New Cities/New Soviets

July 25, 2003

Pry me loose

There have been a lot of developments in the pushcart project. Some of the initial adrenaline has worn off, and I am starting to understand what the week-in, week-out realities of the cart are going to be. I've also started wanting to have a life again: some time to relax, some time with my friends, some time to do other things, some time free from grinding worry about every detail of the food-cart.

And this week, for the first time in months, I have gotten a very sweet taste. Molly and my buddy Alan celebrated their birthdays, which made a good excuse. Work has been bullying my life for a while now, so I thought I would let life bully work. Listen up, New York!

But really, the cart is coming into its own. I am slowly losing the feeling that it only exists in my imagination, and that if I forget to think about it for even a second it might disappear. I have regular customers who come back with friends. My friends come by and make things happy (thanks Al, Ritu, Jeremy, Dave). I am learning how I like to feel out on the street, and starting to understand how I am going to keep the cart developing without having it be my everthing and all-the-time. Because it can't be, despite how it seemed, and was, at moments.

Reality just keeps prying me loose and making me listen.

Posted by Sam at July 25, 2003 12:48 AM

need cart partner
need prep and store site close to market

Posted by: meat me at July 28, 2003 02:15 PM

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