SO my new favorite place in the world is New York City. What a place! I have always seen it on TV and in movies and had perceptions of it...but man, once you are standing in the middle of a wild scene in Timesquare at 430 am...thos all go away...and you just take it in and wonder why you have waited so long to come here? It is surreal and the most real thing you could imagine...walking down the street looking at a 200 foot TV screen in the middle of the street...while being offered any drug, knock off Fendi bag, rolex watch or "favour" you can imagine! ("smoke, crack or coke...try before you buy baby") The other thing I have always heard about it the crazy traffic and the awful cab drivers. Let me say this...NYC cabbies are the BEST drivers on the planet...and if my socialwork career doesn't pan out...I am moving to New York to drive a cab!! WOW, what an experience...It was amazing...timidity will be eaten alive...only the strong will survive...nerves of steel , flawless timing and execution are a must...it is just amazing. I Love it! I was totally in my element...it was better than any videogame I have ever played...
Imagine the most cars you have ever seen in one place, you get cut off 10 times a minute and you return the favour to others...but there is no road rage and in the 2 days I was there...not even 1 fenderbender!! why...because noone who was driving was on a phone or texting or doing makeup...everyone was DRIVING!! it was like a mecca for drivers...real drivers, not people who use a car for transportation, but those of us who LOVE to be behind the wheel! I learned a lot...never have I appreciated being cutoff before, but my thoughts changed from.."jerk, you cut me off" to "nice move man" It was again surreal...and wonderful!! I cant wait to go back!! I love it!
Talk to me about your NYC experience!!
I LOVE NEW YORK!!! ( except the yankees!! GO RED SOX!! )
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ALWAYS LOVED IT! Can't WAIT TO GO BACK!
ReplyDeleteRockefeller centre at Christmas time IS NICE!
Walking the streets in the summer is entertaining for sure! LOVE IT! Miss it!
New Years 2010?????
I went to NY in grade 10 for our geography trip. I remember shopping at Macy's, sleeping through The Phantom of the Opera, the Museum of Natural History, the bagel vendor right outside our hotel every morning (along with a double espresso from Starbucks of course), and sneaking out of our hotel at 2am to get Sbarro's pizza in Times Square, among other random things. It was such a great trip!!
ReplyDeleteI was there 2 years ago ... it is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThere was this time I make a last minute decision to drive to NYC with friends one night...oh, but then we decided not to go and went to TO instead...very sad...it is the one true regret of my life.
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