City Pass

Bighead’s mother and two of her nieces are in town this week.
It’s really interesting to walk through the neighborhood with them because they see the things that have become everyday for me for the very first time.

It is nice to be able to take a step back in time to when things were new for me. Like the unexpected green of the freshly planted tulip or daffodil bulbs in the street tree boxes on the street; or the bright shiny neon-convenience of the bodegas on every corner and the new enticing flavors and smells wafting from the restaurants. NYers (despite their reputation) can be surprisingly friendly and helpful and can really add a lot of colour to a walk in the Botanical Gardens. Living here it’s easy to forget about all of the things to see and do. It’s easy to avoid them as tourist traps but The City has The Met, The Gug, MOMA, The Museum of Natural History, El Museo del Barrio… we’ve got a whole mile devoted to museums. We’ve got beautiful parks in nearly every borough.

(Tomorrow they’re going to hit some of these great sites. They were even given City Passes.)

It’s been a really frustrating week waiting to hear about the apartment and today we found out that we’re going to have to wait at least another week more. It’s really easy, when things get really hard, to get bogged down in the things that are dirty and hectic and gray about The City so it’s great that they’re here to help remind me of the wonderful things this City has to offer.