A few summers ago I had to meet with one of my vendors (at my old job) in the Manhattan office. He was from San Diego and he was super nice, calm, and laid back.. exactly how I imagine people from San Diego to be. We were breaking for lunch and stood by the floor to ceiling windows staring down at the busy streets 40 something floors below. He was telling me about about the San Diego wildlife.. I can't remember if it was actual wildlife or the kind you find at the zoo, but whatever the case was it prompted me to say "you make it sound like a jungle." And he looked at me and pointed outside and said "I don't live in a jungle, Sarah.. you do. The concrete jungle." And he looked scared.
It was hilarious and possibly a "you had to be there moment." Whenever I hear the phrase "concrete jungle," I think of him and his comical look of fear. I wonder what he's up to now.. nice guy.
Happy Weekend!
p.s. thank you for all of your comments on my last post. I was so incredibly disheartened after hearing the bit of news that prompted that post and your comments reminded me that there are absolutely good people in the world who have the same concerns I do. Thank you for that.
concrete jungle definitely = NYC. And I love it.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way he does when visiting NY (the one time I've been haha!). When I was there we had people cursing us, stealing our stuff, and one guy tried to grab me. When i was pulled out of the way by my coach (we were there for dance) he started barking at me...
ReplyDeleteooo, I love this picture :)
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the other day that you are amazing, haha. I was looking at Rifle paper company's website and I was like Sarah could totally be this famous, b/c, well, your drawings are amazing! :)
coming from a tiny town in oregon, i see that look of fear quite often when i speak of NYC. they are right, in a way, though.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is so pretty, I love it. :)
ReplyDeleteI also feel pretty overwhelmed by NYC. Love the new look of your blog...hope that you are doing well I haven't talked with you in a while. :) -Lo
ReplyDeleteI don't know why but for some reason whenever i hear concrete jungle it makes me think of 90's goodness, "George of the Jungle" (Brendan Fraser style) and "Jungle to Jungle" (Tim Allen). ha
ReplyDeletexo TJ
Big cities really are like a jungle: awesome to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, gorgeous image!
ReplyDeleteThere is some wild places in the world and NYC is definitely one of them!
ReplyDeleteThat picture is awesome :)