Wisco Girls Take Manhattan

New York City is not for owning, it is for sharing.  When friends visit it is okay to pass on joining them to the see the Statue of Liberty (but only if you have gone in the last 5 years) but to miss out on the joy of a visit and the joy of their joy of being here is a shame.

 

Many friends will say "I am here to see YOU, I do not need to do any touristy stuff."  This I will not allow.  You can see me, but you must see me while we are walking through Central Park or while we are strolling through the Frick or while we are strolling along the Hudson or taking a coffee a Joe.  I insist.  Think "Woody Allen Movie" before they got creepy.




You walk and talk, but New York City must be a backdrop for the conversation.

My friends Lisa and Carri came here to celebrate the "20th Anniversary of their 30th birthday" this week and it was so good to have them.  I was going through "a thing" and they kept me buoyant and laughing and eating good food.





I had never goofily played in front of the jumbo screen in Times Square.  (we are on the bottom left second row)



and we got to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge which is never not a thrill and meander through Central Park. 



We also had one of the small town experiences that I love here:  I wanted to show them my old beloved block on the Upper West Side where I used to live and we crashed into old neighbors and dogs and it was just a delight. 

New York is for lovers and friends and is not to be hogged like Halloween candy when you were a kid.

Dino and Michael and Paralyzed with Fear

Dino and Michael

Met my pal Dino from LA who is here on Ad Web business. I haven't seen him in over two years and he hears bagpipes playing the park and calls me. Whatever it takes. (It wasn't me playing. Who is on my turf?!)

We met at Joe, The Art of Coffee on Columbus (Yes, Virginia, there is one by my new place in the West Village.)

Dino brought his grade school friend Michael with him. (Michael is now all grown up, it is just where they met in time.) What a nice guy. He is a musical theatre composer/writer. Did I get that right, Michael? One friend went to movies in LA and the other to the theatre in New York. (Why was "Merrily We Roll Along" already written?!)

It was a hoot. Topics covered: New York, LA, Interactive as the NEW term for digital, emerging, new media, Glendale, DV8 and being paralyzed with fear.

It was a comprehensive morning.