magic on 19th street

Sometimes you meet someone and it's like 'spontaneous combustion'.... I'm not talking about a sexual thing (but I guess that would also apply) - in this case I'm talking about female friendship.  I'm not sure if it's a matter of having more experience... maybe I have become more open to embracing new people?  In fact it should be the opposite, that I might be less likely to be open to new people because I have more of a clear picture about the type of person I want to spend time with... but yesterday, while walking down 19th Street on such a gorgeous day headed to a nearby bank, I randomly starting chatting with a woman about some funny dogs we both happened to observe and it was honestly like an "instant friendship" moment.  This is not because we are both wild about dogs (as mentioned in another posts, I like my dog enough, but I'm not over the top about animals) and my new friend Carol does not even have any pets.  She just moved up to the city from NC and is starting a new job the next week and we ended up having an express conversation on the street corner and we didn't have an incredible amount in common, but we had a connection.  We exchanged business cards and are going to get together soon for lunch and I know that we actually ARE going to get together - it was not an empty promise, but just a simple fact.  I am very much looking forward to it!  And oddly enough, at the end of the day heading home down that very same street, I ran into a friend of Tommy's from college whom I had just been asking him about a few days before and whom I have not seen in over a year!  So I guess 19th Street had some special powers yesterday!  Here's my favorite version of an old song: "Strange Magic" by Darren Hayes