I’ve been in New York for a whole week (2 more months to go) and I haven’t even scratched the surface… so far the city has blown me away. Temperatures are rising, people are on the streets, free events starting, and the food has been diverse and delicious.
Our first exposure to NYC was staying at our friend’s 100+ year-old brownstone building in Brooklyn (and a long walk to Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge). And to top it off, it was on the penthouse floor with a roof deck… definitely will try to convince her to have some summer drinks up there. We stayed in an upcoming part of Brooklyn called Park Slope. It includes Prospect Park, which I’ve been told, was also designed by the guy who designed Central Park. The area was calm and family-oriented, with a lot of tree-lined streets and little cafes and restaurants. This western part of Brooklyn is a lot nicer than the eastern part coming from JFK where the streetscape looked a lot like the down and dirty NY that we usually see in movies. I can’t wait to do more exploring and to actually see designs, architecture, buildings, streets, urban plans that I studied in university and that NYC is infamous for – to be exposed to so much energy, people, diversity and action is sometimes overwhelming – I’ve been taking naps everyday just to recuperate.