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🗓️ 14 February 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hi, my name is David Alexander. I grew up in Brooklyn and I'm here to answer a few questions |
0:10.7 | and tell my story. One day in the early 70s, David Alexander decided to go for a run in |
0:19.4 | Central Park. And so I drove up there and parked the car and walked down in the meadow |
0:29.2 | still holding my queuing, my big queuing. And I wanted to put it down and there I saw Jesse sitting |
0:43.6 | on a blanket a Wednesday afternoon in the spring and she had the time Sunday to arts and leisure |
0:52.0 | section, a bottle of water, a sketch pad and she had a man's hat with a ribbon tipped to one side |
1:04.9 | and I said, ah perfect, may I leave my keys here? Will I go for a sure, she said. And so I was gone |
1:15.7 | for 15 minutes and came back and we had a natural conversation and I sat down and then some time |
1:32.2 | went by and I offered her a ride home and which accepted. It was a different time in New York. |
1:39.7 | Ben. Will you describe what she looked like? |
1:46.7 | Five foot eight straight posture. At the time had long hair and green eyes. |
2:15.7 | It was athletic and slender, not really slender, muscular slender. And she had a face that was |
2:33.5 | full of character and was both smart, looking and lovely. And I asked her for a date. I said, |
2:48.1 | I would like to go to the ballet. That's quite a, that's a great for state to pull it. |
2:53.8 | It was the job free ballet as Lincoln Center. Wow. So she said, okay. |
3:00.3 | It's easy to tell this part of the story. The rest isn't so simple. Nothing good ever is. |
3:09.3 | I'm Phoebe Judge and this is love. |
3:14.3 | What was that first date like at the ballet? Well, I ran out of gas on the way and I said, |
3:32.3 | oh, here's a ticket. You know, I can get some gas and I'll join you soon. She said, |
3:39.3 | oh no, I'll stay with you. And we came in a little bit late and then I was taking her home |
3:49.3 | and I stopped in front of her apartment building and she said, would you like to come up? Of course. |
4:00.3 | And we were together ever since. |
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