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New Yorkers “possess the innate ability to walk, talk and eat pizza while crossing a street,” gushes Geraldine Baum (“Springtime Served Warm, With Relish,” March 31). Wow! Talk about super powers! That sure beats the lowly feat of shaving while eating breakfast and talking on your cell phone on the 405.

Baum lays some more amazing New York uniqueness on us: “There is nothing like the sublime pleasure of standing under [Sabrett hot dog wagons’] yellow and blue umbrellas and ordering a dog ($1.50) with ketchup, mustard, sauerkraut and onions, then devouring it while walking an east/west block.” Was it really necessary to include the price -- and then list all four standard condiments?

I could go on, but first I have to figure out how to walk, talk and eat pizza while crossing the street. It’s always been my dream to be able to do all that at once -- but, unfortunately, I’m from L.A.

Neal McCabe

Los Angeles