Chelsea to Greenwich to Washington Square Park

I had to say goodbye to a student that I really came to love today.  We only had three lessons, but sometimes things just click.  She belongs to another.  It's just the nature of teaching that it is important to love deeply and let go freely.

And this evening Andrew and I went to a Feldenkrais class, and in a very relaxed state walk through Chelsea to Greenwich Village where we had a lovely dinner at a cash-only French restaurant called Tartine.  We then strolled over to Washington Square Park, seeing huge bubbles by the fountain, a light saber battle expo, dogs with casts, on wheels, and on skateboards, free poems, a tall Jewish man promising to freestyle upon request, a baritone sax player filling up the beautiful sunset for his own satisfaction, demurring at our "tip" offering as he packed up to leave, presumably to eat his box of glazed donuts.  We watched two games of chess on the way out and found our way through groups of people savoring their Saturday night, sharing their presence with the world.