High Heels

The other day I was walking to work from the subway like I do every day. It was drizzling a little bit and so the whole world seemed quieter (or maybe softer?) than it normally does.

There is one large street I need to cross which is 6 lanes of traffic. Since it is so wide, the walk light is fairly long. Since the walk light is fairly long, you have to wait a while for it to come up. As a result, people crowd to the edge of the sidewalk waiting for the walk light to turn white.

There was a lull in the traffic, so everything was really quiet (for New York, anyhow). Then the walk light changed, and everyone started walking at once. All I could hear was the rain and the clicking of high-heeled shoes.

I couldn't help but smile, because it's such a pleasant sound.