Emily Gray Tedrowe wrote: > > some news from this corner of brooklyn: courtney and i > are moving to chicago on february 1
Emily, Whaddaya tawking aboud? Youse guys are really crossin da wahtah? Gid ouda he-ah! Not for nuttin but... it's flat out dare. (oak park, actually, > a little neighborhood just west of chicago). he's got > a new job there, and will show me all sorts of fun things > in the windy city, his hometown. Sounds like a wonderful adventure to me (as long as you don't drop off the edge of the world, just past New Jersey :-). I have heard some good things about that OTHER city, mostly along the lines of "it's very liveable", as in, not nearly as crowded as New York but still plenty to do and lots of opportunities, and with great public transportation. Check out the Art Institute of Chicago if you haven't already. It's considered one of the best museums in the country. > on a new york note: i'm very conflicted about leaving. > patrick, david, debra, tanya and the rest of the NYC gang: > thank you for all sorts of fun joni outings here, for > a wonderful john kelly night, but most of all: for support > and solace during the months since 9/11. i'm both > relieved and miserable at the idea of leaving new york > while we are still reeling, still rebuilding, still > mourning and healing. i'm interested to see what it will > be like to contemplate 9/11 from outside new york, and > yet i know it will be hard to be in another place. Yes, I imagine it would be, at first anyway. There's always email and the NYTimes and Village Voice online to keep you informed and visits whenever you can. I can understand your conflicted feelings completely. Whenever wanderlust hits me and I start thinking about living elsewhere... even then I'm sad about the idea of leaving at the same time as being excited about the adventure. You'll be having so many new experiences... lots to write about... so I hope the pangs of sadness don't last too long when they do come. > the comfort i find in my melancholy here is that there is no > need to explain anything to other new yorkers. there is > a sense of going through/having gone through something > life altering together. Very true. > don't mean to sound so sad -- many parts of this big > change are exciting and challenging to me. and i will > make sure to carry all my born-and-bred-in-brooklyn > spirit over to the windy city, and tell them just what > i think of the bulls, while wearing my knicks hat! > (proudly, after last night's double-OT win!) Maybe take a Mets cap with you also. They'll be visiting the Cubs at Wrigley Field soon (and whupping them probably). Or a Yankees cap if you'd rather go see the White Sox get whupped. A couple of people have suggested something about becoming a Sox fan. Really, Susan and Vince, what in the world are you thinking? A New Yorker becoming a fan of a CHICAGO club??? Oh, that's beyond my imagination... > more later from chi-town, > emily You know already to keep Joni close at hand so, Emily, when you get really homesick, just recall these melodius sounds you're leaving behind: jeet yet? wanna schmear on dat bagel? enough already wid dat youse guys fuGEDdaboudit beOOHtufull wuuuudev-ah ...and maybe you won't feel so homesick anymore. You and Courtney have a good trip, ok? And please warm up the keyboard as soon as you can. With best wishes for you both, Debra Shea
