New York, New York!
April 8, 2009
There’s nothing better sometimes than a trip to a big city. That’s what I, Roamin’ Rambler, your friendly travel columnist say. After my last trip to the Plymouth Colony, where things are about as old-fashioned as they get, it was a relief to go super modern.
There are so many cool people and awesome cats in New York that it was tough to pick who to visit. There was my friend Mewonda on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, my buddy Troy Catnip on the Upper West, where he lives with a bunch of roommates and makes documentaries.
So much creativity! First, I decided to hit up St. Mark’s Place, which is really a chunk of 8th street, with Mewonda. We strolled around, looking at all the shops. St. Mark’s was a huge center for punk music back in the 70’s and now people who love that kind of rock still gather here.
“Look at that mohawk!” Mewonda said, pointing to a punk who had majestic pink spikes coming off of his head about a foot high in every direction.
“Wow,” I said, remembering that I’d seen someone similar in HandiLand, only with a small manageable ‘hawk.
“I think they get their hair that high with glue.”
“They have to, because hairspray alone can’t do that!”
Next, we walked by the place where CBGB’s used to be, on 3rd avenue. It was once a really cool rock club where bands like the Ramones played all the time. A few years ago, people shut it down and refused to let it have another lease. The owners and New Yorkers in the neighborhood were totally bummed.
“Some good tunes,” Mewonda said as we passed by. There’s a hip clothing store there now but it doesn’t quite have the same appeal.
Next, I walked to Union Square park and got on the subway to ride all the way uptown. I had to switch lines at Grand Central station but that wasn’t a problem… Grand Central is one of my favorite places in New York. When I switched, I took the shuttle subway car to Times Square, my other favorite!
After Times Square, I hurried uptown to meet Troy. “Guess what!” he said when I hoofed it all the way to his apartment and was ready to sit down.
“What?” I asked.
“We’re going all the way downtown again.” He grabbed his camera and pushed me out the door. This time, luckily, we took a cab. It was getting dark already and I didn’t want to crawl on the subway at rush hour.
“Where are we going then?” I asked.
We pulled up to the seaport. “To Staten Island!” Troy said.
For the rest of the night, we cruised around on the water and took pictures of the Statue of Liberty. New York from across the water, with its lights shimmering and glittering, is even more fun to look at.
Can’t wait to get to my place on Troy’s couch and have more adventures tomorrow!
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cool! they show the part where they are taking the picture of the Statue of Liberty
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I think New York is a great place to visit, but just to visit i wouldn’t want to live there!!!
Also i think the New York Yankees are very good!!!
Thanks,
Emily
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i want to go to the statue of liberty really really bad!!!…………………………………………………….
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I have always wanted to travel to new york.I live in california.And i have always wanted to vist new york and spain!!!!!
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