Warning: I cannot spill out the details so I'll just do my mumbo-jumbo talk here.
We were in Manhattan when Irene decided to pay a visit to New York City . But it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. At least that’s how it was in NYC. It wasn’t the same for other areas. Save for the occasional rain and the inconvenience of not having enough choices for places to eat, our visit this time around was quite relaxed. For one, tons of parking spaces were available.
We were in the midst of our cruise to the Bahamas when we heard the bad news. Worse actually because we learned that it would hit Manhattan (among others) on the day we we were supposed to be there. Someone forgot to order a side of nice, sunny weather in NYC for this vacation. Dang!
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| Our fave hotel along Lexington in Manhattan. |
What to do, what to do was the question. Well after all the storms, typhoons, and hurricanes and what-have-yous that I'd been through the past months, I was unfazed by the news. I bravely told MDH and MDK that we'd ride it out, just like how we faced our storms the past months. Because really, what more do we need to survive and endure this, right? We were together, and that’s all that matters for now. I remember one afternoon, we had this emotionally-charged discussion, and someone blurted "I'd rather we talk about our failures and know that we still have each other instead of celebrate our 'successes' individually because we no longer talk to each other." We learned our lesson and it was time to put that to practice (sorta) once again. So rode it out together was what we did and hopefully, we’ll do the same when another storm will come. And you know what? It wasn't really that bad. Just like the storms we had in the past, it had its silver linings and it highlighted our strength as a family. And if you're wondering if I'm still talking about the storm in NYC, I say ‘yes I am and some.’
Am keeping the silver linings to myself.
Am sharing some pics instead.
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| Sight and sign in Fifth Ave and Times Squar.e, respectively |
Deserted Manhattan. There was hardly any pedestrian in the streets except for some persistent tourists. Public transpo system was suspended and all tunnels and bridges were closed. Shops and restaurants were closed too.
Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. A visit to this place was MDK's special request for this trip.
And if you wanna know why, click this.
It's not our first to have visited NY. But it's my first to be here with my camera so I feasted on the many interesting eclectic architectural details. It was on my to-do list in this visit. The other one was to meet up with our friends from university which didn't pan out, no thanks to Irene :(. We did meet Al (who lives in Manhattan) and was very kind to volunteer to be our tour guide :).
Stay tuned for some pics from our cruise to the Bahamas.
