I have a confession.
When I was in NY I found a jumper on the pavement.
It was my shopping in SoHo day and I was heading to a certain specific store that does a great range of key casual jumpers and tshirts manufactured in downtown LA, to buy a grey sweater. It was never less than 30 degrees when I was in NY but I hadn’t counted on the air con, especially in the rehearsal room.
I stepped out of another store and almost trod on exactly the sweater I was going to buy. In my size. I looked up and down the street. No-one. I chased a girl who was just rounding the next block and asked if it was hers. It wasn’t. I took it home.
I love it. It felt like my gift from the city.
6 weeks later and London is grey, humid and miserable. I am pining for NYC. Stephen Brown is back and we have arranged lunch for that day. I am walking across London Bridge as I do everyday, ipod on, head down, like every other commuter, when something on the ground catches my eye.
Something small and silver. It’s a Tiffany charm. The smallest heart. The second cheapest thing they sell – I bought the cheapest thing they sell for my friend and I double checked. The clasp is broken, which I guess is why it’s on the floor.
I look up, I look down. I am standing still in a stream of people pushing past me, heads down, ipods on. I hold it in my hand and wonder what to do. Nowhere to hand it into, I know it’s not worth much and it’s broken. I look closer at it.
‘If found please return to Tiffany & Co, New York’
I decide to follow the instructions.
My friends think I am crazy. That some receptionist will open it and pocket it or throw it into the pile with the other returned goods that the over romantic tourists have sent back. People keep telling me to keep it, get it fixed, wear it, or give it to them. Another gift from the city.
But I have a feeling about this. NYC has already been very kind to me and I would love it to be kinder still. Besides, these things come in 3s. Who knows what might be coming my way next…
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