Playing Tourist
Apr. 12th, 2018 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse I just got back from a walk to the Mirriam Park Library. It's no more than eight (?) blocks from my house, but I almost NEVER walk there--partly because I'm lazy, but in another part because, to get there, I have to pass under highway 94 and it's kind of ugly. But, the sun was sort of half out and I thought, why not?
On the way back, I decided to take the Aldine Street pedestrian walk OVER the highway. That brought back a lot of memories of walking that way to "ding-ding" park with Mason when he was a toddler. (Mason called it 'ding-ding' park because of its proximity to the railroad tracks. The crossing guard things make a very loud dinging noise when a train is approaching.) As I wandered through those old haunts, it occurred to me that another fun thing I could do for exercise is take random walks through the city. I've fairly thoroughly explored my own neighborhood and I find it kind of unattractive, so I'm thinking about expanding outward.
I have a number of friends who live in interesting, far-away places and I always think, "Gee, if *I* lived somewhere interesting, I'd play tourist 24/7."
But, the thing is, I DO live in an interesting place... and more importantly, I have a Go-To card and live within spitting distance of a light rail stop. I could literally make a game of--on mornings when I don't work--getting on the light rail and going to a random stop, getting out, and wandering around. When was the last time I explored Dinkytown on foot? It's been a while. Might be fun. If I do go, I'm going to bring along my camera so that I can take pictures of whatever I might find.
Alas, it seems I've forgotten Reading Wednesday again. The only thing I have to report is a bunch of manga. I've actually started a mystery novel, the sequel to the Taiwan Night Market book I read some time ago last year. This one is called INCENSED. I like it because the author has the right amount of travelogue to mystery. I'm not a huge mystery reader, so what *I* want is insights into living in Taiwan, particularly Taipei. As you all know, I have a dear friend living there now and so I love to be able to read up on things she might be seeing and doing, so I can pester her about them in letters I write.
She's one of the people that I think of when I'm thinking about how cool it would be to be living somewhere INTERESTING.
Alright, so it's a bit late, but did YOU read anything good (or bad) this last week?
On the way back, I decided to take the Aldine Street pedestrian walk OVER the highway. That brought back a lot of memories of walking that way to "ding-ding" park with Mason when he was a toddler. (Mason called it 'ding-ding' park because of its proximity to the railroad tracks. The crossing guard things make a very loud dinging noise when a train is approaching.) As I wandered through those old haunts, it occurred to me that another fun thing I could do for exercise is take random walks through the city. I've fairly thoroughly explored my own neighborhood and I find it kind of unattractive, so I'm thinking about expanding outward.
I have a number of friends who live in interesting, far-away places and I always think, "Gee, if *I* lived somewhere interesting, I'd play tourist 24/7."
But, the thing is, I DO live in an interesting place... and more importantly, I have a Go-To card and live within spitting distance of a light rail stop. I could literally make a game of--on mornings when I don't work--getting on the light rail and going to a random stop, getting out, and wandering around. When was the last time I explored Dinkytown on foot? It's been a while. Might be fun. If I do go, I'm going to bring along my camera so that I can take pictures of whatever I might find.
Alas, it seems I've forgotten Reading Wednesday again. The only thing I have to report is a bunch of manga. I've actually started a mystery novel, the sequel to the Taiwan Night Market book I read some time ago last year. This one is called INCENSED. I like it because the author has the right amount of travelogue to mystery. I'm not a huge mystery reader, so what *I* want is insights into living in Taiwan, particularly Taipei. As you all know, I have a dear friend living there now and so I love to be able to read up on things she might be seeing and doing, so I can pester her about them in letters I write.
She's one of the people that I think of when I'm thinking about how cool it would be to be living somewhere INTERESTING.
Alright, so it's a bit late, but did YOU read anything good (or bad) this last week?