i heart the cliche

things i do not take enough note of:

the ritual of the train.
corner bodegas.
night life.
the grandiosity.
cheap non-chain food.
the clarifying power of small spaces in relation to belongings, symbolism, commercialism, and self-definition.
the sheer number of people i interact with.
parking and driving could be so much worse.
street steam.
newspaper stands.
fresh challah.
the confidence.
the solidarity of the city.
access.
the gays.
the sense of a connection to the greater world (generally, artistically, culturally, intellectually).