Velvet Verbosity Goes to Manhattan
If any of you were waiting with bated breath for my next installment and wondering why I didn’t deliver it is because I was swooped away on a business/pleasure trip to Manhattan. Stayed in the beautiful and quiet Tudor City section of Manhattan at the Tudor Hotel at the United Nations and enjoyed a blues show, an afternoon with my brother, and dinner with an art gallery manager. Oh, and a fabulous bubble bath that got a wee bit out of control when I decided to mix bubbles with jacuzzi jets. Fun, but bad idea.The biggest highlight was hanging out with my little bro. He showed off his IPhone by finding us all the antique shops and thrift shops that were close to us. We met up in Union Square and had a late lunch at a Thai restaurant that was every bit New York as a visitor could possibly stand. Cafeteria style but hip and packed to capacity with chattering New Yorkers. Except for the two guys who planted themselves next to us and never spoke a word to each other after the first two sentences they exchanged in Russian when they first sat down.
After we got away from the Silent Russians, we poked our noses in all the underground antique and thrift shops we could get to without my feet falling off. The best was a little place run by an older couple and a friendly cat.
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I found your blog while poking around the Internet and meant to leave a comment on your last post to tell you how much I enjoyed it. I really was waiting with baited breath for your next installment.
Hi MPJ. I’m working on the next installment and will be posting it soon!
I was lucky enough to spend a week in New York in the late 90’s. My wife and I stayed at the Marriott that stood at the feet of the World Trade Center towers. I was impressed by the energy I seemed to feel there - as we walked all over the south end of Manhattan. the vibes were everywhere - morning, noon and night. I live in Chicago, I’ll probably die in Chicago, but I love New York.
LCeel, yes, I love NYC. I love the energy, and the pulse, and the people, and the architecture, and even the noise. I could never stand to live there for a long period of time, but I do indeed love the injection of NYC verve!