Why I Love New York

Just a few morsels brought back from my trip over Thanksgiving with Amy:

• walking up broadway for bagels and lox, and sharing the experiences of Zabar’s and H&H
• walking through central park on an unseasonably warm winter day (BONUS: Roger Daltrey sighting!)
• ice skating in the afternoon light at Wollman rink
• running along the Hudson in Riverside Park
• noshing in NoLIta - including a deliciously wacky rice pudding joint called Rice to Riches
  
• pizza worthy of the name!
• Picholine!
• Getting a spot at the bar at the Spotted Pig
• The Room and its siblings
• Bistros, bars, and cafes
• The first swipe of the metrocard in a subway turnstyle - i feel like I’m getting “into the system”
• walking from Broadway-Lafayette to Broad and Water, through little Italy, Chinatown, City Hall Plaza, Ground Zero, and the NYSE
• Fifth avenue store windows (and knowing i can be a native, live in the city for years, and still be a little bit of a tourist)
• taxis, weddings, bagpipes, saxophones, roast chestnuts, oysters, water towers, city squares. . .

Okay, okay, enough already. You get the idea. (stay tuned for pix!)