Amy Middleton Loves New York

This year marked my 6th annual July 11th trek across the George Washington Bridge. Back when I moved to NYC, there were no 7-11s in the city, and in order to take advantage of the Free Slurpee offer on 7/11, I crossed the GW Bridge with some friends for the nearest 7-11 (New Jersey). The tradition lives on even though Manhattan now boasts its own source for Slurpees.

We had a double-digit turn out this time, making it the most well-attended pilgrimage I’ve had yet (though loyal, we are few in number). Moments are made in crossing that bridge.

Several of us stopped at a diner on the way back. I said that if the paper menu poem we wrote was any good, I’d post it. It wasn’t really, but here it is anyway.

“Hi, This is Syrup”
by Amy, Soo, Cristi, Aja, Megan, Nesha, Gaby, Seth, and Ryan

Sitting at a well-lit diner,
having Cristi showing off her Japanese pens,
wondering, “could life be finer?”
with seven women and two mens.
Diner, you make me so high I could fly across the river.
What is left to happen tonight all depends…
On culinary trends chewed over with friends.
Gradually, my mind begins to wonder,
…How do I make my life “Deluxe”?