While looking for things to do in NYC that were cool and free and on a Thursday, I found the I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless festival in Brooklyn Bridge park.
The idea was to celebrate the works of Walt Whitman in poetry, music and general outdoor pleasure.
This place has the nicest grass I have set my feet upon in NYC. My, oh my, it is so nice. Lying in it, waiting for my hot internet date to arrive, I spaced out for a few minutes under the two or three stars in the somewhat black sky. What a beautiful moment of a return to nature that was.