Years ago, living in NYC, I ran into a boy I went to high school with. Though I hadn't seen him in years and he was a few years behind me in school, I recognized him instantly when I stepped into the Ear bar one night. It was a lot of 'ohmygosh, i had no idea...' and 'you live here?!' and finally numbers were exchanged with a promise of getting together sometime.
We did end up hanging out a few times and on one of those occasions, we came up with the idea of creating a book. It would be a children's book all about people's impressions/ideas/knowledge of how New York City came to be called "The Big Apple". We had a lot of these great ideas over the next few weeks. Every time we walked into a coffee shop or a bookstore or watched a clever reel of commercials, we thought of something new that we didn't think had yet been made and we should be the ones to make it. Eventually, I got a blank cassette tape and my little hand-held tape recorder and took to the streets...asking everyone from doormen to tourists to bodega owners why NYC was called the Big Apple. Though I've fallen out of touch with that boy from high school, I still have that cassette tape. I should pull it out and listen to it.
This lovely little video that T posted the other day made me think of it and wonder if I shouldn't still write that children's book...
Fifty People, One Question: New York from Crush & Lovely on Vimeo.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
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5 comments:
What a great idea. You absolutely should do it!!
I loved this video - thanks for sharing.
ah,,,thats such a great reminder of why I live here. Miss you, come back or at least write the book so you have reason to visit. xo. S
oh i love that idea. and i would love to hear that tape.
Your project sounds really intriguing and we think that you should pursue it. Thank you for sharing!
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