These Boots Weren't Made For Walk'n

With our first fall season in NYC upon us comes some fun we’ve been having that I should catch you up on. Our previously small local coffee shop, Sweetleaf had an expansion party Friday night that Jen attended while I was working. I haven’t made it in since it cooled off but their flavorful chicory flavored iced coffee called “rocket fuel” was great and so strong that the barista recommended I drink it very slowly. Saturday I reluctantly got up early for my Animal Care and Control volunteer orientation in Manhattan. I’ve wanted to help take care of stray animals ever since watching Animal Cops which is why working for a shelter is on my NYC bucket list. The AC&C coordinator was the previous owner of our neighborhood Camp Bow Wow, what a small city! And wow, is volunteering is competitive here! The ASPCA didn’t even have any openings and were actually the ones who recommended contacting AC&C. I hope to be called for an interview next week so I can take the necessary training classes and begin helping in the shelters.

Afterwards, I met Jen in Herald Square to help her pick out a new pair of boots. A few hours later we were walking out of Macy’s with two pair because you “save more” that way, duh.

A Podiatrist's best friend

Today we tried Times Square Church after hearing great things about it. We also heard you have to get there early and because we chose to ignore that advice we couldn’t get a seat in the main sanctuary. We were directed to a side room where we watched the service on a projector screen next to a very tone-deaf, smelly man. It was overwhelmingly big and we felt… dissimilar to those around us. For lunch we headed downtown to The Great Fall 3rd Ave. Street Festival where we ate our way up and down the strip. We had an arepa(sweet corn and mozzarella thing in the pic), a crepe, and a gyro. It was about this time that I realized Jen wasn’t ewing and ahing over the food but over the pain that her new boots (pic) were giving her. It got pretty bad on the walk home and up our steep stairs so the rest of our afternoon included a little rest, ice, and elevation.