The "I'm in New York" Moment
I have lived in Manhattan for the past twenty-seven years. I was born on the West Side and I grew up in Westchester. Aside from a Texas exile between two stints at Notre Dame, and a misguided - in retrospect - experiment in Litchfield County living - I have spent my life here. But every so often, New York feels like a place I've just arrived in. Early this afternoon, I had one of those "I'm in New York" moments.
Then again, it may just have been spring fever.
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The Queensborough Bridge can go but, please, leave the 59th Street Bridge until I get there. This weekend I will get to walk an urban landscape nearly as exciting as Manhattan, historic Charleston, SC. Imagine, if you will, a mind set similar to yours but have the object be The United States.
Posted by: George | April 22, 2007 12:41 AM
Even little Boston can be like that. It is such a pocket sized city, but depending on the day, the hour and the weather you can feel like you are discovering the place all over again, even after 30+ years. I do miss some of the sleazier sections of town that are but a happy memory now, though.
Posted by: Tony | April 22, 2007 06:19 AM
Sorry, not a whit of sympathy. You chuckled as I directed the cab driver on the way across town y'day morning (by the way, you don't owe me anything for the ride......) and one should always get into a NYC taxi with a plan.....and that plan includes never ever ever ever going east in midtown below 63rd Street unless that is your ultimate destination.....you're a New Yorker, you should know that......
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April 22, 2007 11:09 AM