john:

Something like 10 degrees in NYC today.  Mark and I trying to hail a cab at 4pm, worst possible time. No luck so we bribe a car service driver. 

Just as we’re getting in the 87-year-old woman yells out, “Hey! I got a dentist emergency can I share that car?”

What followed next was one of those special New York experiences. We learned a ton in 15 minutes.  Thanks for the life lesson, Ethel, and the lunch invite.

This woman was amazing. She’s lived in NYC for more than 60 years; Eleanor Roosevelt came to talk to her high school class. She lives on Gramercy Park. 

And I forgot to take pictures. 

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  1. hoitytoityangel reblogged this from john
  2. huerhodes said: I bribe car services so often, I repeatedly get the same guys.
  3. rubenfeld reblogged this from markcoatney and added:
    I love New York.
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    start an Ethel Tumblr get some interns...write it It’s O.K. to produce some
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  6. markcoatney reblogged this from john and added:
    amazing. She’s lived...more than 60 years; Eleanor Roosevelt came to talk to her high...