Yesterday as I was leaving work, a woman stopped me and asked me what the building was I was leaving. I told her, and she started talking about what a beautiful old building it was. And, she said, "I'm from Italy, I know about beautiful buildings". She was exactly the type of Italian woman Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida used to play in the movies, vivacious, charming, totally over the top.
She asked me how to get to Yorkville. If it had been a movie, I would have taken her there, and offered to buy her a drink at the Avenue Bar.
Since it wasn't a movie, I gave her directions, and got on the subway to meet my wife and kid.


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