So you take in the smell - peanut butter, chocolate, licorice, sour apple, cherries, cookies. You take in the color - a wild pattern made of yellow, red, green, pink, blue, purple, brown. You take in the sound - crackle, smack, slurp, rustle, snap. And you take in the feeling - squishy, bumpy, smooth, pebbly. Are you with me? Are you ready to dive in? That's what New York City is like.
It's a swirl of culture and diversity. It's a sight to behold. It's a panoply of sounds and smells. It's full of art and architecture, food and beverage, giant parks and mammoth buildings, history and modernity, American icons and remembrances. It's so much stuff...it's hard to know where to begin. It's just like that bag of candy.
Last night we ate at a pizzeria. Today at lunch we staked a table at a Jewish deli. This evening we shared a delicious picnic with family at a Greek restaurant. Each one is a neighborhood spot. Each one is a local favorite. Katz's (sic - because I would spell it Katz') is a tourist venue, but definitely not in a tourist district...you have to search it out. It's been in the same location since 1888.
Where Harry Met Sally
Where I met this Reuben
The beer halls we hit were local haunts - Fool's Gold, Augurs Well, McSorleys - not a chain among them - and each with a wonderful beer list and tasty pub offerings. McSorleys has been around since 1854.
Today we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and saw some stuff.
Degas
van Gogh
van Gogh
Monet
Monet
Monet
Renoir
Old
Really Old
So Old
The Story of Old
Getting Old
I swear, if I lived here, I'd go to the Met every week!
Tomorrow morning dig deeper into the candy bag and head to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. And tomorrow night - tickets to see Hamilton! Can't wait!
Every week = same old, same old.
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