A baker's dozen of red mailboxes have all of a sudden shown up around New York City. And the reason why sounds like something out of a romantic comedy. But if you're like me, someone with feels and nowhere to put them, this experiment might be totally up your alley.
The timing of the appearance of these 13 mysterious mailboxes is tied into Valentine's Day and I love the sentiment behind them.
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It's the brainchild of POPUPFLORIST as part of an annual celebration of the season of love. They're inviting hopeless romantics who still revere old-fashioned tradition to write an anonymous love letter and drop it in one of their red mailboxes. The letters are to be included in an exhibition called The Love Letters of New York City Gallery opening February 7th at 21 Howard Street in Lower Manhattan.
The mailboxes are being spotted outside cafés, bookstores, restaurants, and salons across Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to mustdonyc/Instagram, and you have until January 25th to deliver your anonymous love letter. You can write it to a current sweetheart, an unrequited crush, your pet, or even TO New York City itself. It's up to you.
Follow POPUPFLORIST on Instagram to find their red mailboxes in NYC or check out the map below!
I think I may venture into the city to deliver a letter. To whom? I'll never tell, lol.
Gotta love an activity that celebrates love in all its different forms, right?
