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February 28, 2005

TICK-TOCK: We drive from DC to NYC to see Christo's "The Gates" on its final day

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6:00: Alarm goes off. Hit snooze.
6:05: Hit snooze.
6:10: Hit snooze.
6:15: Hit snooze.
6:20: Hit snooze.
6:25: Hit snooze
6:30: Hit snooze.

6:35: Hit snooze.
6:40: Hit snooze
6:43: Get out of bed.
7:57: We put Fiddler in the car and leave. I’m driving.
8:44: Kellie falls asleep.
9:31: Pit stop. All of us pee. I purchase a Cranberry Nantucket Nectar and Balance “Carb Well” Energy bar.
10:51: Pit stop. All of us pee. We purchase two Burger King veggie burgers and one medium Coke.
12:15: We stop to get gas.
12:17: The man who pumps our gas points at Fiddler and says “dog.”
12:45: The toll-booth lady at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel refers to me as both “sweetheart” and “baby.”
1:41: We park the car in a garage beneath Lincoln Center.
2:04: We enter Central Park, see “The Gates.” They’re orange. There are lots of them.
2:38: We exit Central Park.
3:01: Kellie orders us sandwiches at a deli while I wait outside with Fiddler.
3:15: Kellie gets cash from an ATM while I wait outside with Fiddler.
3:33: We begin the drive home.
4:58: We leave the Holland Tunnel.
6:42: Pit stop. All of us pee. Kellie takes the wheel.
7:05: I fall asleep.
7:38: I wake up.
9:12: We arrive home.

Amount of time spent in the car: 10 hours and 15 minutes.
Number of miles driven: 476
Amount of money spent on gas, tolls and parking: $85
Amount of time spent looking at “The Gates”: 34 minutes.

Posted by teb at February 28, 2005 10:46 AM

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