So I only have a few more days in the city. In most ways I am more than ready to get back to Seattle, but there are going to be a few things I will miss about this place.
New York is the first place I have been where I am not the fastest walker on the street. Maybe I’m just always running behind (which is pretty much true), but more than a few people have told me that I walk too fast. Well not here.
The second thing that’ll miss is the lack of bull shit here. For example, a cop isn’t going to give you a ticket for j-walking and if someone is clogging up the subway turnstile they are gonna hear about it. At the same time, New York is such a catwalk for people to show off their money and “sucess” that it makes me sick. I just you can’t get rid of all the bull shit.
Finally, the food. In a word amazing. Some of the best spots I have hit were Dovetail, Annisa, Asia de Cuba, and The Staton Social.
Anyway, here are a few more pictures from the trip my sister and I took out to the Statue of Liberty and a few more from random spot around the city. Check out the gallery.
So I have been out in New York for the past few weeks for a training program for my new job. It suffices to say that it has been a lot of long days. C’est la vie.
Luckily I have gotten out into the city a bit on the weekends and have enjoyed it. I think I would be missing Seattle more if I knew that my knee could stand up to the punishment I’d want to put it through this summer. So maybe a 6 or 7 week mandatory rest will help it out. I think one of the oddest experiences I have had was at the Museum of Natural History. In the exhibit of North American Mammal there are all these dioramas of moose, bears, wolves, etc. Beside the obvious oddity of the taxidermy itself, there were masses of people getting their picture taken in front of these things. This was so weird to me coming from a childhood where I was worried about running into these guys on the trail and often hoping not to see one (or at least not suddenly or up too close).
One thing New York has going for it though is food. Almost, every meal I’ve had (that didn’t come from some chain) has been delicious. I went to this place tonight called S’Mac. All they serve is macaroni and Cheese. They do it so well. I had the “cajun” style with sausage and green peppers and a couple cows worth of cheese. So good.
