Transit Strike Update

total trip time from 55th/5th in manhattan to my house in brooklyn: 2 hours
total walking time: one hour, forty minutes
pace: brisk
random things accomplished: browsed at abc carpet & home, bought final christmas present at holiday fair in union square, got eyebrows waxed, obtained two (2) slices of pizza
neighborhoods traversed: midtown, chelsea, union square, greenwich village, soho, financial district, brooklyn bridge, brooklyn heights, boerum hill, carroll gardens
ran into: one friend (Jason) from the climbing wall, on the brooklyn bridge. he was eating a snickers, which i coveted
total miles: approx. 8.25
rides offered: one. but decided to "get into the spirit of it all" and walk, besides, the transit strike means no gym
degrees outside: too few to count. in the low-two-ish digits
quadriceps: currently sore