Another Tuesday Blog Post: New York

Wow. As most of you probably know, I spent this past weekend in New York City. I flew out last Thursday morning, and got back in late last night. The reason for my trip was to go see my sister and cousin sing in the Lincoln Center and in Carnegie Hall. And as much as I hated the busyness of the city, a part of me woke up missing it this morning...

Instead of just giving you a run-through of everything I did and saw in the big apple (and I literately saw all the cliche and popular sites between dropping them off at rehearsals and going to performances), I'm going to give you a list of ten things that I loved about New York City.

(1) The food. No, I didn't say the prices, but the food was wonderful! Want some good Italian food? Walk down the road. Want Greek? Hop over a block. Want to stop by some little cafe? Plenty of those. Feeling the pub life? There's one on every corner. Also, the gelato. YES.

(2) All the culture. This kind-of goes along with the food, but if America is known as the melting pot, then New York is the perfect example of that. (I got to meet a few Aussies, and practice my Italian!)

(3) You can take your camera with you everywhere/anywhere and fit in. Almost everyone has a camera - locals and tourists, and it was wonderful.

(4) The street names. They're all numbers. Feeling lost? Just go to the nearest street corner, and look up. You'll know exactly where you are and how far you are from your destination just by looking at the streets.

(5) The subway. That thing made our lives so much easier, especially being crunched on time. Once you figure out all the lines (and which ones only run express on the weekend), it's not bad to navigate at all. And it's way cheaper than a cab!

(6) How there's always something to do. NYC is truly the city that never sleeps. You can be out in the middle of the night, especially around Times Square, and you still have to push through the people.

(7) Which brings me to number 7. I loved the areas like Brooklyn Heights. They were far enough away from the city to not be crazy, but close enough to quickly get to.

(8) The green spaces / outdoor culture. It was nice to just be able to sit down in little areas that were designated parks. Most people automatically think of Central Park, but there are places like that all over.

(9) The dog population. They are everywhere! Most are small, but I did see quite a few larger dogs too. (We also saw MJ's twin!)

(10) The architecture. It makes for beautiful pictures, and great aesthetics. You can go from city apartments to shops to cafes to the Lincoln center to a beautiful church in a matter of 5 minutes.

So there you have it. My top 10 things about NYC. Here are a couple of pictures, but there will definitely be more on my Facebook page.