last week in NYC

[avrelia]

We were in New York last Friday – and I remembered how much I love seeing people on the streets. I mean, I enjoy living in a house, the peace and quiet, and all the fun of having a yard – front and back ones. And I don't miss an expensive tiny apartment whatsoever, but the feel of walking in New York is a nice one – away from busy touristy places, just walking and watching the people. We walked from Penn Station to NY Public Library and saw the exhibition commemorating its 100 anniversary. I am sure there was some higher sense to it, but I just enjoyed gazing upon all the fantabulous exhibits – books and things, from clay tablets with cuneiform to 15 – century manuscript book, from Mary Shelly's hair to Virginia Woolf's walking stick, from Divine Comedy to Mayakovsky. There was a lot of awesomeness. No Kindle can give such thrill as Gutenberg's Bible and the scroll of The Tale of Genji. D behaved himself all the time, looked at books and pictures and talked very loudly.

Then in was a stroll in the Bryant park, starting with obligatory riding a frog. I don't why I attached myself to this particular New York place, but it is one of my favorite places there, The Carousel, the book, the chairs, the fountain and the music, the buildings around it, the people in it – everything makes me feel good.