Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Little Island and other delights

 

Just taking a work break to post a pretty picture of the new waterfront park in Manhattan that opened last year. I haven't gone exploring there yet, but I will definitely go with my cousin Nicky next week after she arrives from Trinidad to spend the month of November with us! Nicky is like my little sister. When she was in college at Howard University in D.C., and I was a newly employed twenty something reporter for the reincarnated LIFE magazine, she caught the bus to New York City to hang with me almost every weekend. The two of us sat in sidewalk cafes happily chatting and people watching, and my friends all thought that Nicky went to college in New York, because they saw her all the time. Maybe we will do a lot al fresco dining on this visit, too. It will be nice to have a ready companion to go all the places in the city I've been meaning to go for more than a year now—especially on weekdays, when most folks are working. I plan to take a few days off while Nicky is here. I have a running list of things for us to do, like visit Little Island early in the day before the crowds hit, and catch the Night Market, a gourmet smorgasbord staged outdoors by the city's top restaurants, a kind of traveling food festival with music and crafts that pops up at different locations around  the city, until the weather turns cold. But first, we will do what Nicky always wants to do on the first morning after she lands in New York—order pancakes at our favorite Greek diner. For Nicky, nothing says I'm in New York City like sitting in a diner over a stack of pancakes swimming in maple syrup. Ooooo, I'm getting excited to see her. Packages for her are already arriving at our door, so you know the time is near.

Okay, back to work. I'm closing in on thirty thousand words.


15 comments:

  1. I love that your sister is coming for a month-long visit. I'm looking forward to the photos of your time together. I know you will love every moment.
    That photo is so beautiful.

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  2. Thank you for bringing that magical New York City energy here this morning. Looking forward to hearing about your visit with Nicky. Love the thought of you and your cousin in the Greek diner eating pancakes! Although I've only been in New York City once in my life, I have not forgotten the feelings connected with that experience -- feelings of being fully alive and creative that are unlike those I felt in any other large city that I've visited.

    Wow! 30,000 words. Yaaayyy!

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  3. That is unlike any waterfront park I've ever seen!
    How wonderful that your chosen little sister is coming to visit. I know you'll have the best time!

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  4. That is so cool! I've been to New York twice, the trips were decades apart and I just loved it each time. Having Nicki there will be so much fun. Enjoy your time!

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  5. I love that park. I've never been to New York, who knows if I'll ever get there at this point, but I would like to see Central Park and now this park.

    Have a wonderful visit with your cousin/sister.

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  6. interesting man made park/sculpture. have fun with your cousin.

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  7. did you get my answer about the author and books?

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  8. I've seen the park on t.v. -- maybe CBS Sunday morning. Such a wonderful effort to bring joy to the people. I love NYC: there is soooo much to do and see. I've been several times at vast intervals.

    Enjoy those pancakes with your cousin/sister. Yum.

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  9. Enjoy your time with Nicky. Together for 30 days will be a blast.

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  10. Gosh I miss NYC -- I've been yearning for a visit but just don't know when. Have a wonderful time with Nicky!

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  11. I just had a look at some other photos of " Little Island"....what a lovely place! Enjoy your visit and please take some photos.

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  12. What a great picture. I'm eager to visit that place myself one of these days! Have a great time with your cousin!

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  13. That will be great fun! It is wonderful when visitors come and turn us into "tourists" so we get to explore the treats in our home cities!
    We will enjoy hearing about it!

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  14. What a pleasing picture! Have fun with your chosen sister. I wish I'd had a relationship like that.

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