Monday, April 24, 2006

The sun switched its lights off......

and Manhattan shone on.....

Recollections from Brooklyn bridge.... watching barges in the water create ripples on the dazzling reflections of the concrete structures ablaze with light in the twilight.

Splendid - is how one would describe it - till you realize you fall short of words 'cos every minute reveals soemthing new about the city....
the haughty cyclists, the thronging of the streets with dogs and kids when the sun shines, the culinary delights....kaathi rolls.....the buildings, the universities...the people....fashion.....hmmm
too many sights and sounds to digest for a 3 - day trip.

So what does one do if there are too many options - one opts for figuring out why T-mobile signal sux on upper floors of a small 5' cube dorm room of my hostess...Ms. Amrita (kudos to her for making the space look lively and homely :) ) and then try the sampling method.

That works best for small trips I guess - where u get the feel of a city by using public transport and do the things a regular New Yorker would do ....

Sampling

1st day

included getting a subway pass, a map..
-finding the way to MOMA, roaming around and exploring the awesome zoom of my Canon S2IS,
-getting impressed with the urban street scape and also the landscaped museum court of MOMA.
- loving the helicopter suspended in the building
- walking out and roaming the shopping area (was it 5th ave?...amrita ...HELP!!!) and having hot tea at Rockefellar Center
- Union station and meeting Amrita for further explorations of the city.
- brooklyn bridge + Boom for live jazz music (latin jazz topped with tiramisu was the speciality of the day !!!) yummm
and of course meeting of 3 tucsonians in EAST COAST!!! Good times!!!

FF to 2nd day

-bfast of bagels frozen pancakes...oops !! waffles
-taking in the sights of riverside park ...purrfect - park road water Jersey!! neat sweet!!
-daffodils!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Columbia Univ darshan
- Subway Darshan
- Central Park + rain + umbrella + horse shit + ducks and figuring out why I am not photogenic
- utter confusion regarding lunch from soups to desi chinese
-and sweetest luv!!!!! - its Sarvana Bhavan yumm yumm and whoosh!!!!!!! all food polished and inside
- Shopping and trying to find clothes which suit me + are NY style
-Opinions forming that NY girls are all abt jackets!!! makes their stye look ...............different
- Home sweet home for gearing up for a nite out at CAFEE WHA - programs change to meet some frnds at a ZEN place
-So Cafe Wha + live 80's music shifts to a TO DO list in the coily backsides of my mind....
-Good time with good friends of friends and a tidal blessing of water on moi and moi noodles :) Thank god for thy blessings.......
- loungin in a lounge bar with...............80's music ....niccccccccccccccccce and friend's getting tarot readings which screw the already coiled mind
-bliss again happens with kaathi rolls at 3 in the morning
-sweetest luv...............

FFF to 3rd Day

-bfast of bagels frozen pancakes...oops !! waffles ,
- quick run to see statue of liberty
- learning the art of splitting company to save time in queue
-posing as statue of liberty
- run for the best spot on the ferry - courtesy amrita the incredibly efficient tour guide
- keep clicking till camera got fed up
-then journey back in a cab wondering if i am going to miss Super Shuttle and flight home...
- waiting for SuperShuttle outside the dorm - and getting scorched and seeing more dogs and kids than well .....others...
-Super Shuttle showing up and getting stuck in traffic such that I see my Jet blue terminal 30 mins before my flight (a good 3 hrs in the Shuttle spent in seeing Manhattan and ahem ...awesome??? driving skills)
-parting aerial view of the sun setting on Manhattan and the dazzling reflections of the concrete structures ablaze with light in the twilight.

Long overdue was this note on NYC but sure felt good to write about it -brings a smile to my face and leaves my tummy yearning for Sarvana Bhavan chutney and Kaathi rolls...
thnks Amrita and Nandini for making this trip a nice one (yew!!! wads wrong with me - too many thank u's to handle!!!!!)

PS - I did shift to Cingular after the trip and now am trying to search for the evasive jackets :)
am not searching for the peeping sun -cos sun is hugging me 9 hrs at a stretch in hot hot PHX.....
Pics later.....

3 Comments:

At 10:27 PM, Blogger ammu said...

hehe...twas good to read this!! :)

And dodo...only you can get confused after I DREW out the directions to MoMa on the map!! :P

And am glad you used my sun lights off phrase...and that you remembered it...hehehe.

Arse...come back soon

 
At 10:57 PM, Blogger Prabul said...

Sarvana Bhavan in new york!! Boy was I surprised. Googled it and found out. Will check out in the weekend. Longing for a idli sambhar and a steaming filter coffee. Thnx for the info.

 
At 12:04 PM, Blogger Kartik said...

And all you could think of bringing back for me was a fridge magnet - tsk tsk.

I'm insulted - pissed - and ... oh yeah le tired, too :-p

 

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