[27 September 2026]
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This is an incomplete, mostly chronological list* of what I saw, bought, consumed, felt, noticed, while I was in New York City during calendar week 37 of 2026, based on my memory and on the notes I took during that week:
*double entries removed
Poland Spring Water
Soft Light
Queensbridge Park
Queensboro Bridge
Argosy Bookshop
Italian Supreme Sandwich [hero]
Canada Dry Cherry Fruit Splash
The Pond at Central Park
People
Sunshine
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Enthroned Virgin and Child [German, possibly Regensburg, carved about 1280]
'Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies.' [Gwendolyn Brooks, Annie Allen, 1949]
Nude Philosopher in Space-Time [Philip Guston, 1935]
Marble portrait of the co-emperor Lucius Verus [Antonine period, ca. A.D. 161-169]
A dull, waking dream state of mind
Astoria Houses
Rosa’s Pizza
Plain Slice
Pepperoni Slice

Canal Street Station
World Trade Center
Smoke
Cream Cheese Bagel [sesame]
Snapple Kiwi Strawberry
Pier 25
Franklin Street Station
Gotan
Chia Pudding
Cappuccino [decaf, oat milk]
Layers
Tosokchon
Yukhwe Haengmyeon
Rice Punch
Astoria Park Running Track
Chaotic Harmony

Electrolit Blue Raspberry
Moa Coffee
Avocado Toast
Iced Latte [decaf, macadamia milk]
Work in Progress
Metrograph Cinema
Playtime [Jacques Tati, 1967]
Cream Soda [brand forgotten]
Grape-Flavored Sour Gummies [brand forgotten]
Small Change
Nocturnal Ambience
Chelsea Papaya
Bacon Cheese Burger
Orange Soda

Mexican Deli [name forgotten]
Chorizo Breakfast Burrito
Sidral Mundet Apple
The Longest Yard [Peter Segal/Sheldon Turner, 2005]
shyness.com
Nothing
Grandma Pepperoni Slice
Roadblocks
Drowsiness
A Fairytale Haiku
Wollman Rink

Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company
Bacon Maple Cream Cheese Bagel [sesame]
Berry Kombucha [brand forgotten]
Gatorade Frost Arctic Blitz
The Museum of Modern Art
Illusions
Gas [Edward Hopper, 1940]
And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur [Leonora Carrington, 1953]
White on White [Kazimir Malevich, 1918]
Wooden Stool [Reiko Tanabe, 1961]
Black Ambience 1 [Ljerka Šibenik, 1968]
No. 37/No. 19 [Mark Rothko, 1958]
Trio A [Yvonne Rainer, 1978]
Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado
Katagiri Japanese Grocery
Saba Onigiri
Blue Melon Cream Soda [brand forgotten]
Forever [Heddy Honigmann, 2006]
TBD Green Tea Lemonade
Rap Snacks Lil Baby Honey Jalapeño Potato Chips
Lenny & Larry's The Complete Cookie White Chocolate Macadamia

Coffee Pot
Breakfast Delight Sandwich [roll]
Fanta Crimson Sour Cherry
Cake Bites Classic Italian Rainbow
Bugles Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Electrolit Berry Bliss
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Home Depot
Adhesive Reflective Letters Set
Adhesive Reflective Numbers Set
Jax Inn Diner
Cheddar Burger
Sierra Mist [fountain]
Discipline
Calvary Cemetery
Ralph Demarco Park
Athens Square Park

Joy
Fifth Avenue–59th Street Station
Times Square
1 Manhattan West
Between The Bagel
Seoul Meets Bagel [everything]
Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale
.5g Sour Diesel Pre-Rolled
Iced Latte [decaf, oat milk]
Electrolit Grape
North 5th Street Pier
Domino Park
Williamsburg Bridge
Dirty Mountain Dew
Jackson Square
Sprite Tropical Mix
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[27 September 2026]
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This is an incomplete, mostly chronological list* of what I saw, bought, consumed, felt, noticed, while I was in New York City during calendar week 37 of 2026, based on my memory and on the notes I took during that week:
*double entries removed
Poland Spring Water
Soft Light
Queensbridge Park
Queensboro Bridge
Argosy Bookshop
Italian Supreme Sandwich [hero]
Canada Dry Cherry Fruit Splash
The Pond at Central Park
People
Sunshine
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Enthroned Virgin and Child [German, possibly Regensburg, carved about 1280]
'Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies.' [Gwendolyn Brooks, Annie Allen, 1949]
Nude Philosopher in Space-Time [Philip Guston, 1935]
Marble portrait of the co-emperor Lucius Verus [Antonine period, ca. A.D. 161-169]
A dull, waking dream state of mind
Astoria Houses
Rosa’s Pizza
Plain Slice
Pepperoni Slice

Canal Street Station
World Trade Center
Smoke
Cream Cheese Bagel [sesame]
Snapple Kiwi Strawberry
Pier 25
Franklin Street Station
Gotan
Chia Pudding
Cappuccino [decaf, oat milk]
Layers
Tosokchon
Yukhwe Haengmyeon
Rice Punch
Astoria Park Running Track
Chaotic Harmony

Electrolit Blue Raspberry
Moa Coffee
Avocado Toast
Iced Latte [decaf, macadamia milk]
Work in Progress
Metrograph Cinema
Playtime [Jacques Tati, 1967]
Cream Soda [brand forgotten]
Grape-Flavored Sour Gummies [brand forgotten]
Small Change
Nocturnal Ambience
Chelsea Papaya
Bacon Cheese Burger
Orange Soda

Mexican Deli [name forgotten]
Chorizo Breakfast Burrito
Sidral Mundet Apple
The Longest Yard [Peter Segal/Sheldon Turner, 2005]
shyness.com
Nothing
Grandma Pepperoni Slice
Roadblocks
Drowsiness
A Fairytale Haiku
Wollman Rink

Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company
Bacon Maple Cream Cheese Bagel [sesame]
Berry Kombucha [brand forgotten]
Gatorade Frost Arctic Blitz
The Museum of Modern Art
Illusions
Gas [Edward Hopper, 1940]
And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur [Leonora Carrington, 1953]
White on White [Kazimir Malevich, 1918]
Wooden Stool [Reiko Tanabe, 1961]
Black Ambience 1 [Ljerka Šibenik, 1968]
No. 37/No. 19 [Mark Rothko, 1958]
Trio A [Yvonne Rainer, 1978]
Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado
Katagiri Japanese Grocery
Saba Onigiri
Blue Melon Cream Soda [brand forgotten]
Forever [Heddy Honigmann, 2006]
TBD Green Tea Lemonade
Rap Snacks Lil Baby Honey Jalapeño Potato Chips
Lenny & Larry's The Complete Cookie White Chocolate Macadamia

Coffee Pot
Breakfast Delight Sandwich [roll]
Fanta Crimson Sour Cherry
Cake Bites Classic Italian Rainbow
Bugles Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Electrolit Berry Bliss
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Home Depot
Adhesive Reflective Letters Set
Adhesive Reflective Numbers Set
Jax Inn Diner
Cheddar Burger
Sierra Mist [fountain]
Discipline
Calvary Cemetery
Ralph Demarco Park
Athens Square Park

Joy
Fifth Avenue–59th Street Station
Times Square
1 Manhattan West
Between The Bagel
Seoul Meets Bagel [everything]
Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale
.5g Sour Diesel Pre-Rolled
Iced Latte [decaf, oat milk]
Electrolit Grape
North 5th Street Pier
Domino Park
Williamsburg Bridge
Dirty Mountain Dew
Jackson Square
Sprite Tropical Mix
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