new york city

[small clutch instead of a purse in a big city = WISDOM]

 

[Grand Central really is as big as everyone says]

[legit New York City diner - with amazing food!]

[pre-NewYear's-kiss]

[such a charmer]

[make friends wherever you go - you'll meet the best people]

[view from the beautiful Central Park]

[there's nothing better than sharing a major life experience with your best friend]

[made. for. each. other]

[i can just smell those NYC hotdogs, aka perfection]

[Rockefeller - it really is so breathtaking]

[and the love affair continues...]

[bucket list: see Carrie Bradshaw's stoop]

[this should be in every major city]

[atop the Empire State Building]

[at the well-known Magnolia's Bakery ... YUM]

[Just come as you are, and when you leave, you will be changed.

Everyday is a gift, everyday is a gift, and it's all slipping away.]

"New York City" - Among Savages

Months later, and I'm still missing New York City.  [the architecture, the subway musicians, the bistros/diners/streetfood, the magic & electricity ceaselessly glowing]  I love, and fully appreciate, having the ability to reminisce.

Great: having the privilege to experience something awesome.

Greater: having the privilege to re-experience.

Greatest: the moment of realizing the gift of those privileges.

So..

Thank you, Big Guy Upstairs, for all the privileges I've come to realize, and especially those I have yet to.