“Next station: Forty-Second Street–Times Square,” a voice announced over the subway’s loudspeaker. That is probably my last auditory memory before I entered a complete state of awe. Or, as Billy Joel would say, a New York state of mind. Almost carried away by a crowd of people, I got off the train, and I already …
Category: New York City
Poetry
Monday morning. The day is young. Yesterday, I saw my first magnolia flower. I love spring here. Dogs. Coffee cups. Sneakers. All are around. Love is in the air. Hi, Flatiron. Wave to the Empire State Building. Wink to the Chrysler. And go right toward Central Park. Easy days and a light heart. Ah, spring, …
Morning Coffee for My New Job in the USA
I open my eyes at 4:40 a.m. I need to wake up earlier than other people because I’m a barista at a coffee shop. When I’m on my way to work, I think about the bus driver: He needs to wake up even earlier than me. Every morning from the bus window, I see the …
Unexpected Event
Early 2020: Humanity forcibly welcomed one of the biggest challenges in the modern era, Covid-19, the newest pandemic that nature invented to test our survival. Many people were too scared to leave their homes due to fear of the disease. Some people were not and thought of it as just a new kind of flu. …
Dance and New York City
When I was seven years old, I was so envious of my neighborhood friends who wore pretty ballet clothes and took ballet lessons. I asked my mother to let me learn ballet because I also wanted to dance in pretty clothes. I didn’t know it at the time, but it seems that my life of …
Aroma
The other day I had to run an errand. I took the Bx bus line to Yonkers. It happened that my bus stop was directly in front of a Mexican bakery called Café sin Dulce. I immediately recognized the aromatic Mexican bread, the cinnamon, the sugar, and the wonderful smell of baked flour. I looked …
City Marathon
One day, while I was strolling through Central Park, a temporary seating area suddenly popped up, and many fences with “NYPD” written on them began to surround the park. I wondered what was going on. It turned out that the famous New York City Marathon would be held the following Sunday. On the day of …
My Old and New Habits
I lived in Italy up until two years ago, and I never imagined having such a great new life in New York. Traveling is a great way to learn about the cultures of other countries, but living in a new city is really the best way to learn about people’s thinking, habits, traditions, and language. …
Overnight Subway
Public transportation in New York is very convenient. Most buses and subways operate twenty-four hours a day, and the lines extend in all directions! About ten years ago, my husband and I were renting a place in Flushing, Queens. I commuted to Midtown Manhattan. My husband worked in the Bronx. Although there was a subway, …
Scenery
The whole city is scenery for a show It’s New York the one that forces you to dress up although unwilling The experiment which began more than two hundred years ago it is not over the lights don’t go out the script does not end there are thousands of stories to count When it’s …