Hangin' on the corner of 52nd and Broadway
Let's see if I can get back into the regular blog world. I've been away for too long.
New York was bitchin'. For someone who has never traveled it was a very surreal place to go. There were so many landmarks and buildings that I have seen in movies and television that I was getting to see up close and personal like the restaurant that Jerry and friends would frequent in Seinfeld, Rockefeller Center, and the archway at Washington Park to name a few.
The idea that New Yorkers are mean is a misconception also. They were all really friendly. I witnessed a couple of guys give up their seat on the subway to women, doors were held open for you, and I even got a few apologies after being bumped. I have to admit that before going I kept picturing the episode of The Simpsons where Homer was recapping his one NY experience where he gets robbed by a thug, robbed by a cop, robbed by a seagull, then falls down a manhole and chased by C.H.U.D.s. Lady M's friend, Drew, said that it may have been bad ten years ago, but now it is a very safe city, especially after 9-11. Now if a lady gets her purse snatched on the street, ten other people will be there to tackle the guy.
This was also the first time that I met Drew. He has been one of Lady M's best friends for years and I have heard plenty about him, but now I finally got to put a face with the name. He played a perfect host to us and really went out of his way to make us comfortable and show us around the city. He is also filled with little random facts about the city that you won't find in the guidebooks that made the experience that much more fulfilling. He pointed out illegal cabs, one of the original subway stations that used to have crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling until they got stolen, and the grid in the middle of intersections that has the power to get your license suspended if you stop your car anywhere on it. Also, if it weren't for him, we would have spent half the time just looking for places and getting lost as the wife and I both have absolutely no sense of direction. We were able to see Battery Park, Wall Street, Ground Zero, Times Square, Washington Park, Little Italy, Chinatown, Central Park, FAO Schwartz, Trinity Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, The Metropolitan Museum, Tiffany's, Rockefeller Center, we had coffee in Trump Tower, M took a picture of the Louis Vuitton building for Mob's wife, we bought hotdogs from a street vendor, had New York pizza, went to Anthony Bourdain's restaurant, looked at the apartments in the Upper East Side, went to Columbia University, saw a Broadway play, went to a cupcake shop that was made famous by Sex and the City, had brunch at the trendiest gay spot in NY, went to a pier overlooking Jersey and Hoboken, and went to a sex shop where a Bronx girl was more than willing to go into great detail about some of the toys.
After all that, we were still coming up with a list of stuff that we want to do next time. I still have to eat at the Soup Nazi's kitchen, dammit.
New York was bitchin'. For someone who has never traveled it was a very surreal place to go. There were so many landmarks and buildings that I have seen in movies and television that I was getting to see up close and personal like the restaurant that Jerry and friends would frequent in Seinfeld, Rockefeller Center, and the archway at Washington Park to name a few.
The idea that New Yorkers are mean is a misconception also. They were all really friendly. I witnessed a couple of guys give up their seat on the subway to women, doors were held open for you, and I even got a few apologies after being bumped. I have to admit that before going I kept picturing the episode of The Simpsons where Homer was recapping his one NY experience where he gets robbed by a thug, robbed by a cop, robbed by a seagull, then falls down a manhole and chased by C.H.U.D.s. Lady M's friend, Drew, said that it may have been bad ten years ago, but now it is a very safe city, especially after 9-11. Now if a lady gets her purse snatched on the street, ten other people will be there to tackle the guy.
This was also the first time that I met Drew. He has been one of Lady M's best friends for years and I have heard plenty about him, but now I finally got to put a face with the name. He played a perfect host to us and really went out of his way to make us comfortable and show us around the city. He is also filled with little random facts about the city that you won't find in the guidebooks that made the experience that much more fulfilling. He pointed out illegal cabs, one of the original subway stations that used to have crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling until they got stolen, and the grid in the middle of intersections that has the power to get your license suspended if you stop your car anywhere on it. Also, if it weren't for him, we would have spent half the time just looking for places and getting lost as the wife and I both have absolutely no sense of direction. We were able to see Battery Park, Wall Street, Ground Zero, Times Square, Washington Park, Little Italy, Chinatown, Central Park, FAO Schwartz, Trinity Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, The Metropolitan Museum, Tiffany's, Rockefeller Center, we had coffee in Trump Tower, M took a picture of the Louis Vuitton building for Mob's wife, we bought hotdogs from a street vendor, had New York pizza, went to Anthony Bourdain's restaurant, looked at the apartments in the Upper East Side, went to Columbia University, saw a Broadway play, went to a cupcake shop that was made famous by Sex and the City, had brunch at the trendiest gay spot in NY, went to a pier overlooking Jersey and Hoboken, and went to a sex shop where a Bronx girl was more than willing to go into great detail about some of the toys.
After all that, we were still coming up with a list of stuff that we want to do next time. I still have to eat at the Soup Nazi's kitchen, dammit.
posted by Corinthian at 7:48 PM
1 Comments:
Glad you're back man. That was a great post, now I'm off to the wifey's blog to check out more of the pics.
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