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I realize it's hot all over the US this week... I've seen the weather maps (they're impressive... the "temps above 100" band covered over 2/3rds of the US today, and the rest was in the 90s)... but oppressive heat and humidity somehow seem worse in Manhattan unless you're close enough to the river to actually get a breeze on the cross-streets.
I wasn't that close today. I was walking about as smack-in-the-middle of the island as you can get. At noon. What was I thinking??? Shady side of the street? There was no shady side of the street!
On the plus side, after walking a little over a mile and a half, I got a most excellent haircut and highlights from the guy who does![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nycgadgetgirl's hair. Sacha, of Sacha and Olivier, which sounds like it would be terribly pretentious but it's actually nicely low-key and friendly. The only two stylists working today were the owners, which was probably good since the A/C was not coming close to keeping up with the heat. Sacha said all eight stylists are working tomorrow, when it's supposed to be equally hot and muggy... I can't imagine what it'll be like in there with six additional blowdryers going all day!
After being silly enough to walk from 39th & 8th Ave. down to 18th and 5th Ave., I gave in to temptation and took the subway back up to midtown to meetnycgadgetgirl when she got off work, then she humored my tiredness and ambled back across town with me (there's no good way to take the train home from her office, and catching a cab wasn't likely at 5 p.m. on 5th Ave.). Tonight we're hiding from the heat and waiting for Burritoville to deliver dinner. We contemplated going out to see "The Devil Wore Prada" but I'm guessing that stasis is going to keep that from happening.
It's been a fun visit... mostly just hanging out, chatting, playing with the dog. We did manage to get a little closer to current on summer movies... I've now seen "Superman" and "Pirates of the Caribbean II" (both of which I recommend). Tomorrow, I head back to Indy, after a quick stop at my eye doctor (yes... for a lot of byzantine reasons, I live in Indianapolis and have an eye doctor in Manhattan... but it gives me an excuse to come to the city at least once a year, right?).
Food... somewhere out there is a delivery guy with my food...
I wasn't that close today. I was walking about as smack-in-the-middle of the island as you can get. At noon. What was I thinking??? Shady side of the street? There was no shady side of the street!
On the plus side, after walking a little over a mile and a half, I got a most excellent haircut and highlights from the guy who does
nycgadgetgirl's hair. Sacha, of Sacha and Olivier, which sounds like it would be terribly pretentious but it's actually nicely low-key and friendly. The only two stylists working today were the owners, which was probably good since the A/C was not coming close to keeping up with the heat. Sacha said all eight stylists are working tomorrow, when it's supposed to be equally hot and muggy... I can't imagine what it'll be like in there with six additional blowdryers going all day!After being silly enough to walk from 39th & 8th Ave. down to 18th and 5th Ave., I gave in to temptation and took the subway back up to midtown to meet
nycgadgetgirl when she got off work, then she humored my tiredness and ambled back across town with me (there's no good way to take the train home from her office, and catching a cab wasn't likely at 5 p.m. on 5th Ave.). Tonight we're hiding from the heat and waiting for Burritoville to deliver dinner. We contemplated going out to see "The Devil Wore Prada" but I'm guessing that stasis is going to keep that from happening.It's been a fun visit... mostly just hanging out, chatting, playing with the dog. We did manage to get a little closer to current on summer movies... I've now seen "Superman" and "Pirates of the Caribbean II" (both of which I recommend). Tomorrow, I head back to Indy, after a quick stop at my eye doctor (yes... for a lot of byzantine reasons, I live in Indianapolis and have an eye doctor in Manhattan... but it gives me an excuse to come to the city at least once a year, right?).
Food... somewhere out there is a delivery guy with my food...
