i confess i knew nothing about baseball until about two weeks ago when raj gave me a crash course in time for the world series between the phillies and the yankees. i was rooting for the yankees, of course, simply because i heart NY. there’s no other logical explanation for it. i learned the basics of the game – how bases are loaded, when a player scores a home run and how he strikes out. to the erudite sports fans, this is rudimentary knowledge but they were, for me, more than enough to enjoy the series, games 4 and 6 in particular and to recognize both matsui and damon’s efforts more than anybody in the team. today is when the yankees hit the city for their victory parade and it’s in moments like this that i miss new york the most.  

other things that i miss about new york from time to time:  

- the pulchritude in autumn exemplified by central park.

- the vivacity of the people, residents and tourists alike

- working at the empire state and feeling that i’m atop the world

- the subway rides while listening to my ipod

- chipotle because there’s not a good mexican place here in hawaii