NYC Moments

It's been a little over 10 months now since I moved to NYC and I feel like I'm no longer justified to call myself a newbie, even if I still feel somewhat lost in some neighborhoods.

One thing's for sure, I stopped counting the total number of days since I've been here.

Also? I bought plane tickets to go back to L.A. for my summer break and I haven't even counted the number of days until I go back. And it's not that I'm not excited to go back. There are a lot of things I need to do. See family and friends. Eat at my favorite restaurants. Go hiking. And drive, and drive, and drive.

The list of things I need to bring back to NYC is substantially shorter than the list I made right before xmas. It's like 5 items compared to 50.

I am actually going to be in L.A. long enough to cover 4 full weekends (every weekend in August). This is good as it will give me time to see more people. But somehow, I am actually concerned about the things I might miss out on in NYC while I'm gone. Can you believe it!

Part of the reason I'm getting more adjusted to living in NYC is probably the weather. (Okay, I promise to stop talking about this after today). But if it is warm and sunny out, and I don't need to bring a coat to go out, then I'm more likely to go out. I'm also more likely to walk from Point A to Point B instead of hiding underground, which forces me to see more things and see how the city streets connect. Manhattan is really small, after all.

Of course another reason is simply that I've settled in. Passage of time. I can officially say I love my room now. After the couch, then the black out curtains, and all my junk, of course, filled the room and made it "my own" (cheese, I know, I know).

So to the title of this post. Moments. They have been few and far between, but one of my rare NYC Moments happened on June 10, 2011. What's a moment, you say? That's when, in the middle of something, I suddenly feel elated to be in New York. And I think, this wouldn't have happened if I didn't move here. And I smile.

This one happened on a Free Bike Friday on Governors Island. Ferry to the island is free, the bike rental is free, and the feeling biking around the island with views of Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and Brooklyn are amazing.