AUGUST WALKS

People living deeply have no fear of death.
Anais Nin 

Good summer everyone!  I hope you're all doing just what you want to do this summer - and if that
means catching up on your reading (and who hasn't been wondering when that free time would ever happen?), I have a walk or two in mind that can jog that guilty conscience and remind you of some of those "classics" that you still have somewhere on your shelves. (You like that quote above? Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/anais_nin.html#LEtF0FTdylfFEkeM.99 )

Indeed, I will be leading two walks in Greenwich Village, both starting in Jackson Square at the northern end of Greenwich Avenue.  The first one is scheduled for August 11 from 1:00pm to roughly 3:30pm; the second at those same hours, but on August 25.

Register by clicking here and connect with my website - please be sure to leave your name and phone number!

23 Bethune St.

Jackson Square

 I will be leading you around the village and talking about writers who would "live deeply," who would find and express themselves as best they could.  Writers such as John Cheever, Willa Cather, Edward Estlin Cummings, Henry Miller and Anais Nin - and Margaret Wise Brown, author of "Good Night Moon", who had perhaps a quite different audience but was searching for a life as meaningful as any of the others.  And, after all, what was the Village back then?

So, come with me, The Street Teacher, and be introduced to these personalities and more, on my August Walks.  Register by clicking here and connect with my website - please be sure to leave your name and phone number!

Next Public Tour: September 6 - Labor Day!

Yes, I know - I haven't had a public tour since Memorial Day and my E. 78th Street Walk. But that was a good time, and I had a nice turnout - and I believe we had a good time, too. Some of us even closed out the walk with a nice lunch at Serafina's on Madison and E. 79th Street. Good food!

So, you ask: what's next? Let's go downtown, this time ... to Ninth Street!

Once again, I'm not walking you down a "main" street, like W. 8th Street and St. Marks Place. No, that's not my style! Rather, let's explore a street just north of it ... and examine more closely the buildings that grace the sidewalks, and talk about some of those who lived there and made them their home. And let's just marvel at the grace notes that seem to be all over at times - that do so much to make New York a wonderful place to live in and explore. For, after all, around every corner, wonders may arise -

Oh, no I can't give away too much! But, you should remember that the Village wasn't always like what it is today ... but what did it look like? Remember the Jefferson Market Courthouse - and jail?

The next year - the market was gone! What happened to the jail? We shall see - we shall see all!

And that's only just after the beginning of our walk ... which shall begin at Joe, at the corner of Waverly Place and Gay Street, at 10am on Monday, September 6 - Labor Day! That's right, this is a walk for those of you intrepid enough to stay in the city for - for the U.S. Tennis Open? For the peace and quiet of a late summer day in the city without crowds? Who knows! But, you'll walk with me and see and hear from very interesting places and things ... and end up in a neighborhood considered on of the BEST in North America!

And perhaps you'll enjoy a cool Root Beer near one of the great community gardens of the East Village -
It's all good. Please let The Street Teacher know as soon as you can if you'd like to join him along Ninth Street on Labor Day! The cost will be $25 per person, and we'll be meeting at 10:00am on Monday, September 6, at Joe, at 141 Waverly Place, at the corner of Waverly and Gay Street. Please send an e-mail to Bill@TheStreetTeacher.com to register.

What? You don't know Joe? See their video!