1. something I like about living in Philly

    is that it’s just big enough that picking a new bike route can be a beautiful adventure down cherry blossom lined streets, but you won’t get lost.

    and it’s just small enough that you may just happen upon your friends having drinks at an outdoor cafe, and you can stop for a sip of their mojitos before going about your way.

     

  2. berkeley, CA, last winter.

    today I tried to save our neighborhood one-eyed cat, to no avail. my roommate and I drove him to a no-kill shelter, as it turns out they only take animals from other shelters where they’d otherwise certainly die. as I couldn’t give him to any place where I’d be sure he wouldn’t get euthanized, we ended up just putting him back out on the street.

    music being blasted blocks away is getting all distorted and sounds like an owl ‘who-whooing’, kind of.

    oh, north philly.