the joy of walking

One of my favorite things to do is drive to a street in my city that I have never walked before, park and just take a walk. Lauren Elkin can describe why I love it better than I ever could. Have a cozy weekend!

"Walking is mapping with your feet. It helps you piece a city together, connecting up neighborhoods that might otherwise have remained discrete entities, different planets bound to each other, sustained yet remote. I like seeing how in fact they blend into one another, I like noticing the boundaries between them. Walking helps me feel at home. There's a small pleasure in seeing how well I’ve come to know the city through my wanderings on foot, crossing through different neighborhoods of the city, some I used to know quite well, others I may not have seen in a while, like getting reacquainted with someone I once met at a party." ~Lauren Elkin