Dog days of August. Yuppers.
*yawns wide, pulls hat brim down, takes a sip of lemonade*
My favorite part of the city in the summer is the ferry. Taking it over to Brooklyn on a lazy Saturday or taking the 4 train to Wall Street to get on the downtown ferry out to Rockaway Beach.
The views from the ferry are always the best. Just being on a boat in NYC is its own amazing joy. I have a distinct memory of seeing a punk band on one of those big ferries about a decade ago. At some point, I walked out to the deck and saw the Statue of Liberty right in front of me. Punks aren’t known for being the most patriotic type, but that sight really gave me a love of the country that welcomed so many different immigrant groups in.
I found a connection there and I felt like there was nowhere else in the world I could have had that experience.
So go take the ferry, revel in the skyline, and then try to absorb how many people live in our city. It’s kinda wild. Whenever I have a little bit of distance, I love to look for Tudor City and see how small our little enclave is in the context of New York City.
CIVICALLYS
Today and Tonight! The Ford Foundation is having open after-hours in the atrium from 6 p.m to 8 p.m. You just have to preregister and you can do that here or by using the QR code below.
Tuesday, August 18th at 6 p.m. is the final installment of the Summer Book Club in the South Park. Did you read The Women by Kristin Hannah? You have a day. Rain date for this is Thursday August 20th, same time.
Don’t forget on Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Dag Hammarskjold Farmer’s Market happens on 47th between First and Second aves.
TO DO
The free Bryant Park Summer movie tonight is City of God. It’s a heavy one.
Chance the Rapper is at Central Park Summerstage on Tuesday. La Reezy is opening. I am unfamiliar with La Reezy.
Die Spitz is opening for King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard at Forest Hills on Thursday the 18th. Die Spitz is very very awesome. They nearly stole the show when they opened for Viagra Boys last year.
None of us are getting younger. Why not head over to Bryant Park on Thursday August 20th and take the free shuffleboard class?
Although it’s a bit cooler this week but the pools are still open. Click here to figure out where the pool you want to head to is.
RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK
Yakiniku Toraji. OMG, the wagyu at this spot. However, OMG the prices. So I’ve only been there twice in four years. I still think about both meals every time I pass by, as I look in the windows, like a Dickensian hungry orphan. The lighting glows in a unique hue from the windows. Everyone in there always seems to be laughing and having such a good time.
Oh. That food. Just magic.
Those meals are the only way I could be convinced to setup TCV as a subscription service. All proceeds go to getting me back there.
Don’t worry, that’s not happening. I guess right now I’m just grateful that Pfizer construction debacle didn’t put it out of business.
-TCV