Lunch With Jim And New York With Keifer Sutherland

Got a call at 7:00 AM re the AC thing at the house. After talking and this, that and the other, I called a few places and discussed same. Texted Eileen, my tenant, to get her permission to have somebody come for another estimate and she agreed; I called Laney's AC, right in Little Egg Harbor, to do it. I'll see what comes up, and then will just go for the better cost, I guess.
I went over to Von's for two cans of Stella Artois, the beer I like and packed one and a sandwich in my little insulated carrier. Other than that, I mostly just fooled around on the laptop.
The weather was annoyingly cloudy and cool in the morning, but happily, before Jim got here at 1:00, the sun came out. We sat under the umbrella near the pool, ate our lunches, and talked and talked and talked. As usual, we covered a variety of topics: the homeless, the coming change of life on earth, Maria Callas, the Thomas fire, the provincialism of southern California, and lots more.
Jim stayed until 4:00, then we said goodbye. I dropped my things back at my apartment, put two books in my cart, and took off for the park. That got three miles in, which was good, considering it was my only walk. I donated the books at the Little Library (I'm capitalizing it wrongly, just to give it some distinction) and--am I nuts or what?--borrowed three more, although I have too much to read as it is.
Started watching the DVD Mirrors, with Keifer Sutherland, a pretty good scary movie which takes place in New York City. Surprisingly, when I saw the street scenes, I felt a deep desire to go home to the east coast. I don't mean permanently, but I want to see a big city with big buildings jammed together and hordes of people on the streets. L.A. isn't my idea of a big city--it's just a cow pasture that grew.
I want to go to the Smithville Inn and Italian Gourmet for lunch. What's more, I want to stroll down Ventnor Avenue to Rosborough, then walk the boards toward Margate. I can wear disguises all I want, but I'm a New Jerseyan, born and bred, and my ocean is the Atlantic and not the other one.