New York City: the Day After

What we did/saw on Thursday:

• train from Connecticut into NYC
• Grand Central Station
• subway ride from downtown to the waterfront
• The UN building
• The Chrysler building
• Trip to the top of Empire State Building
• Battery Park (south of the financial district)
• View of Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
• Ground Zero
• Times Square

Should we explain the places? Got a month?

I understand why people like (love!) this city. The sense of belonging seems less a matter of the neighborhood than it does in knowing that the city breathes "the world". Anyone from anywhere can be at home here. Distance (personal space) is honored which gives new meaning to me about why people seem "cold". They're protecting their space and their personal values. "Bumping into people" is as much about getting a chance to find if another meets your checklist of someone who could be a real person versus another wave in the sea of faces.

Pete