New York City and a QUESTION
John got back last night from his first trip to New York City. He was sent there by one of the companies he works for to record a conference in Times Square. So you can imagine how the two of us felt when we woke up to headlines this morning about an explosion in Times Square and the subways being shut down, etc.. I'm glad to read no one was hurt, but I'm also very glad John's home and not down in the middle of that.
Goodness knows John had enough to deal with yesterday. Toronto got socked by a major snow storm and it threw the airports into chaos. He was supposed to be on a 2:30pm flight from New York City and didn't end up getting on a flight to Toronto until 9:30pm. I know frequent flyers learn to deal with this kind of stuff, but as someone who doesn't fly much John wasn't impressed with having to sit in the New York City airport from noon to 9:30.
It was fun to hear John talk about his first impressions of New York City, though. He made me laugh. He said he found the whole experience rather surreal and it often felt like he was on a movie set :). He said he was surprised to see that the hustle bustle of Times Square, the language and reactions of New Yorkers, -was- much like he had seen it in the movies all his life. He commented the city was like a walking cliche. When I commented that native New Yorkers might not like that observation very much he glibly said, "Then they shouldn't act so much like... New Yorkers." :) Being that I've never been to New York City I really don't have any comment on such observations. But I'm betting a lot of you do :).
QUESTION: Have you ever lived in New York City? Do you find New Yorkers distinctive from anywhere else in the States? What do you think of how movies portray New Yorkers? Have you ever visited New York City? What was your first impression of the city?
I really, really want to get my chance to visit New York City someday, but for now John has added his magnets of New York City and Times Sqaure to our fridge along with my magnets of London, Frankfurt, Hamburg, San Francisco, etc..
Goodness knows John had enough to deal with yesterday. Toronto got socked by a major snow storm and it threw the airports into chaos. He was supposed to be on a 2:30pm flight from New York City and didn't end up getting on a flight to Toronto until 9:30pm. I know frequent flyers learn to deal with this kind of stuff, but as someone who doesn't fly much John wasn't impressed with having to sit in the New York City airport from noon to 9:30.
It was fun to hear John talk about his first impressions of New York City, though. He made me laugh. He said he found the whole experience rather surreal and it often felt like he was on a movie set :). He said he was surprised to see that the hustle bustle of Times Square, the language and reactions of New Yorkers, -was- much like he had seen it in the movies all his life. He commented the city was like a walking cliche. When I commented that native New Yorkers might not like that observation very much he glibly said, "Then they shouldn't act so much like... New Yorkers." :) Being that I've never been to New York City I really don't have any comment on such observations. But I'm betting a lot of you do :).
QUESTION: Have you ever lived in New York City? Do you find New Yorkers distinctive from anywhere else in the States? What do you think of how movies portray New Yorkers? Have you ever visited New York City? What was your first impression of the city?
I really, really want to get my chance to visit New York City someday, but for now John has added his magnets of New York City and Times Sqaure to our fridge along with my magnets of London, Frankfurt, Hamburg, San Francisco, etc..