Exploding Cans
My fridge’s been acting up again; this time, it gets waaaaaay too cold in the regular area.
Late the other night, the Firecracker and I heard this loud but muffled bang. Couldn’t figure it out until the next morning when I opened the fridge and found the below.
It froze two cans of soda both of which burst open but this one had the top blown clear off.
The Surgeon’s wife is actually a musician and she was part of a concert in Tompkins Square Park the other day.
Me: It’s in Alphabet City.
Boy: What’s Alphabet City?
Me: It was a place that was super dangerous when I was a kid but I guess we’re going to a concert there now.
It’s true. When I was a kid, there were places you went to get killed: Alphabet City and Long Island City were two of those places.
But the Surgeon’s kids were there and they just had a grand time.
Although, the boy and I ended up getting eaten alive by mosquitos.
Her: I’ve never had it happen when I wasn’t the one that was bitten the most.
Me: Great. (thinking) Maybe they were just in the mood for Chinese.
Her: (laughing) Maybe.
Afterward, we were all in the mood for Chinese, so I walked to Dumpling Man and ordered like $60 worth of dumplings.
It was a nice family run restaurant.
We also got a ton of beer.
Me: Shoot, we don’t have a bottle opener.
Steel: (laughing) I’m wearing Reefs, so I always have a bottle opener.
Firecracker: That’s wild!
Can’t tell you how nice it was to be in park on a sunny with friends, the kids, great food, and beer opened by a sandal.
You can’t put a price on things like that.
Afterward, we took the long walk back to Union Square.
Along the way, we walked past the first place Alison and I had dinner together, Horus Cafe.
It was the one where she teased and called me dumb.
Me: I went with your mommy.
Son: Really?
Me: It was a long time ago.
Him: Where was I?
Me: Not yet here. It was before you were born.
Him: Oh. We can come back here someday.
Me: I’d like that, kid.
Location: A street fair on Amsterdam and 79th
Mood: beat-down
Music: The truth in all my lies, the blue to all my skies (Spotify)
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