TRAVEL: New York City – The Lifestyle

How do you describe New York City? What makes it the unique city that it is? It’s more than a big city with a pointy skyline, and it has to be more than its skyscrapers, its razzle-dazzle Broadway shows, and its fancy flagship stores.

Calling the Big Apple home for almost a year, I got to see the real New York City as an entire way of life. Stick with me as I attempt to describe the secret ingredients of the city that never sleeps.

[NOTE: Contains nuts, and long confusing paragraphs mixed with cooking metaphors.]

TRAVEL: New York City – The Place

I grew up in the Bronx. Well, I lived there for almost seven months, in a wealthy, historic Jewish neighbourhood, but I did grow there in various ways, so technically, it’s a true statement. I mean, I had like five different loyalty stamp cards and a gym membership. Then I moved to Manhattan for almost three months, and grew up there, too.

New York was our home base while exploring the United States, and while living there, we got to see quite a bit. This is how I saw the city of all cities.