To New York

So much for summer in Holland, I think. After all that rain we had in June and July, I was hoping for a long and summerlike September/October. It seems to be nothing more than wishful thinking. Since a few days there’s a chill in the air and it is here to stay. Some two weeks ago Bies stated on his blog that autumn had set in. It’s true what they say about the shifting of the seasons, he said. He was right.
Don’t get me wrong: I like autumn. It might even be my favorite season of the year, provided that it brings heavy showers with some lovely sunshine in between. I love the smell of rotten leaves in the gutter and long autumn dawning at the beginning of the evening.
But, on the risk to being called a hypocrite after just proclaiming this, with great contentment I find that hi-temperatures in New York in the upcoming week will be between 26 and 29 ˚C and I will enjoy every summerday I can get these next two weeks! On the other hand: there will be showers and possible t-storms, the weatherman of the New York Times tells me.
But the main thing New York has to do for me is get my mind of off work. And she will do that. In her own overwhelming way.
It will be good to be back in The Apple. Although I will be on my own again, which shouldn’t be the case really. But D., as you know, left me (and is now for some reason crying out how she loves England). And my dear friends E. and M., who tell me every year when I come back from NYC that they will definitely go with me next year again had to cancel on me when the chance came up (with very good reasons by the way).
But I won’t be alone, don’t worry. In New York Manhattan is my mistress. And she is truly a handful.
I will stroll along the rivers and get dazzled again by the sight of that beautiful Brooklyn Bridge. I will hang around Little West 12, drink coffee in Little Italy, wander through Soho and Greenwich, go see a movie at the Angelika at Houston Street, enjoy the street markets of China Town, find myself a delicious coconut popstickle in Battery Park (why don’t they have those here in Holland?!). I will see some shows at the Bowery Ballroom, Knitting Factory or where ever the Village Voice will bring me. I will visit Joe in the Red Lion bar in Bleecker and Lach with his weekly antihoot in the East Village. I will smile at the squirrels and be nice to the homeless. And off course there is Gee and my good friends Roger and Miss Blue. New York will be New York for me. Although I could think of one that I would very much like to share her with...




See u in 2 weeks!