Love, Creekwood (Simonverse #3.5)(19)
DATE: MAR 11 AT 8:39 AM
SUBJECT: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
So . . . I was going make a vlog for you guys, but there were profound technical difficulties (i.e., I woke up with what one might call a “Big Apple”–sized zit). But alas, onward! I am switching this spectacle over to the group email chain, and guys, City Boy Spier is about to take you on the tour of a lifetime. ARE YOU READY?
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 8:48 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
Bram kicked you out so he could study for finals, didn’t he?
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 8:52 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
My reasons for embarking on this adventure are of little importance. Alas, the journey begins!!!
First stop, as you see, is an extremely grand church on the Upper West Side, which may in fact actually be Hogwarts. But I’m afraid I can’t confirm this, seeing as it doesn’t open until nine. Alas, I am attaching a photo of the exterior and heading to the subway, where the journey must continue.
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 8:59 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
You . . . realize you sent that email at 8:52, right?
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 9:15 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
Okay gang, who’s in charge of counting how many times Spier says “alas”??
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FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 9:46 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
ALAS. Next stop is the most delicious smelling place my nose has ever experienced, the famous Levain Bakery. I have just procured a dark chocolate chocolate-chip cookie (which, per my extensive research, is the most desirable flavor). I have also procured a dark chocolate peanut-butter chip cookie, for Bram-related reasons. I will now photograph the dark chocolate chocolate-chip cookie (see attached), and will report back momentarily on its flavor.
And . . . I am delighted to report that my research is absolutely fucking correct. Folks, this is Oreo-level greatness.
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 10:19 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
And by “extensive research,” you mean you saw it in a young adult novel, right?
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 10:22 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
It was a very thick young adult novel.
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], DATE: MAR 11 AT 10:28 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
Simon, I’m loving these updates!! The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine is so beautiful, isn’t it? I actually think it’s one of my top five cathedrals, and certainly my favorite one in the States. If you get a chance, you should definitely see le Mont-Saint-Michel in la Normandie, but I can give you other recommendations too.
And that cookie looks delicious. ? Wish I still had my high school metabolism.
Taylor Eline Metternich
Harvard College
Creekwood High School Salutatorian
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 10:32 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
She did not just fucking mention her metabolism . . .
FROM: [email protected]
TO: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
DATE: MAR 11 AT 11:49 AM
SUBJECT: RE: BIG APPLE SHENANIGANS
Thank you, Taylor, and I will certainly consider it if I’m ever looking for a cathedral that’s in France as opposed to a six-minute walk from my boyfriend’s dorm room.
So, here (see attached) we have the Lyric Theatre, home of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which I will unfortunately only be appreciating from the outside for this trip. But, alas, City Boy Spier will most certainly be back one day!!