50 Things to Love about New York City
For my 100th post I am listing 50 things I love about this fabulous city.
1. Central Park. They cleared out the prime real estate in Manhattan and made a giant playground!
2. Bumping into celebrities. Where else can you sit next to Britney Spears at a movie one night and eat next to Nicole Kidman the next?
3. The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series. I love books. I love music. I love that they can be combined into one fabulous show.
4. Time Out New York. This magazine is the mother of all lists and it comes out EVERY WEEK!
5. Diners. I can have pancakes at any hour.
6. Being able to see what everyone else is reading on your subway ride.
7. The view. Because walking around the countryside is just plain boring.
8. Broadway shows.
9. It is JetBlue’s hub. I heart JetBlue.
10. Seeing my block on Law & Order and Gossip Girl.
11. The pigeons nesting on my fire escape every spring.
12. The Strand Bookstore. 18 Miles of books.
13. I never have to parallel park. Ever.
14. Getting most of the Sunday NY Times delivered on Saturday.
15. The frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity 3.
16. The bathrooms at Vynl, especially Cher.
17. That I can get from the subway to my apartment mostly under scaffolding for the days when I forget an umbrella.
18. Shopping at 3 a.m. in the Apple store on 5th Avenue.
19. My bedroom has a view of a giant brick wall and a little sliver of Alvin Ailey dancers.
20. That I can get anything delivered up my three flights of stairs.
21. Pat Kiernan.
22. Pierogies at Veselka.
23. Walking through upscale neighborhoods and peeking into the windows to see the fancy apartment decorations.
24. Stumbling across a film set accidentally.
25. David Letterman films here and he is so much cooler than Leno.
26. Street fairs and the $5 Pashmina.
27. Being able to go on the internet in a public park.
28. It is home to multiple dessert trucks.
29. Nellie McKay.
30. The Staten Island Ferry. It is free and gives a great view of the Statue of Liberty!
31. Ricky’s Beauty Supply Store.
32. All the white trees that pop up on the streets in the springtime.
33. It takes three weekly magazines, New York, Time Out and the New Yorker, to cover all the events.
34. Movies get early release here.
35. You can buy anything on the street. Food, clothes, writing materials, anything.
36. The sculpture garden at MoMA.
37. The store windows on 5th Avenue at Christmas time.
38. That I can see SNL stars at the UCB Theater for free.
39. It is where Dance Dance Party Party originated.
40. The Law & Order stairs (which isn’t really the criminal court).
41. Seeing big names at Joe’s Pub.
42. The playgrounds that spray water in the summer.
43. Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from my couch even though it is going on a few blocks away.
44. I am not the only one who knows the names of Broadway stars.
45. Bubby’s sourdough pancakes.
46. There never has to be a designated driver because there are always taxis.
47. A different kind of food for everyday of the week.
48. Radio City Music Hall.
49. Vintage Martini Bar. I can read the menu there for hours.
50. 311 is the best non-emergency information hotline.
I would love to hear what everyone else likes about New York!
I absolutely LOVE this list!! I just bookmarked your blog…