Wednesday November 24, 2004

There Goes the Neighborhood

Been off the blog for awhile. My non-Platonic roommate (nPRm), Alexandra, and I have been busy moving to — wait for it — Park Slope. Well, actually I was moving to Park Slope — from the vicinity of the Maritime Hotel — while Alexandra was moving within Park Slope. She’s an old-timer, having lived there since before the Great Mommy Migration.

People say Park Slope is full of yuppies, and it is, I guess, if that word still has any meaning. But, as my grandfather used to say of the mafia, “They do nice things. Look, we’ve got a clean table to eat off of.” Plus, since I have a good job and the wherewithal to continue living comfortably in this great city of ours, well, let’s just say I’m not totally confident I could be picked out of a yuppie line-up. Nevertheless, I’m being very vigilant about not flipping cigarette ashes into passing strollers, lest the local ladies tear me limb from limb.