Friday, March 03, 2006
it was after the free (and steady bom pi pi ) juilliard concert that the three of us decided to join the rest of the Rockefeller prospectives at the salsa place. i thought it was going to be a concert but when the rest of the club started dancing, i decided to get a glass of champagne and observe the dance floor.
and when it soon emerged that both of us belonged to the rare group of people who couldnt move to even a very loud and obvious rhythm, and we were both tired and needed to catch a flight out tomorrow, we decided to leg it out to the upper east side from where we were, which was somewhere in greenwich village or something.
we got down to the subway and initially wanted to take the subway to 66th and Lincoln and cut through Central Park at 11 pm at night but then, the lady at the station interjected (Brooklyn Accent included)
"don't be crazy, i've lived here for 35 years and I still don't dare to go into central park at night."
and she accompanied us to the right station and showed us the way back. and i still don't know her name, just that she lived in new york all her life lived every where except staten island, worked for a charity for 37 years, been to amsterdam and paris and loved it.
whoever she is, i think i can't thank her well enough.
and i think i'm sold on new york city.
i can't see myself at rockefeller smack in the middle of manhatten even though its a seriously great place to do science in, but i guess being in cold spring with its equally great program and its proximity (but not that close to) the big city has its advantages.
so come 2007 its new york here i come then.
and when it soon emerged that both of us belonged to the rare group of people who couldnt move to even a very loud and obvious rhythm, and we were both tired and needed to catch a flight out tomorrow, we decided to leg it out to the upper east side from where we were, which was somewhere in greenwich village or something.
we got down to the subway and initially wanted to take the subway to 66th and Lincoln and cut through Central Park at 11 pm at night but then, the lady at the station interjected (Brooklyn Accent included)
"don't be crazy, i've lived here for 35 years and I still don't dare to go into central park at night."
and she accompanied us to the right station and showed us the way back. and i still don't know her name, just that she lived in new york all her life lived every where except staten island, worked for a charity for 37 years, been to amsterdam and paris and loved it.
whoever she is, i think i can't thank her well enough.
and i think i'm sold on new york city.
i can't see myself at rockefeller smack in the middle of manhatten even though its a seriously great place to do science in, but i guess being in cold spring with its equally great program and its proximity (but not that close to) the big city has its advantages.
so come 2007 its new york here i come then.
