I can't believe we were in NYC last week - under sunny but very chilly winter skies - and the news is now reporting a sensational 27 inches of snow in Central Park over the weekend! I cannot believe it!
New York City is an amazing place - more so because we met some lovely people there - as crazy as we thought it would be but also friendlier and cleaner than we thought it would be. It was fun to see the steam coming out of the streets, like in the movies; to see the steps of the courthouse ala Law & 0rder; the massiveness of the Empire State Building and other buildings; the beauty of the Brooklyn Bridge and the history of Ellis Island. We were surprised at the size of Central Park (I knew it was huge but relative to the size of the island.. wow.) - not quite as beautiful as Golden Gate park in SF but it IS winter after all.... everything is just barren and dead anyway.
We had the best Gu1nness in NYC, at JD's near Joe's work. Irish won't abide a bad pour - seems the american's (even irish pubs in america) pour too fast and the drink doesn't get the nice creaminess that it has in the Emerald Isle. Even I can tell the difference and I've stopped drinking it here. But JD's... well, we found the place thanks to a little help from our friend.
We were eating dinner at a place in Little Italy, where the tables were nice and cozy, and a woman from Texas started chatting with me. She was really friendly, her husband a little quieter but then mine was too. We chatted between courses and after we were finished, had a bit longer chat. We wandered back to the subway together and invited them to meet up at a pub near our hotel to watch the SuperBowl. They actually did! It was good fun and added to our experience altogether. Hopefully I'll get an email out to them soon.
So that's about the extent of our NY trip. I hope Joe is staying warm out there and doesn't have to shovel too much snow in his front walk or driveway! I've heard it's going to snow here too but for now, we have beautiful, unusual winter sunshine... I just can't complain! Not that I would - life's been pretty darn good to me and it's still going.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Global warming? or just winter weather...
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2 comments:
Even without the weather change NYC would be a much colder place without the two of you here.
Not to worry about the snow. It looked worse than it was. It'll be gone by weekend.
Ain't there just something about a good Irish pub? :-)
(Oh and responding to a comment you left me...let me know when you wanna come here lol. I'll be happy to play tour guide wherever you want to go - even if I've never been there before lol)
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