Laurent Kretz

Long time no write. 4 months actually. So to make it brief for my followers, here is a quick update:
- Left New York early June, after 6 amazing years,
- Spent a cool summer between Strasbourg, Paris and Corsica. Lot of time with family!
- Found a cool little apartment with my girlfriend between Montmartre, Pigalle and Barbès.
- Rediscovered amazing and beautiful Paris!
- Fell in love with Velib’, a public bicycle rental in Paris.
- Less blog posting lately, lots of twitter though, but I intend to change that.
- Working full time on CabEasy and another small apps soon to be launched.

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As I was walking back home from lower east side tonight, it hit me. Passing by Max Fish, Piano, Orchard, Stanton, Avenue A, Rivington, the homeless on 7th and A, the punks on St Marks and A, I realized:

I’m leaving new york. Boom, in 10 days I’m gone.

Wow, with all the troubles renting my apartment, preparing my move, my departure from Air France, my plans for the coming months and calculations reg. my budget, I guess I didn’t realize what was about to happen: I’m leaving New York, the city I love, the city I dreamed to live in as a kid, the city I’ve lived the longest time in since I work, …

5 years just flew by, and walking home tonight, I saw myself at every intersection of my life in New York. 5 years, 260 weeks, as much time coasting down Avenue A or B, Stanton, Ludlow, Allen, Rivington. As an intern, young and dumb, as an employee, heart broken, joyful, in love, sad, with a camera, with friends, with dreams, without. 5 years.

The wine might make this post sound quite tacky and cheesy, but this is my second-to-last week end in New York, and it just hit me now. This is gonna be tough…