I Love New York

I’m writing this from an empty cafe of my East Village hotel. We wrapped up our Cape Code excursion and drove to New York today to get some of our favorite foods and see some friends.

I was expecting the city to be a bit dead given the pandemic. To my surprise, the streets are filled and almost all restaurants are open for outdoor dining.

There of course is a bit of a concern given the global pandemic going on but New York has come along way from being the epicenter of the virus to a very low infection rate. Most people are wearing masks and generally being safe… at least on the surface.

I love this city. I’m glad to see that it’s still fairly lively. There’s just no city in the world that has the energy that New York does. A friend of mine once called New York an adult playground and I think that’s a great way to describe it.

After staying for 5 days in a relatively sleepy town on Cape Cod, it’s a different energy to say the least. You know the minute you hit the outer buroughs as the highways get narrower and people just drive a lot crazier. After being gone for 2 years, it was a bit of a shock driving through this mess, but rest assured, I was wide awake the minute we got to the city.

First thing after checking in to my hotel was grabbing Hanoi House and a big bowl of pho. Best pho in the world. Sophia and I are going to go to Fish Cheeks which is one of my favorite Thai restaurants in the city tonight.

I love this city.