When I was on a walk yesterday, I kept noticing how many different things I smell each day in the city. Among the variety of smells to which my nose gets exposure (sometimes with little to no choice):
- The huge black dog in our building. He is definitely at least 150 pounds. He is always drooling. He is smelly in a very bad way.
- Garbage. This is especially bad when it is hot/humid
- Urine/sewage/dog poop. See #2.
- Pretzels
- Dirty water dogs (hot dogs. SO gross.)
- Fresh flowers
- Oil on new pavement
- Truck exhaust
- Halal food
- Rain (and I wonder, "Is this toxic rain?")
- Roasted peanuts/almonds (Mike's favorite $1 treat)
- Overly cologned men passing by on the street
- Freshly baked bread (there is a bakery somewhere behind our building- we can smell it, but we can't find it!)
- Pancakes
- Fish
The smelliness of the city is a perfect example of the balance between great and gross in the city. I love it. :)
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