September 2010 - New York - When in Rome...

People always say, when in New York, you gotta do this and that. Well, I kinda threw that list out the window being my second time in the City and truthfully, I was a little lazy. My first visit 5 years before was filled with activities and sore feet. This time, I just wanted to chill out. My 6 days in the City included:

- visiting the Guggenheim and being amazed at the amount of famous artworks available under one roof;

- walking across the Brooklyn Bridge;

- eating more Mexican than I should've (the restaurant, Mole, in the LES is awesome);

- drinking more pomegranate magaritas than i should (because they do it so well here);

- aiding the economy by shopping like crazy at Woodbury Commons;

- looking cool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where the guys wear skinny jeans, dark beards, curly hair and Wayfarers;

- admiring Brownstones in the Upper East and West Sides;

- eating damn good Cajun ribs at Acme's (with hot sauce!);

- having a 'When Harry Met Sally' met the Reuben sandwich at Katz's Deli orgasmic moment;

- peeking into the many community gardens in the LES;

- spotting Liev Schrieber on 2nd Street;

- buying Apple products at the iconic store on 5th Avenue (this generation's Tiffany's); and

- walking from Midtown to Downtown and back to the LES through Soho, Greenwich, Union Square and the Flatiron district because those NYC blocks didn't seem to look that huge on a tiny map!

Staying in the LES in a non-touristy part of the City is great because I start to feel like i'm part of the neighbourhood and feel like i could really live this crazy city. My favourite moment of this trip was when the local postie greeted me with, "Good morning, Miss Cynthia". At that moment, I almost, almost felt like a true NuYorker.