We've just returned from a holiday to New York. It's been a few years since our last visit and a few things things have changed. Here are some random thoughts:
- New York really is a city that doesn't sleep. They seem to accept sirens going off at 3 or 4 in the morning
- The subways are much better than they were 20 years ago. However, they're incredibly dirty, and the signs to tell you where you're going are almost non-existent
- Cars have got bigger and smaller. Whilst many New Yorkers seem to be downsizing their vehicle, others seem to want the biggest, most obscene vehicle they can find (the Escalade is particularly hideous)
- The habit of young Americans to punctuate their sentences with 'like' is very noticeable and really got on my nerves ("OMG, that's, like, really cool"). On a couple of occasions I was very close to saying something which would have seriously soured Anglo-American relations
- The Wellington boot is a fashion statement. I couldn't believe the number of very smartly dressed women who, at the first sign of rain, wore something I normally wear in the garden
- The 'have a nice day' attitude of the Americans can come across as being a bit false, but it's much more preferable to some of the miserable buggers you get in the UK
- If you're going, visit Mary's Fish Camp in Greenwich Village. It's a small, local fish restaurant, the food is superb and the music is brilliant. It couldn't be any more perfect.
We've just returned from a holiday to New York. It's been a few years since our last visit and a few things things have changed. Here are some random thoughts:
