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"I was walking around after work today, and I realized I never even think about the fact that I'm in New York City half the time I'm there. Like, I can see the Empire State Building when I get off the train, but I never thought to look. And then I was walking down 6th Avenue and there were all these people sitting in Bryant Park having coffee, and it was so-" "Remember when we hung out near Gramercy Park?"

"Yup."

"You know who lives near Gramercy Park?"

"No."

"Ann Curry."

"Really? How do you know-"

"With her husband, and her-"

"Why do you know all this?"

"And her two children, and-"

"Stalker."