Just returned from a trip to New York City with a few friends. Mr. Hippo decided not to come so I took my mother. After all, she enjoys good food, shopping and little culture like her sophisticated daughter. Some of the NYC sites were quite alarming. The fact that the WTC, "Ground Zero" now looks like a ordinary construction site. Seemingly devoid of any clues from the fall of the two towers. Then there were two panhandlers outside the McDonalds near Wall Street who exchanged racial slurs and then fisticuffs.
The food never failed to satisfy. From the seafood restaurant at corner of 53rd and 6th avenue to the very fine omakase dinner at Nobu. No celebrities to be seen but there were a few well dressed and well armed jeeps in the front of the restaurant suggesting other VIPs on the premises. My very favourite apple martini was made at the bar in the Millineum Hilton. Just yummy.
A little culture was taken in at the Museum of Modern Art where admission was free that night. The place was quite crowded but the paintings of Picasso, Modrian, Magritte and other notables could be appreciated nevertheless. And the visit to NYC won't be complete without a walk in Central Park. The Mall, the Obelisk, the Belvedere Castle and of course, Strawberry fields. A late lunch at the Boathouse completed a lovely day in the city that never sleeps.
