the great leslie

After my swim this morning, I got a bagel and coffee and walked to Riverside Park, where I was looking forward to eating breakfast on a nice, shady bench. But as soon as I unwrapped my whole wheat with scallion cream cheese, the wild life started to appear. Two squirrely squirrels all but attacked me and, I SWEAR, tried to steal my breakfast. One of them even jumped up on to my bench!

They pushed me out, and I went to another bench. Again, as soon as I brought out my food, birds were there, waiting for crumbs. Many people feed the animals in the park, which is why they are so quick to come up to any human with food. They aren't scared, and they won't go away. But, who can blame them? In New York, you have to take what you can get.