TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Friday, September 13, 2002

6:29 AM
Posted by jodi rose

Ave B, NYC
I love being in Alphabet City, it's the coolest neighbourhood. Made it through 9/11 - 2 with no signs of the 'high terror alert' manifesting. Started the day on the farm, harvesting at 6.30am, drove into the city, set up the storefront and ran it for a few hours then escaped back to brooklyn for a bath and some quality 9/11 tv programs. The media propaganda is so hard core - listened to howard stern on the radio in the morning, re-playing the broadcast from that morning - very war of the worlds if you didn't know it was a repeat. Lots and lots of stories and memorials and bagpipe bands and hymns and services. Not enough dancing in the streets.
Exhausted today, all the farm labour, get into the city and just need to lie down for a week before I can enjoy it. Met a family from Ryde who run the corner deli, the mum was lovely - I had been enjoying their aussie string barometer: if string is wet - it's raining, if string sways - it's windy etc if string is missing - it's been knocked off!