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Like totally cool. A country cabin on the roof of a six-storey building, corner of 13th and 3rd just a few blocks from Union Square. They even have a Wisteria arbor up there. Rus in urba indeed.

We went to the CSC's production of Midsummer's Night Dream this weekend. It got some terrible reviews - and some very positive ones too. It was wonderful, and sexy.

Maggie's is a big supporter of CSC: "Reimagining the classics." They manage to get stars who want to do classic stage. Bebe Neuwirth was Tatiana.

"But what is the story line?", I asked the wise Mrs. BD.

"What fools these mortals be" she replied.

I am fortunate in spouse and friends who dislodge me from my work, my gardens, and the internet. There was a wonderful street fair on Third Avenue. As a country boy, I sure do love visiting New York. I'd like to do a week of urban hiking there, with camera and beer stops and a nice hotel suite. Invite all of our readers to hike along too.

Some fresh photos below the fold.

Like I say, if you don't enjoy NYC, I wonder whether you enjoy the fullness of life.

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It was a gorgeous weekend here, that's for sure.

#1 Mr. Bingley (Link) on 2012-05-22 07:05 (Reply)

As a country boy, I sure do love visiting New York. I'd like to do a week of urban hiking there, with camera and beer stops and a nice hotel suite.

In my decades of visiting NYC, I have hit a fair proportion of the classic tourist spots, so I don't feel a great need to revisit them. When I visit my cousins in NYC, I like to just wander the streets. It's a hoot to just wander the streets. You never know what you are going to find. Though I make sure I find myself some Chinese bakeries.

It's certainly a lot more entertaining walking the streets of NYC than the walking the streets where I live. And thanks to what Giuliani et al have done, it is as safe walking the streets of NYC as the streets where I live.

It is also interesting to track the changes in NYC. I am best acquainted with SoHo. In the 70s there were a whole bunch of interesting hardware/electronics shops on Canal Street. All gone. The open air parking lot I once used for $10/ night is now a $40/night parking garage. The open air drug markets are not as evident as they were 30 years ago.

#2 Gringo on 2012-05-22 10:43 (Reply)

Sorry, but after I saw this (link below) 4 years ago, I lost any feeling of goodwill towards NYC that came from 09/11/2001 or anything else. Between this and people like Bloomberg, Sharpton, and Schumer as well as intense, deliberate rudeness in person from New Yorkers who were visiting here, I can't summon any enthusiasm for going to such a place.

I don't know of anything that can redeem it; beauties and wonders aside, I am profoundly cynical regarding all things New York City.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQalRPQ8stI

#3 Tom Down South on 2012-05-22 14:16 (Reply)

I live a little over an hour away from NYC (by car). I rarely visit because it is so expensive. $12 to cross the GW Bridge now. I hear taxi fares are going up another 20%.

I can find similar entertainment, restaurants, sights, and a lot more nature in NJ and PA without feeling raped in the process.

Maybe NYC wants to expensive and exclusive, but I think it is a mistake long-term. They are losing the middle-class, and we aren't coming back.

#4 NJSoldier on 2012-05-22 15:35 (Reply)

On that, I must respectfully disagree.

#4.1 Bird Dog on 2012-05-22 18:06 (Reply)

Manhattan is truly a Disneyland for the accomplished, the connected, and the affluent - the more affluent the better. The other boroughs are more affordable while being less appealing in many ways, but the whole city runs on mucho dinero.

Lots of us can only occasionally afford to indulge. Even walking around and taking in the less costly delights is expensive, with transport, meals, lodging.

Fortunately, it's a big old world, and while NYC has some things that can only be found there, the same can be said for the charms of Philly or Boston, and numerous other quirky and appealing places throughout the Mid Atlantic and New England

#4.1.1 Ed on 2012-05-22 19:41 (Reply)

Ah yes.... the interminable and awful sameness of the Manhattan street fair. I used to suffer them endlessly when I lived there. Did they still have the stalls with the huge jugs of spices and the others offering the chair massage by koreans. When I lived there it was a cookie-cutter run of these fairs. Every one was just like every other one.

#5 vanderleun (Link) on 2012-05-22 18:20 (Reply)

You are too young to be so jaded, Gerard. Sheesh. Gyros are tasty.

#5.1 Bird Dog on 2012-05-22 19:05 (Reply)

I wasn't jaded when it all began, but after about five years of these "street fairs" jamming up everything on Manhattan and after about five years of noticing they are all really and truly "the same" -- and they are.... they became more annoying than edifying. Believe me, if you lived inside the city... as I did... you'd find them a lot less charming. It is as if somebody worked out a permissions scam with the city years ago and runs them all.

#5.1.1 vanderleun (Link) on 2012-05-22 19:08 (Reply)

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