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Coney Island, baby

All weekend, a cool haze hung over Brooklyn -- a "marine layer," as they call it in California. Seagulls swirled around the Pulaski Bridge, where we strolled in the drizzle, and the ocean came to mind.

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Today in the city the sky was achingly blue, the sun warm, and I thought of a more specific ocean scene -- the Coney Island boardwalk. You can't swim there comfortably, you have to fight for a scrap of towel space on a nice day, and it smells of fried food and sweaty New Yorkers. I can't wait to go back.

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March 27, 2006 in On the Street | Permalink | Comments (0)

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