i’ve been in new york this weekend for approximately 32 hours. unfortunately, i’m about to get on a plane headed back to la.
i’ve spent a cumulative couple of months in new york, particularly when i worked for my dad a few summers ago. there is absolutely nowhere like new york city. no matter how cold it gets, how dirty, how packed in, how old…i will always love new york.
although i’m no new yorker, i love that new york, no bullshit attitude. plus, you can always get away with driving like a bat out of hell.
here’s how to play like you know new york even if you ain’t never been:
1) walk super fast and blow right by people who are slow (my favorite method of walking) so you can just get to wherever the hell you are going.
2) never use a subway map in public. track that from home and memorize the pattern. whenever you are going downtown, you head towards brooklyn, uptown is towards queens. you can’t just drop into any subway, you have to get to the right corner of the street.
3) spend some quality time with brooklyn. my beloved borrough. same city, same history, same people minus the crowds and cost
4) tell your cab driver where to go. “i’m going to 39th and 5th, head east on 23rd and then make a left on park”.
5) stay far away from times square.
and now for something completely different: this is my good friend alan with my exboyfriend from years ago, andrew, on the stage of andrew’s play “spring awakening”
