A few weeks ago, my friend Jayne, a quintessential NYC girl, moved to the Big D (Dallas for the uninitiated). Before she moved, she tweeted a number of “things she’d miss about NY.” As we enter the final days of the year and the lists of 2011 proliferate, I decided to list some things that I love about NY. In no particular order….101 things to love about the Big Apple….the list follows the slideshow!
1. The High Line
2. The Marriage Equality Law
3. Magnolia Bakery
4. ABT and NYCB
5. Spring in Central Park
6. Celebs
7. Ferry Ride to NJ
8. Street Food Vendors
9. Metropolitan Museum
10. Helpful NYPD Officers
11. NY Public Library
12. Fifth Avenue Window Displays
13. “Art”
14. Bastille Day
15. Carriage Rides in Central Park
16. Cheap Umbrellas on Rainy Days
17. Street Musicians
18. Window Boxes
19. New Yorker cartoons
20. Terminal 8, JFK Airport
21. ‘Signs” from the Universe
22. NY Skyline at Night
23. Ethnic Neighborhoods
24. Long Island Sound
25. Lunar New Year celebrations
26. Proposals of Marriage in the Park
27. Financier Pastries
28. Grand Central Terminal
29. Public Art Installations
30. Radio City Music Hall
31. Empire State Building
32. Chrysler Building
33. Views of Rainbows from my Highrise
34. Sequeway Driver on Park Avenue
35. Two Little Red Hens Bakery
36. Statue of Liberty
37. Little Italy
38. Cute Kids
39. Subway Musicians
40. Tartan Day Parade
41. Times Square
42. UN
43. Yale Club
44. NY Finest
45. Artists in the Park
46. Washington Square Park
47. Cheap Flowers at the Bodega
48. Church at WTC Site
49. Dog Walkers
50. Chocolate Stores
51. Easter in the City
52. Ethnic Clothes
53. Taxi Cabs
54. Rockefeller Center Ice Rink
55. Dahlia Flower Store
56. Lincoln Center
57. Pedicabs
58. A.R.T.
59. Staten Island Ferry
60. More Cute Kids
61. Street Fairs
62. Bergdorf Goodmans
63. Candle 79 Vegetarian Restaurant
64. Enthusiastic Tourists
65. Fleet Week
66. Crepes on Wheels
67. Blizzards
68. Mermaid Parade
69. St. Patrick’s at Lunch
70. Christmas Decorations
71. US Open
72. Jersey Shore
73. Bryant Park
74. Presidential Visits
75. LOVE Everywhere
76. Outdoor dining
77. Kate’s Paperie
78. Alvin Ailey Dance Company
79. Community Gardens
80. City University of New York
81. Fashion Week
82. Pedestrian Mall
83. Easter Parade
84. NY Trapeze Schools
85. Vineyards on the North Fork
86. Circle Tours
87. Central Park Zoo
88. Bemmelman’s Bar at the Carlyse
89. People of Faith
90. Tai Chi in the Park
91. Christmas Trees on the Street
92. Octoberfest
93. NYC Marathon
94. Jewish Holidays
95. Charity Walks
96. 2nd Avenue Subways (in 10 years!)
97. Sushi
98. Roosevelt Island Tram
99. Gramercy Park Hotel
100. Yankees
101. Hudson River