God help me, I think I just made a 'Sex in the City' pun...
It's been a couple weeks now since I made my first trip into NYC. Amanda recently informed me that I don't blog enough to maintain readers' attention, so I figured it was about time I got this one up!
My buddy Andy from the one and only Medford, Oregon was in NY for a cheese festival. Yes, a cheese festival. I didn't know if it was some little local event or what, but apparently it was a pretty hoity-toity gig. We're talking private parties, four-star restaurants, Cheese Monger secret parties... I think he said it was something like a $6 million event for the weekend. And yes, I just said 'Cheese Monger'.
So Andy and I figured it out, and we decided to meet in the city to catch a Yankee game while he was in town. He was busy cheese festival-ing all day, so I headed into the city early to wander around by myself. There are so many things I wanna do and places I wanna see in NYC, but for anyone who knows me well, you'll understand why making my first trip to the city by myself and just exploring was perfect.
The train ride to Penn Station from Port Jeff is about two hours, but being here has completely changed my perspective on what a 'long trip' is, so it goes by very quickly. I think a lot of people mistake 'living in New York' to mean 'living in New York City,' and they're two very different things. I live on Long Island; there are lots of trees, strip malls, and neighborhoods. I got off the train at Penn Station and walked onto street level, and I felt like I was officially experiencing New York.
I couldn't count how many blocks I walked up and down the streets that day, but it was a lot of backtracking, cutting back and forth, and general exploring. I think there are only two places I really want to visit that I didn't make it to: The Great Lawn in Central Park, and Ground Zero. Ground Zero is way south, at least 50 blocks, I think, so I didn't make that walk. And I walked for 15-20 minutes through Central Park and didn't even make it halfway through it! It's definitely the biggest, and one of the prettiest, parks I've ever been to. Can't wait to go get a game of ultimate on in Central Park and bring a little Southern Oregon to the city :)
My family has always really liked New York photography and landmarks, so I've been looking at pictures all my life of places around the city, and I finally got to go check them out! I was at Rockefeller Center (can't wait to go there during the winter), Central Park, Times Square, Broadway, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Columbus Circle, not to freakin' mention Yankee Stadium that night with Andy! I also tried to find the public bathroom in the Marriott Marquis Times Square, which I've been told is the best public restroom in Times Square, but I didn't feel like wandering around an entire hotel. I'll make sure I find it next time, Steve.
It was a great first trip to the city. I went in with no plans, no friends to meet, no idea where anything was in the city, and no money. I feel like that's pretty much how my life goes! But it was great. And if I had this much fun just going for a couple hours to wander, I can only imagine how hard it will rock when I go in to do dinner and a show or something!
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I LOVE Sex in the City puns! Yey! And you should post some central park pics for us West Coasters that have never seen it.
ReplyDeleteAagghhh, so jealous. But I'm so glad you had fun. I figured you would take to the city right away...and Steve will be happy to know you tried! (Don't forget to leave time for playing with the elevator when you make a pit stop.)
ReplyDeleteSue, you gotta tell me which elevator it was that has the cool glass bottom! Is it part of the big group of elevators in the middle? Or is there another one somewhere else?
ReplyDeleteI've got one photo up from Central Park, Jess. It's the Sheep Meadow. But next time I'll go back, I'll make sure I have more time. I'll get more pictures, and get some shots from the Great Lawn!!
Well, it was the big group in the middle. It's not the bottom itself that's glass; it's a glass wall, and the way the floor is built, it LOOKS like you're going to crash through the floor.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I told Steve about your post, and he said they did a big redesign, so he's not sure if things are exactly the same (although the bathrooms should still be better than any on the street!).
Also, you could have pretended your title was a riff on the song "Summer in the City", but I guess it's too late for that...
Ooh, like 'hot town, summer in the city...' Hmm... that would have been better... That even has the right number of syllables. Dang it.
ReplyDeleteYou have to take the subway, that helps with the whole 50 block problem...and seriously, Ground Zero is only a few blocks away from Columbus Circle so thats weird you missed it...and you have to spend a whole DAY in Central Park...and you have to take the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island! :)
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