Strollin Though The Streets Of Brooklyn

Whenever I visit New York I always feel a little anxious. Now of course I've only been twice, but hey who's counting... :-)  On this occasion I happened to be going to a party of people who I met at a awesome adult summer So I had to decide weather I would drive, take the bus, ride the subway or walk. So a side note: most people who know me know that if there is a way for me to get lost, turned around, missed exit yada yada yada it will happen to me ! So this is always a gut wrenching decision! So after I analysed all of my choices... I decided to be brave and hoof it!! Now four miles in a big city is an adventure for me... both good and bad and I am soooo glad I decided to walk! What an experience of cultural sobriety that was for me. I seemed to weave into out of culture, race, beliefs, joy and uneasiness. [I went from Brownstones, to what some people might term the ghetto, to just your average normal hoo hum apartments. But my most interesting walk was what I would term as an Orthodox Jewish Community. All the signs were written in what I would consider Hebrew. Most of the men wore a tall looking oddly shaped hat. And it seemed as I tried to make eye contact or give a head nod or say hello... I felt like I was rebuffed. Just my thought/perceptions--- It felt like "these people in this community were cut off/ didn't want to be part of society? I smiled at a little boy maybe eight years old and I got a  scowl and hiss... Now I realize that sometimes kids are just kids, but wow it almost felt he thought I was "the devil"!

So after I finally left an amazing shin dig full laughter, dancing and awesome people! I had to decide whether to walk or take the bus. I decided to walk! So as I set out my through another four mile adventure through Brooklyn, with foggy groggy eyes at 2 am, a ton of thoughts started running through my head,will I be safe, will I get turned around, I'm tried and I don't want to walk, but I just decided to go for  it! And what a beautiful walk home it was! Listening to after hour parties, watching couples hold hands and listen to the buzz and hustle and bustle of the city that never sleeps! I arrived home about an hour later... I brushed my teeth layed my groggy head on the pillow and fell asleep...

Brett "One Burrough" Drummond

i'LL SEE YOU later Brooklyn