Times Square. The Statue of liberty. The Hasidim in Williamsburg. Central Park. Wall Street and the Financial District. The Met. MoMA. Guggenheim. Harlem. The Empire State Building. Puertorriqueños in the boogie down. SoHo. NoHo. Nolita. Chinatown. The lights on Broadway. Yankee Stadium. This is New York. I still have those, I-can’t-believe-I-live-here moments every now and then. Like today. Today, I have two more out-of-town guests coming to visit. They make a list of all of the things that they’d like to see. I take a look and I have “a moment” when I realize that I walk by almost everything on their list during a typical week in New York. I love this city.
And, the great thing about moving to New York City is that you’ll never miss your friends and family from back home. Everyone comes to visit for vacation or on business. Everyone. I’ve had 1 sister, 2 former flings, and 3 friends from home come to visit. Additionally, 1 friend came from Boston, 1 from California, 1 from D.C., and 1 from Indonesia as well. (My average is 1 guest every other weekend.) The 2 ladies that will arrive later this evening are a blast! We’re going to have a wonderful time. I’ll have to tell you all about it on Monday. I probably won’t have time to update my blog or read others until then. So, bookmark me and come back on Monday. Have a great weekend!
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Enjoy your fabulous weekend, funky fun lady! I am so jealous. I lived across the river in Jersey from 97-2000 and I came to play in the city almost every weekend. My favorite place is the West Village, of course. Enjoy!
In Austin we have NoHo and NowHo. NoHo is the part of town the prostitutes used to be in before the cops drove them out. NowHo is where they are at present.
donning raincoat because I see people in the audience brandishing tomatoes
Have a good weekend!
Hey.
Have fun – I love showing off my city to friends/family/strangers. When you love a city like you do NY and I do Vancouver, you can’t help but take pride in the city despite any and all of their faults!
See you on the flip side.
Stolie,
I’m *sooo* with you on how you feel about New York. I’ve been here over a year and I get those same feelings every other day. I lived here a long time ago, and I’d been thinking about coming back ever since. And now I’m here and I still can’t believe it!
Have a good weekend with your visitors. I’m expecting some pretty soon, too.
–Recess Monkey
tonito bandito: Oooh, I LOVE the West Village!!! Second only to my own neighborhood, it’s one of my favorite areas in the city. That’s so cool that you used to live in New York. LEAVE TEXAS AND COME BACK!!!
raymond: Quick, where are my tomatoes?!?!? ;) Thanks for the well-wishes for the weekend! I had a great one and I hope that you did, too.
mitch: I know, isn’t it great? Showing them around is like falling in love with your city all over again, one momunent and venue at a time.
recess monkey: YAY!!! Another New York City reader. I *love* my local readers. :) … It’s so odd, but I never thought I’d live in NYC. Too many people, too many cars, too many big buildings. But, now that I’m here. I absolutely love it … and the longer that I stay, the harder it is to imagine being content living in any other US city.