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Julia Bedell's avatar

truly your enthusiasm gives me such joy

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Alexa Juanita Jordan's avatar

Loved this, especially as a native New Yorker! You painted such a gorgeous landscape of the city, physically and emotionally.

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Julia Bedell's avatar

Thank you Alexa. That is high praise

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Sonbol A.'s avatar

This was such a beautiful piece 🧡

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Julia Bedell's avatar

Thank you!

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Jenna Park's avatar

Julia, you know I was going to love this. Even with our age gap, I related so much to all your NY apartment memories, down to living back with my parents for a spell at 28.

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Julia Bedell's avatar

That makes me so happy. I'm smiling to think of us both in that (weird, regressive, but possibly tender? just me?) experience of living with our parents again after so many years as adults. Curious to hear about yours sometime... Thank you Jenna!

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Molly Wizenberg's avatar

This makes me want to write. Thank you for it --

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Julia Bedell's avatar

brb, my head is exploding. Thank *you* for taking the time to read it

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Brianna K. Beswick's avatar

Similarly to everyone else who has commented, just want to say I loved this-- as someone who is very nostalgic about literally every era of life and has loved pretty much every room/apt/home I have inhabited. Sometimes I worry about leaving a place because how could I love the next place as much? But then I do.

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Julia Bedell's avatar

Thank you Brianna. I love your nostalgia and your capacity for more love too :)

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Allie Doughty's avatar

I feel like I know you so much better after reading! That was so beautiful and fun, just like you. 💚

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Julia Bedell's avatar

Allie! You warm my heart

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Donna McArthur's avatar

Thanks for letting me live vicariously through you Julia! I loved hearing about the city and your experiences. Your writing is so good that it felt like a walk down memory lane...and they weren't even my memories!

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Julia Bedell's avatar

Wow, thank you Donna. I'm so happy you enjoyed it

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Paolo Peralta's avatar

You a nooooouuuw yoooowker now Donna!

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Donna McArthur's avatar

Haha!!!

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jess's avatar

This was nostalgic as heck, even the newer bits. So very many of the scenes and streets immediately brought their own flurries of memories to me - as did the time periods, whether literal, or from my own familiar years. I still feel the small tangs of regret for not living somewhere longer, or similar.

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Julia Bedell's avatar

I love hearing that. Thanks jess

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Claire Walter's avatar

I feel so warm reading this and thick with nostalgia. What a beautiful idea beautifully written.

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Julia Bedell's avatar

Thick with nostalgia! Thank you for these melodic words

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Jonathan Lalljee's avatar

I wanted to say that I loved experiencing NYC through your eyes, but I think it's more fair to say I enjoyed experiencing your life through the eyes of New York. I've come to love and adore the way this city changes lives, something I hadn't appreciated until I was much older.

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Julia Bedell's avatar

A fascinating perspective - thanks Jonathan

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Paolo Peralta's avatar

All these places are lovely, I started my love with NYC by being a bike messenger in 2015-17. Each day is cinema ❤️

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Julia Bedell's avatar

Wow! I would love to hear those stories

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

Your cat looks just like my cat! And those reading choices! The Body Keeps The Score is a wonderful book.

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Julia Bedell's avatar

Ahh I see it! What a great profile photo. I'm inspired 🥲

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