This is where I was at 1 in the morning tonight. No, not with Jim Carrey. But witnessing elephants parading through Manhattan at 1 in the morning (elephants apparently can't keep to a schedule, as they were expected at 12:20).
All of my friends let the rain dampen their sense of adventure. But I have conquered Latin America, a little rain does not keep me from experiencing one of NYC's secrets: the fact that when the circus comes into town, the elephants are too big to use the elevator at Penn Station, so they have to march through the Midtown Tunnel and down 34th street to get to Madison Square Gardens. In the middle of the night.
In fact, the rain kind of added to the strange atmosphere, as the tops of skyscrapers disappeared into cloud, and clown-packed cars careened through carless streets.
After wrapping up a workout after a supremely stressful day of work (first day on a new job, my boss got fired so I ran THE ENTIRE SPA by myself til close! Untrained!) I burned some time reading magazines in a 24-hour CVS. Then a couple of kindly boys-- med school students-- sheltered me under their umbrellas as we waited for the grand arrival.
The elephants did not disappoint, they even held each other's tails with their trunks. SO CUTE! I wouldn't monetarily support the circus, through fear of animal mistreatment. But it's fun to just happen to see elephants amble down Manhattan streets.
I apologize for the interruption in posts. My first week back home has been filled to the max (delightfully so), and I will get back to regular programming shortly!
4 comments:
Elephants are amazingly cool animals.
I love this post. How perfectly unusual, yet normal- elephants walking tail in trunk down 34th street. I love it.
Are you going to continue to post on this blog?
Oh, that does look fun! I wish I had more adventure in my soul, but what can I say? I like to sleep. Once I'm done with school I will stay out late and see elephants with you. Or butterflies or aliens or whatever there is to see.
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