Do you know the way to San Jose?

I started out with some promise. I knew Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, Park Avenue, Lexington, all the way to 1st, and could thread my way from Azuma to FAO Schwarz, early on.  I also showed an early streak of geographic aptitude by navigating the IRT subway line — even before I could say the whole name.   (It had nothing to do with rabbits in transit…) Then, just  as my orientation skills began receding, along came my pal Evelyn, who knew her way around even in the dark and could always find the best buttons in the Village.  And, when it came to guessing which bus stop was coming up,...