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Caroline Beuley's avatar

"What a blessing it is to wait for a table, what a joy it is to walk home" This was such a beautiful last line and the best summation of what sounds like a perfect night! I need to try this restaurant now!

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

thank you :') and yes you do!

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Ade O.'s avatar

I love this. Everything about it. I’m from Texas, but when it’s time to travel, my friends and I always debate—NY or Cali? It’s usually NY for me (95% of the time). California has its perks, but New York or Nowhere. I love that you highlighted the good things in an inconvenient situation (I always try to do that too).

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

🤍🤍🤍

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Jonna's avatar

Such a beautiful post! I love everything about it. It reminds me of when I went to a food festival alone and ended up talking to this old man about books for about an hour straight. In my country its very uncommon for people to talk to strangers, so to read about other people doing it and the sweet interactions that come from it is just wonderful.

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

i love this!

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ivy's avatar

Did you get your sunglasses back???

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

hahaha yes!!!

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jani's avatar

every experience you write about goes into my mental vision board. !!!

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

:’)

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duda's avatar

i pictured all of the scenes perfectly!

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Grace Barker's avatar

Angelina, I so look forward to reading your writing!! This was a delight, per usual. You do a phenomenal job of drawing us readers in - it felt like I was experiencing it all live!

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

thank you so much 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

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Julia Novis's avatar

I love love love this!! Honestly very few things beat the high of talking to strangers

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emily north's avatar

every word is more gorgeous than the next

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Sinclaire's avatar

This is such a beautiful story that captures why NYC is such a special place!

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Melody Ng's avatar

Makes me wonder if the people next to you didn't hear your conversation at all in the first place, or if they were shy / not wanting to interrupt. I sway between the two. Maybe I need to keep my ears peeled some more, so that I can find some tidbits from conversations around me and talk to some strangers!

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