{"id":785,"date":"2015-07-04T22:32:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T02:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2015-07-04T22:32:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T02:32:56","slug":"new-york-city-blog-june-29-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog June 29 \u2014 July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monday I arrived on the Empire Builder in Portland, OR.The Seattle car is usually separated from the Empire Builder at Spokane. Not today. Because of a terrible fire in Wenatchee, Washington the Seattle car stayed attached to the rest of the train. At Portland, the Seattle folks were bused home. Oregon and Washington State are tinderbox dry. Climate change, anyone? \u00a0How about rethinking not using fireworks.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s bittersweet to be staying in the Warren for the last time. Four years ago, I found this wonderful basement (cool!) apartment on VRBO, Vacation Rentals by Owners Only, The landlady is selling the property. Since you asked, $640,000. Friends recently bought a condo in a leafy, woodsy section of the city. Here\u2019s one of them grilling salmon while the rest of us supervise.<\/p>\n

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The First Unitarian Church choir was leaving for Ireland and its wonderful seventy degrees. I went to a final rehearsal. Can you sing? I\u2019m good at opening my mouth but am tone deaf according to a singing cousin. It was mesmerizing to listen to the layers of sound and to watch the fifty five (?) person choir keep their eyes as avidly on the music director, Mark Slegers, as a brood of hungry chicks eyes its mother. What a range: from Ave Maria to Blue Skies by way of two Swahili songs. There are fourteen songs in all and all are wonderful.<\/p>\n

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On July 4th: we went to the Farmers Market. What an abundance of local products: sausages, vodka, flowers, heather, jams. I\u2019ll let the market’s beauty speak for itself.<\/p>\n

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