I may have California under my feet, but I have New York on the mind (and probably will for a long time to come). Just in case you didn't hear, I went to New York this past week and had my first flight ever. Before we start the show, I'd like to thank the one person that made this possible, Jenny, so this blog post is forever dedicated to you, thank you for bringing me on this amazing trip with you.
We headed to the airport extra early Wednesday morning with the help of Marlyn. Jenny had 2 free flights on Southwest so that was the main reason we could go.
Getting ready for this trip was so nerve-racking, how are you supposed to pack knowing you're going to the fashion/entertainment capital of America. I took the bare essentials, some non-essentials, and even more stuff on top of that.
Going through security and such for the first time was such an experience, I'm glad I had a flying expert with me to guide me through it. The check basically consisted of stripping yourself bare of all metal, your shoes, and pulling out your laptop and then putting it all back on within a matter of moments.
Even before the flight I had thoughts of New York sifting through my head, wondering where will I go and what exactly should I see.
The first flight ever went off without a hitch. It's truly an amazing feeling to be in the air over 10,000 ft off the ground. During each liftoff I keep thinking about how flying works with air pressure and it still amazes me that the Wright brothers did it with wood and cotton so long ago.
It's also weird flying because I keep thinking about how our lives are in the hands of 2 men. The feeling is amazing though and the views are even better, though that didn't keep me from at least trying to brush up on my emergency safety.
We had a stop over in Chicago, so I could say I've been to Illinois before which is cool. Someday I would like to come back here and actually spend some time in the city, seeing as how it has been hailed as one of the best our nation has to offer.
Boo for no free wifi in airports, except for San Diego.
We landed in La Guardia late at night, seeing as how we lost 3 hours.
This is Kaylee Masastugu. She was waiting for us after our cab dropped us off on 19th st. I also would like to thank her for letting us stay with her, who knows if this trip would've been possible without her. She soon took us out for our first New York meal at Lyric Diner. She has been one of Jenny's friends for the longest time, and it was nice seeing them catch up, and me myself meeting someone new and very interesting. You'll see more of her in later posts.
The next day we had an ambitious outlook, and Kaylee showed us around on our way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The whole subway system and grided streets are very useful and made finding our way around a little easier.
The ties New York has to the celebrity world are so deep, it's one of the coolest things about the city. In this picture alone, Juno filmed a scene at the black block and Matt Damon frequents that Starbucks.
Washington Square Park. What's even more amazing to me is how you can see so many world famous buildings just walking around and keeping your eyes open, that's the Empire State Building in the background under the arch.
We took the subway to Central park. The subway is such an interesting place with all the people heading to different places in the city, and the different mix of people, rich to poor, businessmen to the homeless. If you know me, you know how much I enjoy driving but walking and taking the subway in Manhattan is so much more fun.
I think Central Park is one of the most wonderful things about New York. How is it that a city so profoundly prosperous and business-oriented can devote such a large part of their city and prime real estate to a park? It's quite inspiring. I don't know the history of New York or anything but I wonder if they decided instead of having all this land for their businesses they would just build up tall skyscrapers and still enjoy the parks. Makes me wonder if San Diego had a huge park in the middle of it, if it would be taller all around. Either way the park is a refreshing escape from the city.
This is Strawberry Fields, a memorial to John Lennon.
"These streets will make you feel brand new..."
We next headed into the Met, where we were overwhelmed with a massive collection of art, way too much to explore even in multiple days. I won't bother with too much commentary on the art but I'll talk about the stuff I like.
I think sculptures of heads are really interesting, no idea why. I think it might be because the head is the most animated part of the body, yet stone is anything but lively.
Yes, that's the real deal, Vermeer's
Milkmaid was on exhibition.
Very interesting.
I really enjoy the art of Degas, he fully dedicated his life to learning the human form and being able to capture it.
This is the piece that shocked me the most because of how famous it is. This is David's
Death of Socrates! It's one thing to hear about it in art class but a totally different thing to see it in person, the only one in the world, painted by one of my favorite painters ever.
Cool marble column.
Once we left the museum we stopped outside to find some hustlers on the street who were holding a show involving this one guy jumping and doing flips over a bunch of people. These fools were smooth talkers and hustled a huge museum crowd out of at least 200 bucks within minutes.
I don't have any photos of going to Posto with Kaylee and her roommate Brooke or going to Veniero's and picking up cheesecake that night because I felt like just relaxing that night. Plus New York decided to introduce us to some of it's famous rain which continued till the next day. I still have Manhattan on my mind. My friend of mine told me that I would want to move there by the end of my trip, and it's true. Where else could you walk down the street and by merely turning your head see the Chrysler Building. The fast-paced, never sleep city is like nothing I've ever experienced, and I don't think I could ever forget about it. And that was just one day. I'll post about Friday tomorrow, and hopefully I'll be less sleepy when doing it.
We headed to the airport extra early Wednesday morning with the help of Marlyn. Jenny had 2 free flights on Southwest so that was the main reason we could go.
Getting ready for this trip was so nerve-racking, how are you supposed to pack knowing you're going to the fashion/entertainment capital of America. I took the bare essentials, some non-essentials, and even more stuff on top of that.
Going through security and such for the first time was such an experience, I'm glad I had a flying expert with me to guide me through it. The check basically consisted of stripping yourself bare of all metal, your shoes, and pulling out your laptop and then putting it all back on within a matter of moments.
Even before the flight I had thoughts of New York sifting through my head, wondering where will I go and what exactly should I see.
The first flight ever went off without a hitch. It's truly an amazing feeling to be in the air over 10,000 ft off the ground. During each liftoff I keep thinking about how flying works with air pressure and it still amazes me that the Wright brothers did it with wood and cotton so long ago.
It's also weird flying because I keep thinking about how our lives are in the hands of 2 men. The feeling is amazing though and the views are even better, though that didn't keep me from at least trying to brush up on my emergency safety.
We had a stop over in Chicago, so I could say I've been to Illinois before which is cool. Someday I would like to come back here and actually spend some time in the city, seeing as how it has been hailed as one of the best our nation has to offer.
Boo for no free wifi in airports, except for San Diego.
We landed in La Guardia late at night, seeing as how we lost 3 hours.
This is Kaylee Masastugu. She was waiting for us after our cab dropped us off on 19th st. I also would like to thank her for letting us stay with her, who knows if this trip would've been possible without her. She soon took us out for our first New York meal at Lyric Diner. She has been one of Jenny's friends for the longest time, and it was nice seeing them catch up, and me myself meeting someone new and very interesting. You'll see more of her in later posts.
The next day we had an ambitious outlook, and Kaylee showed us around on our way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The whole subway system and grided streets are very useful and made finding our way around a little easier.
The ties New York has to the celebrity world are so deep, it's one of the coolest things about the city. In this picture alone, Juno filmed a scene at the black block and Matt Damon frequents that Starbucks.
Washington Square Park. What's even more amazing to me is how you can see so many world famous buildings just walking around and keeping your eyes open, that's the Empire State Building in the background under the arch.
We took the subway to Central park. The subway is such an interesting place with all the people heading to different places in the city, and the different mix of people, rich to poor, businessmen to the homeless. If you know me, you know how much I enjoy driving but walking and taking the subway in Manhattan is so much more fun.
I think Central Park is one of the most wonderful things about New York. How is it that a city so profoundly prosperous and business-oriented can devote such a large part of their city and prime real estate to a park? It's quite inspiring. I don't know the history of New York or anything but I wonder if they decided instead of having all this land for their businesses they would just build up tall skyscrapers and still enjoy the parks. Makes me wonder if San Diego had a huge park in the middle of it, if it would be taller all around. Either way the park is a refreshing escape from the city.
This is Strawberry Fields, a memorial to John Lennon.
"These streets will make you feel brand new..."
We next headed into the Met, where we were overwhelmed with a massive collection of art, way too much to explore even in multiple days. I won't bother with too much commentary on the art but I'll talk about the stuff I like.
I think sculptures of heads are really interesting, no idea why. I think it might be because the head is the most animated part of the body, yet stone is anything but lively.
Yes, that's the real deal, Vermeer's Milkmaid was on exhibition.
Very interesting.
I really enjoy the art of Degas, he fully dedicated his life to learning the human form and being able to capture it.
This is the piece that shocked me the most because of how famous it is. This is David's Death of Socrates! It's one thing to hear about it in art class but a totally different thing to see it in person, the only one in the world, painted by one of my favorite painters ever.
Cool marble column.
Once we left the museum we stopped outside to find some hustlers on the street who were holding a show involving this one guy jumping and doing flips over a bunch of people. These fools were smooth talkers and hustled a huge museum crowd out of at least 200 bucks within minutes.
I don't have any photos of going to Posto with Kaylee and her roommate Brooke or going to Veniero's and picking up cheesecake that night because I felt like just relaxing that night. Plus New York decided to introduce us to some of it's famous rain which continued till the next day. I still have Manhattan on my mind. My friend of mine told me that I would want to move there by the end of my trip, and it's true. Where else could you walk down the street and by merely turning your head see the Chrysler Building. The fast-paced, never sleep city is like nothing I've ever experienced, and I don't think I could ever forget about it. And that was just one day. I'll post about Friday tomorrow, and hopefully I'll be less sleepy when doing it.
