New York City has short blocks going east to west and long blocks heading north to south. Three short blocks are about as far as one long block so a walking distance is usually described as so many of the former and so many of the latter. I live on a long block; it is a side street just four houses from a busy commercial area called Avenue J. If ( Read more... )

     Almost a year ago, I lived diagonally across the street from a good friend and I use to watch her shih tzu , Jasper (he looks like Casper) pee on his favorite bush in her front yard from my kitchen window.  Then I moved and barely saw her, but now being the nomad that I am, I moved again just three short blocks and half a long block from the ( Read more... )