I'm in New York this weekend to say Happy travels and all that to a dear friend who is moving with her husband to Singapore. Since I am unemployed again and still a grad student ... I took the shuttle bus from LGA to the Port Authority. On the bus was a young girl from Sarasota with her friend and what I gather is her Uncle David, who lives in New York. The girl was here to audition for colleges, i think for musical theater.
They couldn't have been more excited about New York. The whole ride from Queens she kept saying, Is THIS Manhattan? and when we finally come out of the tunnel into Manhattan, she couldn't contain her glee. "Look at them, those New Yorkers, they LIVE here!" Every thing she passed she pointed it out (everthing from grand central to the Target Billboard in Times Square) she also mocked her excitement while enjoying it.
It was fun to hear. It reminded me of when I lived here, and even after being here for years and having days (usually in the morning fighting for a seat on the subway) when i would hate it, I'd still have those moments when I would think, "I live in New York" and every time it was a bit awesome (in the dictionary sense - not in the vally girl sense)
Still, I love this city
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