakfast and gone back to bed. I wasn't TOO terribly hungover, but I just felt extremely sluggish. However, I showered and washed my face (because of course I slept in a full face of make-up, mascara and everything) and we decided to go read in the park.

But somehow reading in the park turned into walking a million miles in the park. We made it all the way to Belvedere Castle before settling down with our books. I'm rereading Dangerous Angels in anticipation of the new Weetzie Bat book, Necklace of Kisses. It came out at the beginning of the month, but I had to finish Anna Karenina (my self-appointed summer reading book) before I could attack Dangerous Angels. It was a very beautiful and quintessential Sunday evening in the park. There were children and dogs and sunshine and green grass and all those nice things. Adding my favorite book to the mix just made life perfect.

But, all good things must end, and about 20 minutes into twilight we abandoned our patch of grass in order to visit the castle, stop by Shakespeare Garden and get out of the park before dark ('cause that's when the coyotes come out, I am told). We walked along Columbus Avenue looking for somewhere to eat dinner and finally settled upon Cafe Roma Pizzeria, a Kosher pizza place right around the corner from us.

And then we came back here and watched Sunday night television - the excursion through the park took most of the little energy I had. However, I promise more exciting things in the future. Elke started her classes today, so I have to entertain myself and I've come up with a bunch of New-York-style activities to keep me occupied.

posted by Megan @ 8:29 PM