Any monument can be revised. That said, asked to memorialize four things that make New York City a place that never gets old, what would you pick? In no particular order, here are my current selections.
1.) The Highline: Converting an elevated railway line into a native plant paradise? Brilliant.
2.) Ethnic food: The "Eat The World" project my wife and I started five years ago has been much easier because we live proximate to NYC. Our latest culinary adventure was a visit to Myanmar (nee Burma) via Cafe Mingala on the Upper East Side. Not a "10" but at least I got off sous chef duty.
3.) Nightlife accessible via phone booths, etc: Aside from the whiff of insider-ism accompanying these secretive hot spots, this is such a cool, quintessentially NYC concept.
4.) The Statue Of Liberty: Passing very close by the Statue on a July 4th cruise around NY harbor, I had a moment. Although patriotic symbols have limited appeal for me, something shifted that night and I don't think the beer had much to do with it.
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About Me
- Pat Barton
- My most recent single release - "My True North" - is now available on Bandcamp. Open my profile and click on "audio clip".
1.) the music of Broadway and ambulance sirens
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3.) the very rich and the very homeless
4.) the Naked Cowboy (He's still strutting his stuff, I presume.)