Amen! NYC is the one of the greatest cities in America, especially during the Holidays.
I love the tree and lights at Rockefeller Center, I love the Radi City shows, I love the Christmas windows at Macy’s and Lord & Taylor.
I love bicycling through Central Park, visiting the Cloisters at Riverside Oark.
I love walking along the path on Shore Road under the Verrazano, I love walking across the B’klyn Bridge.
I love visiting St. John the Divine (especially the Vertical Tour) I love visiting the library, the Frick, Governor’s Island, I love sitting in Trinity and reflecting on America’s deep history found there.
I love visiting what remains of Little Italy.
I love Broadway, Times Square, I love going to The Feast Of Santa Rosalia. I love eating at Gino’s and buying bagels from Bagel Boy, Steve’s Bagels and Bagelicious.
I dearly and truly love New York!
This could be the last year for the Lord & Taylor Christmas windows, but definitely next year will be last if it even happens: they sold the building. I’m not surprised, as every time I go in there, the upper floors are empty except near the sale racks. The clothes are too expensive and usually not the kind of stuff people buy.
I used to love the windows. Now they are not so charming but still worth a walk past. Most people are not looking at them but putting them on their phones.
Your post brought tears to my eyes. You certainly know the best of NYC - you’ve done things I’ve never done such as walk under the Verrezano! Next time you are in NYC, try Ess-A-Bagel which is my personal favorite. There are two of them in midtown. I just spent several days in Little Italy working on a show my husband was in and we caught a pizza at Joes on Bleecker. Highly recommend it!
Happy Thanksgiving and Christmas to you!