I want this framed.
I just got back from the newly-lit East Village, where it seemed as if every third person was dragging a suitcase behind them. The refugees have returned home! Erin C. and I cleaned out her refrigerator and then got some French onion soup on Eighth Street. I walked all the way home to Murray Hill. Buses whizzed past, the bars are full, as are the nail joints. It looks like everything is slowly getting back to normal.
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