Once again I am back at the House of the Redeemer on E95th Street. Last year I stayed in the upper corner room that has three (!) windows. This time I am in the room just next to it. The room is just as hot as ever.
During our break I went out for a short walk. It's a nice day today and I need some fresh air. What fascinates me is that if you go over to Park Avenue, you can see where Metro North trains enter the tunnel that goes to Grand Central Station. For all the years I have ridden the train into and out of the city from Connecticut, I always wondered what was above ground. Nothing exceptional, just a neighbourhood but it is fun to see Carnegie Hill and its buildings. It's a typical NYC neighbourhood with its drugstores, pizzerias, news stands, delis, restaurants, apartments.
I have to laugh: just up the block there is a SUV with Vermont plates. From the amount of bird guano and leaves on the windshield it is clear that the vehicle has not budged from its parking spot in quite some time. Moreover, it is clear that the car does not reside in Vermont but in NYC. No wonder the license plates are whipping through the alphabet (when I got my plates in 1992, we were still in the AAA111 scheme of things; now we are up to EM?H or something like that).
Shortly, back to work in the grand library of the house... if only the plastic chairs were as elegant as the surroundings; they are torture to sit on for any length of time.
1 comment:
That was a nice outing...thank you very much for the walkabout...I love New York, like zillions of others, but haven´t visited for many years...you refreshed many joyous memories that occured during various stages of my striving, sometimes exhausted, adventerous self (and I didn´t imagine them)...lol
All smiles, enjoy New York!
Leonardo
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