New York | Wollman Rink | Wall Street | Brooklyn Heights
It Takes A Village
by
Mark Seal
Sounds like you're a serious Central Park fan. There's
Wollman Rink, where you can go ice skating. Also, people don't know
this: In the summertime, in the area where Wollman Rink is, there
is a little kids' carnival that operates all summer long. My
children love this. It's a very big deal. You could have a great
children's day in the summertime where you go to the children's
carnival, the children's zoo, the slide on 67th Street, and then
you can take them to Serendipity, which is a famous restaurant
where they have frozen hot chocolate, a slushy, milk-shaky kind of
chocolate drink that children love. It's famous for its
desserts.
What are the sites in New York that mean something to you?
Yesterday, my sister and I drove into New York. We took the Third
Avenue Bridge, which is at the very top of Manhattan, and then you
get on FDR Drive, which you can take all the way down around the
lower tip of Manhattan, and then it turns into the West Side
Highway. You can just keep going straight up to Westchester. You
can see the whole city that way. My sister is not from New York. I
would say, "Oh, look, there is the hospital where my daughter was
born," and when we passed
NYU, I'd say, "Look, that's Sutton Place,
and it's a really lovely area with these old-fashioned houses." We
went around Manhattan in a loop and you can sort of see
everything: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights,
Wall Street. I love
driving all the way around Manhattan because it is so small and you
can do it; it takes no time at all. The other thing I always say to
people in New York is don't be afraid to ask people for directions.
People here are incredibly friendly. They might seem blunt, but
usually they are just fast. New Yorkers love to give their
opinions. They love to tell you where to eat; they love to tell you
which is the best way to go. They love to do that.
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