Sunday, August 14, 2005
When I first arrived it was so very important to me that I not look like a tourist. Of course all that nervous tension probably marked me as a newcomer to any disinterested local. I might as well have worn a fanny pack. Thankfully I’ve lived here long enough that I can refer to my Streetwise map of New York in public without much self-consciousness. I might even refer to a guidebook, if pressed. I would not, however, sit on the subway like the two girls on the 1 train yesterday with a book titled “New York City for Dummies.”
