In My Life

Yesterday was a bit of a lost day because of the rain – we were in the city centre but we kept being thwarted from finding what we were looking for or being unable to go where we wanted. All of us are agreed, we don’t want to go back there again.
But today we had a plan and we did everything we wanted. We started with breakfast at our hotel (The Milburn on 76th West and Broadway), a walk across to and a tour of the NY Historical museum, followed by a walk through Central Park, and a visit to the Met (Art Museum). We didn’t row a boat or ride a bike but we got some idea of the vastness and beauty of this park.
Then we got a bus to SoHo in the East Village where Hannah visited a contributor to her magazine and did some shopping. By evening we were starving and elected to eat a huge pizza dinner at Lomardi’s (now inducted into the Pizza Hall of Fame) followed by a bowl of rice pudding and peaches from a new shop called Rice to Riches. All this was completed just in time to come home and watch the first presidential candidates debate. Romney did better than expected, but I think Obama had clearer facts and ideas. Also, when Obama spoke directly to the camera, he seemed more real in his appeal.
What has surprised us is the help we’ve received from passersby when we must have looked lost even with a map in hand. Weather wise this has been an overcast day, humid, foggy, and the subway stations have felt like ovens. But we didn’t get wet like yesterday. Our hotel room is actually a suite of two rooms, so Hannah has a separate place to sleep, and we’ve ended each night with homemade fruit salad and yoghurt.
Tomorrow we are hoping to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, visit the new Ground Zero memorial fountain, and have dinner at Bronwyn Jackson’s place in Harlem. We’ve enjoyed discovering places we’ve heard about in songs and we’ve marvelled at the enormity of this city – it diminishes the size everywhere else we’ve been. But, Chicago is cleaner and more spacious; Montreal is more livable; Portland is greener and prettier; and Los Angeles more exotic. And, our 24 hours in Havre, Montana is still the most unique of all our experiences. Goodnight.

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