NYC pics

I've been trying to think of something to write about all day....and I've come up with nothing.  I start typing and then I bore myself silly.  So- I've decided to post a few pictures instead.

As it's well known now, we just moved.  I'm actually really happy we moved.  I don't miss a lot about NYC-- I don't miss carrying my heavy bags of groceries in the rain while pushing a stroller with 2 tired, cranky kids.  I don't miss the daily surprises that the homeless shelter next door introduced or having to hear the nest of rats mating at night in our ceiling.  I don't miss a really small apartment with a really big rent check attached.  I don't miss being far away from our families.  I don't miss the subway or having to remember which subway stops had working elevators.  But I do miss my favorite stairs in Riverside Park.  I love these stairs that curve just slightly as they lead to the river - especially at sunset...

I don't miss having to figure out the quickest yet cheapest way to get from our Upper West Side apartment to the East Village for dinner (or having to pay a babysitter crazy bucks for the night) but I totally miss our favorite Italian restaurant.  The food wasn't spectacular but I loved going to a spot where the waiters remembered us from 2001 and we had sat at every table in every room.  I love that they had complimentary mussels at the bar and that they had a quiet outdoor area in the back with just a few tables.  

I love that a typical girls night out involved Broadway shows like "Once" and Thai food in Hells Kitchen.

I love that this bar looks like nothing but it is so fabulous.  Granted- each cocktail is over $20/each but they take about 15 minutes to make each one and they are made completely from scratch.  I've had a few of the best drinks there (although wouldn't go there that often because who really needs vodka for $25 bucks a sip).

I don't miss the wind off the river or crazy fast bikers speeding past you all the time but I absolutely miss my runs by the Hudson River.....nothing like it.

I don't miss NYC but I do miss the spots that I felt belonged to me.  I hope that in a few months I can post a few pictures of my new town that I like just as much.