We recently took a trip to NYC. If you have ever been there, you know how completely different it really is. My kids were shocked at some of the things that they not only saw but these things appeared to be legal. Such as a naked elderly woman holding a guitar right smack in the middle of downtown. Right across the street were Police officers that paid her no mind. And here I thought people were struggling with the "indecency" of public breastfeeding. (yes I'm being sarcastic, breastfeeding should never be considered indecent)
The garbage that piles up on the side of the roads. All the roads it seems. I heard myself repeating the same thing to my kids as we explored: Be careful of the garbage and don't step in the puddles!
We won't discuss the lack of traffic laws since the entire united states is well aware through reading or actually experiencing the insane mindset of the NYC driver. I have driving teenagers and I am so grateful we do not live there. I am trying to teach them how to be good, cautious and courteous drivers. The examples being set by NYC drivers are not what comes to mind when I think of those three words.
As I looked around for pictures to take of the city I noticed the obvious beauty of the city and the not so obvious, less photographed things. The obscure, forgotten, ironic, humbling, etc., etc., etc.....
The beautiful and ironic
The forgotten
The humbling
The magnificent
The ironic
The strong
The obscure
The tall and proud
The never forgotten
My suggestion to anyone who has never been to NYC. Go! Experience it. See the city for the beauty that lies there.
Take a taxi!
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