tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post5017242938987949808..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-3793986730848946572007-05-15T06:14:02.000-07:002007-05-15T06:14:02.000-07:00what shoes did you wear? what shoes did joe wear?what shoes did you wear? what shoes did joe wear?jacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-8063660358262002822007-05-15T07:19:46.000-07:002007-05-15T07:19:46.000-07:001. The "Wash and Lube" on West 220th: ...1. The "Wash and Lube" on West 220th: Shouldn't it be Lube, and then Wash? I mean, you got guys (hard working, it should be noted) who have all manner of grease and fluid on them, working over your car <i>after</i> you wash it? Doesn't make sense.<br /><br />2. I get the ban on solicitors at Ground Zero. I just find it ironic that, in five someodd years, there will be commerce there again, only of the high tax bracket sort. Mind you, I don't have a stick in this fight--they should rebuild, I guess--and I am about the billionth person in the world one would search out for advice on the subject. But: do businessmen in suits crafting deals over the memorial seem no less tacky that a guy selling NYPD t-shirts? I dunno.<br /><br />3. Apart from deciding whether to quit, did either or you feel tempted to pull a Rosie Ruiz and hop on a bus?tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-80896641675858726222007-05-15T08:06:35.000-07:002007-05-15T08:06:35.000-07:00jacob: i wore the golas [street sneakers, kinda li...<b>jacob:</b> i wore the golas [street sneakers, kinda like pumas] i got the day after our wedding - the ones that gave me such horrible blisters that i had to wear flip flops for the rest of our honeymoon, including the hiking around the antrim coast of northern ireland. in my defense, they have since become my most comfortable shoes. joe, in turn, wore a pair of blue nikes with exposed springy-things in the back. i think that after a certain point, shoe type doesn't matter as much as you'd think it would; pounding the concrete (and the jolt of going up and down curbs all the time) for that long is just painful no matter what. i would imagine that hiking the same distance on a trail, though it would be harder on the ankles, would be much easier on the feet.<br /><br /><b>tom 1:</b> literally, nothing about inwood makes sense. maybe that place wanted to differentiate itself from the 3,251 other car places at the top of manhattan (seriously, you can probably get a muffler at 10 pm, but a coffee? forget it).<br /><br /><b>tom 2:</b> i think the emphasis is on the 'donations' part of the soliciting, though i can see wanting the people with the light-up crystal twin towers to stay at least a block away. logical? no. while the site is (mostly) a shrine, though, i can see wanting to keep it simple.<br /><br /><b>tom 3:</b> not at all - i'd have quit before i got there by other means, and i would have imagined battery park mocking me if i hitched a ride there. we decided that it really wouldn't be a feat if it was anything other than dragging our asses all the way there, au naturale, at one go.laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-25693151957357950972007-05-19T20:58:37.000-07:002007-05-19T20:58:37.000-07:00this is something i've always wanted to do, so...this is something i've always wanted to do, so kudos to you both! i hope the weather was fair and the brunch/lunch was tasty. whereabouts did you eat before descending into expensive baby/toy-dogland on the UWS? i'd have been happy bring you an iced tea or lemonade, relay-style, if Kolz & i were home for any decent piece of the month...wabesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-37623486259918292862007-05-20T15:18:51.000-07:002007-05-20T15:18:51.000-07:00we ate at toast, baby! it was situated perfectly (...we <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuttlefish/498552508/" rel="nofollow">ate at toast</a>, baby! it was situated perfectly (about a hundred blocks from our start point, and right there on broadway). we gave your 'hood a wave as we zoomed by.laurennoreply@blogger.com