We just got back from New York, Brooklyn to be exact, last night, but since the dog show is literally upstairs from Penn Station, it seemed worth a trip. We were in Brooklyn for my friend's 60th birthday party, an idea that seemed mostly to alarm him. But he enjoyed the company, as did I, although the preponderance of lawyers present was unsettling and made it difficult to find fresh topics of discussion. And what sort of law do you practice? It often seems to me that attorneys in general are less enthusiastic about their work than the general populace. Or maybe they feel guilty being attorneys or don't want to gloat.
While there I got to visit my old neighborhood, Park Slope. It's a nice neighborhood and the houses are pretty if not extremely livable. If you haven't seen these things, they are tall and narrow, with big rectangular rooms and lots of stairs. I can see the attraction but I don't want one.
I still haven't gone by the house where I lived ages 2-7. It's not far from there. I have some vague memories of the neighborhood that would be nice to revive.
The dog show is an old favorite for me and my wife. We used to go regularly when we lived in new York and always watch on tv. The dogs are really cute and some of the people that come packaged with them are genuinely odd (I'm guessing that almost all of them are odd but some are better at making themselves appear socially acceptable than others). People stand up and cheer for little animals running around the floor of the Most Famous Arena and form opinions on who should win from 100 feet away, just as us Olympics fans watch Slopestyle for 3 minutes and then find ourselves yelling at the tv, "how did he only get 84.5!!?? He deserves at least an 87!!!"
I'll update this with photos on the way home.
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