Triborough Floating

I was planning on painting today but I woke up feeling slow and unmotivated.
Then I thought I should at least make an effort, so I packed my gear and walked out the door.

I was thinking to go downtown to the Brooklyn Bridge again and just find what I could find.

Now, I have walked over the Brooklyn Bridge many, many times since the mid 1990s.... but I haven't done it since before Covid.

And...

what the heck.

WHY are there tourist-garbage vendors lining the bridge on BOTH sides?  REALLY?  People need to buy a $1 magnet because they walked the Brooklyn Bridge?

It is TACKY and UGLY and junky and why ruin the amazing Brooklyn ridge like that?  I have never seen this before that I recall. Maybe there were a few (??) but I just don't remember this.  It's really obnoxious.

Bridge pics which avoid the vendors:

It was really, really hot and i knew no painting would happen.

I also didn't feel like walking to the train, so I took the ferry back to Manhattan.

The ferry ride is very cool and it takes about 2 minutes.

Back in Lower Manhattan, I felt fog-headed from the heat and floated around, mostly making my way towards the train. If you need to float around while feeling fog-headed, NYC is a great place to be.

Before Times Square, I worked in Lower Manhattan for years.
100 Wall, 55 Water, and here at 125 Maiden Lane.
This is where I worked when I was pregnant with Daya.
I forgot what floor. 9 maybe? It's amazing, those daily ritual things we forget.

And now I (sort-of??) am working back in Lower Manhattan.
Here is the current office, the tall silver-looking tower in the middle of this picture.  It is all the way n the top 3 floors- 56, 57, and 58.

It is not worth going in, so I don't.