A Year In New York

Today I’ve been running last-minute errands and pondering what it all means, spending a year in New York City. I’ve worn through a lot of shoe leather in this crazy town and learned some hard lessons,  and now it’s time for me to pass those lessons on to you.
Here goes:

1. The World Won’t End If [...]

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This morning I pulled the shade to see if the forecast foot of snow had arrived. Not quite. But six inches lay on the ground with more pouring from the sky, and I felt the pull of the wild.
In response, I pulled on my fleece jacket and Gore-Tex shell and the snow boots I’d bought [...]

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February is a tough month to be a New Yorker. Holiday cheer is far behind, spring is well ahead, temperatures clamp down in the 20s and the earmuffs aren’t fun anymore. But I am new enough to the East Coast thing to get blissed out when snow falls from the sky.
It toyed with us yesterday [...]

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The weathermen have described the snow and sleet this weekend as nasty, but that all depends on your perspective. All Friday I kept pressing my nose against the window and watching the snowflakes fall out of the sky.
This was my first New York snowstorm and I have been waiting for it like a seven-year-old hoping [...]

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The most thrilling part of my day in New York is often astride my bicycle, the Super Star, on the morning commute. It’s a great workout, the scenery spans all of Manhattan, and of course there’s the adrenaline rush that comes with racing transit buses
I thought I’d share the excitement with this handlebar’s-eye guide to [...]

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Today I experienced My First New York Rainstorm (the first cold, autumn one, anyway). I looked outside and thought: Can’t wait to get to the office! Rain is such an equalizer. You’re immersed in the elements like a hike in the forest, even here in Skyscraperland.
Every surface glittered and puddles built up at the curbs, [...]

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I have returned from the West Coast to find New York wrapped in a knee-length wool coat. The thermometer is supposed to drop to 41 degrees tonight, 38 degrees tomorrow night. What happened to that mild, sunny October weather I enjoyed in San Francisco just yesterday?
Fall seems to be underway, temperature-wise, but Central Park hasn’t [...]

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Labor Day is over and as the shadows of the skyscrapers lengthen, the wind funneling down 26th Street carries just a hint of cool. New York’s autumn migrations have begun.
The great, slow-moving herds of Swedish, French, and Polish tourists, clad in fuschia polo shirts and staring quizzically at their Eyewitness Travel guides, are beginning to [...]

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