In the few days we spent in New York I was unable to discover why they call it “The Big Apple”. I saw no A.O.U.S.’s there (if anyone catches the Princess Bride reference, good for you!).
But seriously folks. New York was great. New York really reminds me of Paris, where I have spent quite a bit of time over the past couple years and become very comfortable. Very cosmopolitan, with every sort of person out and about, walking the streets, on the subway. I really like the culture of walking; that’s something that we really miss out on in L.A., I think it detaches us from our surroundings. It’s hard to detach yourself from New York, because you’re so in it wherever you go. Humanity is so right in your face all the time because there are so many people.
So many amazing restaurants and cafes. I love being able to walk down the street and pick where we’re going to eat from the dozens of places we just passed. We went to this one place that only sells macaroni and cheese. TEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF MACARONI AND CHEESE. Why am I yelling? Because it was fucking rad. Other amazing places: Rue B for brunch, 9th Street Market for dinner. Have to say, though, the Magnolia Bakery, which I had been dying to go to, was a huge disappointment. I’d heard such great things about their cupcakes, and, being a connoisseur, I had to try one. Waaaaay to much frosting for my taste, and it was too sweet. But Hawk and Aaron had the banana pudding and said it was awesome.
We did have lots of great food and saw lots of neat art and dinosaur bones and stuff. The Natural History Museum is fantastic. We spent all our time in the dinosaur and fossil exhibit. It was the most impressive I’ve seen. We had the whirlwind tour of the Met, with Aaron as our guide. He works at Christies (the auction house) and knows a lot about art, so it was great to have him walk us around, point out pieces and tell us 1) why the artist is important and ) why the particular piece is important. I don’t know anything about art, other than whether I like it or not, so it was cool to go to such an amazing museum with someone who knows what he’s talking about.
We went to Rockefeller Center, walked around in SoHo and the Village, down 5th Avenue. Walked, walked, walked.
Here’s some pictures:
