Sounds so cliche, non? Visiting The Big Apple. I'm on a mini-holiday with my son Jordan in New York City. Our visit has two missions: (1) shop until Jordan drops and (2) do some location research for my second book.
We arrived yesterday afternoon and quickly re-oriented ourselves to Manhattan. After dragging Jordan about eight blocks in the wrong direction looking for the Rockefeller Center, we ended up on Fifth Avenue, shopping at The Gap, H&M, etc. There was a nasty thunderstorm late in the afternoon which I enjoyed watching from our hotel room (we are on the 36th floor at The Palace, overlooking St. Patrick's Cathedral -- and oh yeah, we also overlook the Rockefeller Center, duh!).
This morning we walked, walked, and walked some more. Up Seventh Avenue to Central Park, over to Central Park West, through the south end of Central Park, down Fifth Avenue (Central Park East), and back to the hotel. We sat for a while at certain spots that are described in the book because I wanted to make sure that I had it "right". I'm glad we did this because I have decided to change some of the locations now. I guess that's what location scouting is all about. I'm so glad we did this.
During our walk, we stopped in at the Apple Store and FAO Schwartz and dropped some cash, so to speak. We LOVE New York and we love the fact that today is sunny, and all you can see are blue skies, something we haven't seen in Ottawa for the whole month of July!
This afternoon -- who knows? I want to drop in at Soho, Greenwich Village and Little Italy. Where will our tired feet take us?
