The Girl With the Crooked Smile

It was snowing the first time I saw her. The diner was packed with elderly couples, teenagers on dates, gossiping old ladies, business men in suits, all burrowed together to escape the cold and prolong the mundanities of life a bit longer. The bell on the front door clanged and I looked over my shoulder… Continue reading The Girl With the Crooked Smile

The Streets of New York

I fell in love with the city the way most people do I suppose, slowly and unexpectedly. Not at first though. I so overwhelmed by the noise, grit, and grime that I could have pinched myself for spending my hard-wrought vacation days here. Five whole days listening to taxi horns blow, curses in foreign languages… Continue reading The Streets of New York