Only in NYC? or so we thought...

A couple of gleanings about the title above:

Only in NYC- Last month, snow still minimal and temperatures still bearable, we found a reputable piece of furniture/trash on the street! An amazing find for those of you who do not know the wonders of living out of other people's refuse but for those of you from NY- this is no big deal and definitely nothing to write home about. We have embraced our little custom built 1950's green leather business chair made by a local company- Fritz-Cross. What a find! We made her feel at home in our mini bedroom on the 2nd floor of 5532 Emerson.

Only in NYC- Today was a beautiful sunny Sunday and Ruby and I were out for our walk around Lake Calhoun. (We are trying very hard to make it a daily activity because otherwise we will too easily slip into that hibernating squirrel mode of eating acorns and watching HBO.) So we are beginning our 3.1 mile walk, getting warmed up, trying not to slip on the icy path. Coming towards us around the bend is a young woman with long hair who appears to be wearing a nude colored ski suit. Or so we thought. As she approached on our left, it was quite evident that she was not only not wearing a nude colored ski suit, she was not wearing anything at all. Bear footed, bear breasted, muff triangle intact, seemingly trance-like in her focus, she marched past us. Hmm. It was as if she was performing the reverse of the hot-coal meditative circus act. We thought, are we in NY? The only reason we knew were were not in NY is because we were only 2 of 4 people on the path who had witnessed the bizarre nude walker. Had we been home, there would have also been tourists with cameras at the ready. It wasn't the nudity that was perturbing - rather the 20 degree weather and the barefootedness that made us shake in our boots. Literally. Minutes later, as we looked back, a Minneapolis police car had made an about-turn and picked up our lady. A couple of runners on the path were finding articles of her clothing and running back with them. Alls well. We hope.
-m&r