When I first landed back in New York in late September, it took my eyes a while to adjust to everything, and everyone literally looking and sounding quite different. I remember calling my friend Elizabeth (who has also lived in both places), and she just said "You're going through some culture shock."
I've been wearing sunglasses out of California habit but the truth is, you really don't need them every day (especially when it rains). Getting used to four seasons again will be something new. For the past few years I've been in a suspended state of endless summer for the most part. Of course San Francisco can be absolutely freezing and San Clemente has its version of winter (uggs, a hoody and a firepit), but even when I left California I primarily went to Florida so everything was for the most part pretty temperate.
A couple weeks ago my friend Jen came to Brooklyn Heights from Manhattan to look at open houses and commented that she loved being coming to Brooklyn because 'you can tell its autumn". The leaves on the ground, the taverns and cafes, homemade apple cider, college football tailgates and an overall coziness. There's so much I've forgotten that I am now remembering again. A new season is definitely in the air, and it feels good.
seasons............oh how i miss them. and you!
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