i can see a lot of life in you.

friend erica is moving to baltimore in a few weeks and her one request before leaving was an afternoon of quintessential upper west side experiences she never quite got around to during her new york years: riverside park, zabar's, strawberry fields and the beautiful dakota apartment building, a chocolate shake at shake shack...

it's a funny thing to play tourist in one's own neighborhood, but entirely necessary, i think, every once and again. there's so much to see in this city—it brims with beauty and quirks—and i'd like to be reminded as often as possible.