I can’t help humming this song as we tour here for 3 days. It is the quintessential tourist experience with so much to do. No matter how many times we have visited, each time is alive and pulsing with new offerings. You would think with names like “Peggy and Bob Olsen” from MN that we are Midwesterners, but I was raised in Poughkeepsie, 75 miles on the Hudson River and Bob, on Long Island with early years in Manhattan and Brooklyn. We are back to our roots, talking with our hands and showing affect.
I have always wanted to do the touristy double-decker bus tours in the City even though most native New Yorkers never take them. On the Internet, I found a combination tour package of a Downtown, Uptown, Harlem, Brooklyn, Nighttime and Circle Line tours plus some museums for $49 per person with City Sights NY http://www.citysightsny.com —“such a deal.” You can hop-on/off the bus at any of the sites so it’s a great way to get-around town easily and enjoy a great summer’s day/night. It gave me more of a gestalt of the City and how much it is an onion layered with the history and identity of so many immigrant groups. The tour operators are all actors and stand-up comics so the tour is informative and also live theatre. Tara doing stories about her Italian family in Brooklyn is not to be missed.
Our visits to NYC usually involve a visit to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), a walk around Central Park and seeing a play. We were in the nose-bleed section for the Tony award-winning play, God of Carnage, but the performance was so sublime that we were swept into this “comedy of manners…without the manners.” Target sponsors free MoMA admission every Friday night in the summer. It is a creative idea to introduce art to more people and the museum was packed. It was probably not the best viewing that we’ve ever had but the energy and appreciation by the new art lovers was palpable. Central Park was spectacular on a splendid summer Saturday afternoon and my favorite moment was listening to this violinist play Puccini.
I have always wanted to do the touristy double-decker bus tours in the City even though most native New Yorkers never take them. On the Internet, I found a combination tour package of a Downtown, Uptown, Harlem, Brooklyn, Nighttime and Circle Line tours plus some museums for $49 per person with City Sights NY http://www.citysightsny.com —“such a deal.” You can hop-on/off the bus at any of the sites so it’s a great way to get-around town easily and enjoy a great summer’s day/night. It gave me more of a gestalt of the City and how much it is an onion layered with the history and identity of so many immigrant groups. The tour operators are all actors and stand-up comics so the tour is informative and also live theatre. Tara doing stories about her Italian family in Brooklyn is not to be missed.
Our visits to NYC usually involve a visit to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), a walk around Central Park and seeing a play. We were in the nose-bleed section for the Tony award-winning play, God of Carnage, but the performance was so sublime that we were swept into this “comedy of manners…without the manners.” Target sponsors free MoMA admission every Friday night in the summer. It is a creative idea to introduce art to more people and the museum was packed. It was probably not the best viewing that we’ve ever had but the energy and appreciation by the new art lovers was palpable. Central Park was spectacular on a splendid summer Saturday afternoon and my favorite moment was listening to this violinist play Puccini.
There is always something going on in New York. We even caught a glimpse of President Obama's motorcade and got a wave.
