Photo by Eleny M. Ynoa of HarlemDepending on who I speak to, I say live on the Upper West Side, or (more accurately) around Harlem. Someone was correct when he said that we're not so much West Side but the Western Frontier and so even though I try not to scare people from visiting me, I still get concerned looks from non-new yorkers when I tell them my street.
But l love it that I can get to Harlem as fast as I could get from West Coast to Clementi (alamak at home I tell people I in live West Coast, they also say ulu) . There I can buy Clorox, kitchen wipes, socks and various other household handies for a buck or two. I like it that I can find T-mobile, Old Navy, Aerosoles, Nine West (the warehouse) H&M and 1.99 Depot all on one street.
So what I do when I get down the M60 bus is to hitch the bag up my shoulders, stuff my hands in my black jacket and swagger down the street like Harlem is filled with asians (are you kidding :P) and that I come to the neighbouhood all the time (I don't). The first thing to do here (and everywhere actually) is to look like you know where you're goin and you just wanna do your thang...
So then, if you see a little chinese girl walking down Martin Luther King Jr Street with hands in her pocket in the middle of the afternoon - yup, its probably me.
But l love it that I can get to Harlem as fast as I could get from West Coast to Clementi (alamak at home I tell people I in live West Coast, they also say ulu) . There I can buy Clorox, kitchen wipes, socks and various other household handies for a buck or two. I like it that I can find T-mobile, Old Navy, Aerosoles, Nine West (the warehouse) H&M and 1.99 Depot all on one street.
So what I do when I get down the M60 bus is to hitch the bag up my shoulders, stuff my hands in my black jacket and swagger down the street like Harlem is filled with asians (are you kidding :P) and that I come to the neighbouhood all the time (I don't). The first thing to do here (and everywhere actually) is to look like you know where you're goin and you just wanna do your thang...
So then, if you see a little chinese girl walking down Martin Luther King Jr Street with hands in her pocket in the middle of the afternoon - yup, its probably me.
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