A friend from San Francisco was in town the other day and we never made it to dinner as he and spent nearly five hours on the roof! Part of the appeal (outside of the harbor breeze when you're undergoing a 90 degree plus heat wave), is the perspective that Manhattan looks quiet and empty and the harbor feels full of life. Tides, river current, boats, barges, ferries, river taxis, helicopters, poetry in motion. In Michigan, where I grew up, the big city dwellers from Detroit and other cities in Southern Michigan would travel "Up North" to lake cottages on weekends and holidays.
Nova Scotia always feels "Up North" to me, as city life melts away and rocky coastlines, the Northern Atlantic, tales of pirate ships and past battles and adventure, northern trees and an enormous dark sky carpeted with stars shifts your perspective.
Happy Friday everyone.
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