Burritoville, Chelsea, Manhattan

On Friday night after dinner, Jeff, John and I went to some random bar called Honey to have another beer. We sat outside at a small table and I sat with my back to the sidewalk. I happened to glance over my shoulder and who was walking down the street? Eddie! I haven’t seen Eddie since we went to the Bronx Zoo in 2005. So random that he walked past the bar and I happened to look at that exact second. I yelled his name and he was so shocked too. We hugged and he gave me his card. Crazy.

Then on Saturday I was shopping around on 8th Avenue in Chelsea. I went to go to TMobile to look at phones and the store was closed until 12:30, so I went to Bloomie Nails and got a pedicure. After that I went back to TMobile and got a phone and then it was like 2pm so I just went to Burritoville to grab something for lunch. I went to the counter and ordered then sat my stuff in a booth and went back to the counter to get my food. When I came back the guy in the booth next to mine said “Rachelle!” I turned and looked and it was Kevin Walsh from Forgotten New York. Kevin and I have corresponded over email and stuff for years, but I don’t think I’ve actually seen him since I was on one of his tours in 2003. 4 years. Wow. And he’s published a book in the meantime, so I congratulated him on that.

It really blows my mind sometimes how these things just seem to happen in New York. It’s such a big city with so many people and so many restaurants and bars and what are the chances of me walking into one and seeing someone I know? Two days in a row!?

Also, this is the new phone I got: Samsung t629. And below is the first photos I took using it.

Chelsea, Manhattan

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