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Dec. 21st, 2017 09:12 pmGreetings from New Jersey!
I skipped the annual winter solstice service at my church last night because I had a bunch of prep work to get through for my trip. So it goes.
In the event, I got through all the prep work, got a good night's sleep, and hit the road just after 11am this morning. I didn't hit any big construction projects and traffic, while heavy in places, was flowing easily, so I arrived at my parents' house around 3:15pm -- quite good time. I have now washed all my laundry, and I intend to go to bed early-ish since tomorrow Mom and I need to catch the 8:37am train into the city. We are going to see the Morgan Library and the Tenement Museum, both of which are new to me, so that should be cool.
Happy solstice to all. :)
I skipped the annual winter solstice service at my church last night because I had a bunch of prep work to get through for my trip. So it goes.
In the event, I got through all the prep work, got a good night's sleep, and hit the road just after 11am this morning. I didn't hit any big construction projects and traffic, while heavy in places, was flowing easily, so I arrived at my parents' house around 3:15pm -- quite good time. I have now washed all my laundry, and I intend to go to bed early-ish since tomorrow Mom and I need to catch the 8:37am train into the city. We are going to see the Morgan Library and the Tenement Museum, both of which are new to me, so that should be cool.
Happy solstice to all. :)
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Date: 2017-12-23 03:06 am (UTC)And may your year do the same. :)
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Date: 2017-12-23 03:30 am (UTC)(Also in summer sometimes there are random sunbathers/bagpipers on the lawns outside the walls, which is always amusing!)
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Date: 2017-12-23 04:12 am (UTC)Ah yes, that was the one we did! I misremembered the name. I agree, really cool!
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Date: 2017-12-22 10:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-12-23 03:12 am (UTC)We took the "sweatshop" tour, which involves the Levines' apartment circa 1900 (where Mr. Levine had a garment factory in his tiny living room), and the Rogarshevskys' apartment circa 1915, by which point the building had indoor plumbing and gas lighting, and also the garment industry had been moved to larger more industrial factories.
I would love to go back some day and take one of the other tours. :)