New York, We'll Miss You...

I'm starting to get all misty about leaving New York now that the day is finally approaching.  I've been compiling a list of all the things I'm going to miss about living here, and I keep thinking of new things every day.  If you live here or are just visiting I highly recommend you check all of these out (except maybe for Zucco..)

• Autumn
• Henry's End
• The water park on the west side piers
• Taking the 2 train to an Yankee day game.
• The balcony at the Bowery Ballroom
• Rat fights!
• Avenue Q
• The anchor on NY1 who literally reads the newspaper to you
• Bongo players at the Fulton Street station
• Weekends on the North Fork
• Belvedere Castle
• Zucco, our old super, and his 80 decibel coughing fits
• Drinks on the roof at the Peninsula Hotel
• Biking to Coney Island
• The Fairway at Red Hook
• Spider-man
• Punk rock karaoke at Arlene's Grocery
• The unexpected fireworks on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
• Counting Al Roker, Gabriel Byrne, or Little Stevie Van Zandt as neighbors.
• Chatting up Hope Davis after seeing God of Carnage
• Anything emerging from the kitchen at Union Square Cafe
• random street fairs
• The way our neighborhood turns into Sesame Street in the summer
• Bridgewaters and the South Street Seaport, where we were married
• "The Sphere" that used to be in the plaza between the World Trade Center towers
• Pointing out landmarks from "Ghostbusters"
• The armor exhibit at the Met
• Barcade
• Trying to guess the language of the person next to you
• Cold Spring
• Shining a laser pointer into other peoples apartments
• Easy access to grandma
• Taking the water taxi into the city
• The Strand
• Smith Street
• The exhilarating terror of landing at La Guardia
• Buying socks from a street vendor
• A roasted duck meeting a cleaver in Chinatown
• The Ziegfeld
• Empty subways on Jewish holidays
• The weird fish smell the Gap at the seaport never seems to shake
• Battery Park
• Dive 75, Tribeca Tavern, and Revival
• Pierre, Liz, Doug, Brian, Isabel, & Anna
• Running around the Reservoir
• Unlimited food delivery options
• The 311 hotline
• The shared hatred of bicycle delivery men
• Dr. Z
• The fountain at the Brooklyn Museum
• The mojitos at Coffee Shop
• Grand Central Station
• Catching air on the FDR as you pass NYU hospital
• Hell's Kitchen
• The depressed polar bears at the Central Park zoo
• Outdoor movies at Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Neighborhood fire stations (and the NYFD overall)
• Never having to leave your building to visit your friends
• Governors Island
• Understanding Jon Stewarts inside jokes with his audience
• Stone Street
• The smell of nuts roasting on street corners
• Always being within two blocks of a bodega, pizza, or a Starbucks
• The most genuine people on the planet

That's not even the whole list.  But don't worry...my list of what I WON'T miss is coming next, which should be infinitely more fun to write...

Comments

[Stephanie Beack]

GREAT list, TW. Well chosen and all true! if you need support during these misty days, I'm here. Know exactly how you feel. I'm misty over being BACK and it's been a month ;-)

[Oodgie]

For the won't miss list: "EEW! Squished rat!"
Just didn't want you to forget that one....

[Darren]

Good luck with the move. I miss New York, and I only moved to Connecticut. There's nothing like living right in the City. I've brought my daughter into some of those places--like Belvedere Castle and a movie at the Ziegfeld.

[Jenn Rankine]

And after all those fine things you listed you guys are still gonna leave?!!! You'll be missed :0( You'll be back :0)

[Heather White Laird]

And really there's so much more. I was born in NYC and left 4 yrs ago for LA-- another big suburb like Austin. Nothing compares. You'll have complete Post NYC Stress Disorder for quite some time. I go back 2-3 times per year to stave off mental breakdowns. The things I miss the most are: the people everywhere, interacting, avoiding, touching, laughing, screaming, and all their energy. And the food. There's no place like NY for restaurants, delis, pizza places, Dean and Deluca, Gourmet Garage and all the rest. But Austin and LA have their own good points and you begin to appreciate those too. Good luck in Austin. That's the only other city I could move to. Hope to see you there for SXSW in 2010.

[Heather White Laird]

Oh I forgot. Walking. Basicallly, you'll never walk again. Make sure you get a gym membership immediately or risk an ever expanding figure.
:)

[Mom101]

Wait, Al Roker and Little Steven are neighbors? How did I not know that?

I still can't believe you're leaving. Just try and make a list this long about Austin. You just try it.

[Ricki Fier]

Leave the kid, take the canoli-When you're over Texas, you can have her back with all of her sophisticated, savvy ,witty NY style-not a bad thing,-y'all.
wcg

[Ricki Fier]

error-posted by ecg-forgot for a second which part of the country i live in-