bring back parks, cheap movie tickets, and loitering! thinking about how the third space has now become a for-profit project does make me sad, but finding these spots in random cities really do add a new spark into your day-to-day. let the kids catch a vibe.
Sometimes I need somewhere to land with my notebook and pen, a place to consolidate my outstretched self. My impulse has often led me to areas with verve, culture, and snappy people living impressively. But lately I've been seeking out the mundane and forgettable spots instead. There's a local grocery with an ugly in-store coffee nook that I like. There, wedged between a display for gaudy coffee mugs, pharmacy bandages, and closeout items, all the beauty and magic is forced to come from within.
They're like the Goldilocks zone between a total lack of stimulus and the overload of modernity; and quite moving seeing the slight signs of decay in these monuments of antisepticness
The Strokes NYE concert was the best concert of my life, and since then ive decided I need to see every iconic concert i can. money will come and go ... MCR will only return once. obligatory story-collection for the children.
