When I lived in NY, I'd walk from Bleeker St (like you, I was a Bleeker St girl--living on the corner of Minetta St) to 73rd St every morning, then maybe 20 blocks at night. For years, that was my only form of exercise. Even now, with as much riding as I do, I still walk at least a few miles every day.

It's not something I ever have to talk myself into. I just like it. It's a part of NY I still own.