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[sal_amanda]

i had a very boring training at the Olmstead center friday. while on lunch break, i decided to walk down Summer St. to visit my old officemates. as i was walking back, i passed by a guy. being a generally nice person, i looked at him and smiled. he appeared to be a classy young guy. then he proceeded to say that it was nice to meet me, made an air kiss noise at me, and said he loved me. i just shook my head and kept walking. this brought to mind a couple of thoughts. first of all, does that approach generally work? because i wasn't overly wooed at that moment. second of all, it reminded me that this used to happen a LOT when i worked on Summer St. it's a great neighborhood so any chance i got to walk anywhere - mailbox, Wilson Farms, Children's, etc. - i'd take it, and i really was frequently hit on by totally random men. i'm not offended or anything. i tend to find it both amusing and flattering. good for my ego, i guess. i just want to know, what is it about that neighborhood that it happens there so often?

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[heywoodjabloski.livejournal.com]

maybe it's something in the air
if there were a neighborhood where I was constantly hit on, I'd move there
but that's because I'm single...
O=)

[sal_amanda]

i probably would, too, actually. even just because it's such a cool neighborhood. there's tons of apartments there in old mansions, and my old office was in one such old mansion. i don't generally miss the job because it was a bit on the boring side and required me to speak to old people about colon cancer more often than i would have liked, but i do miss the ambience (sp?) of the hood. i was always very uplifted after a walk there. at my current job, i try to avoid having to walk any further than i have to in that neighborhood.

[heywoodjabloski.livejournal.com]

one good thing about my current job is that we're six blocks from the ocean
the bad thing, well, that's easy, that's the hour commute each way...

[flutteronby28.livejournal.com]

yeah i'd like to live in that neighborhood too....
just make sure i live on the opposite end of that town as ninkus...
i wouldnt want him cramping my style...
;o)

[heywoodjabloski.livejournal.com]

ninkus?

[sal_amanda]

ooh. them's fightin' words.

[(Anonymous)]

I know what you mean, I had the same feeling (most of the time) about walking around my Richmond Street place. One of my best memories there was the night I had Doc staying over and we walked all over Allentown and Elmwood. That's when I realized he was actually pretty smart and would protect me by moving to whatever side of me someone was walking towards. And of course we can't forget that I found Forest while living there. You're welcome. jcs

[sal_amanda]

that's also when we learned of Doc's bizarre habit of only going to the bathroom in his own yard, for better or for worse.

i can't guarantee that Forest would thank you since he's rather anti-people, but he's sunning himself on his floating rock at the moment so i imagine he's content.

[(Anonymous)]

He might be slightly anti-people, but I bet he's strongly anti-roadkill as well. He could not possibly have had a better life by wandering through the roads of Buffalo.