I'm in New York City!
Finally, after all of the hiding and stowing, the hemming and hawing, the exorbitant tip I gave to the cabbie so as not to reveal my whereabouts to the House of Glee, I am finally here in the greatest city on Earth. My first stop was to get a proper cup of coffee and a real bagel (poppyseed with chives in the cream cheese). I need to get one of those "We Are Happy to Serve You" coffee cups in ceramic. Afterward, I walked around Union Square, darted into the Thompkins Square Library for quick internet access, and then headed over to Books of Wonder for some books about gorillas in New York. They had stunning-looking cupcakes in their coffee-shop department (photos to come later), but in terms of taste, they did not measure up to Cupcake Royale. You could have knocked me over with a ten-ton feather when I saw that the House of Glee had caught up with me! Fortunately, no one saw me hiding in the picture-book section. Well, of course Lucia did (she sees more with her one functioning eye than her parents do with two apiece). "Brad!" she squealed. "Yook, Brad a ga-wiwwa!"
"Yes, sweetie, I know you miss Brad," the Landlady said blandly, browsing at a young adult science-fiction novel, while the Landlord was ensconced in a book about map-making.
The House of Glee met up with the Landlady's godmother and the Landlady's godmother's daughter ("LG" and "LGD") at the bookshop. LG said, "Oh, I didn't know Brad the Gorilla had moved to New York and joined a bakery."
"He hasn't," my Landlady said. "He's sitting on top of our hutch back home."
"Oh," LG replied, and there was an uncomfortable silence while LG and LGD glanced at each other with knowing looks. The Landlord and Landlady didn't notice, however, as Lucia had gotten icing all over her hands and was in the process of reaching for her brand-new copy of Mr. Putter and Tabby Ride the Train.
Confound it all! These people are going to blow my cover if I'm not more careful.
Today is the day I climb the Empire State Building.
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Able was I, ere I saw Elvis.
About Me
- Brad the Gorilla
- I am a 450 lb gorilla of many talents. I cook gourmet vegetarian meals, impersonate Elvis, and swear in Latin. In short, I am not to be trusted.
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Large gorilla found at base of ESB. RIP Brad.
I cannot believe you are less than 3 hours away from me and you didn't even stop in! I had a GREAT job for you, too...you would have LOVED it. This banana-stand owner was a little late on the, uh, "rent."
Too bad
I really feel like I'm there with you Brad. Your description of what your doing is so vivid.
A word of warning, I think Alkelda saw you the other day. She mentioned something in an email she sent me. I tried to cover for you as best I could but I'm not sure she fell for it.
Mr Pudding, As you shall find out from today's blog post, I was in no danger of going "Splat." Hah! Brad is alive and well, though peeved that the stint didn't work out.
Hitman J: I was a foolish gorilla not to have stopped in. I think you would have been quite helpful yesterday.
Nonny: Thanks so much for covering for me. I think I would have been able to stay hidden for the entire trip had I not attempted to climb the Empire State Building. You really should be here! The lights, the conversations, the streets humming with activity, the cabbies yelling, "Get out of the fucking way!"-- it all is part of the experience.
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