Just different

So, as much I absolutely LOVE New York - I would definetely HATE to live here. When I was single and ready to go it was a totally different story. Now I have Zachary, which means ready to go in about 15 minutes. Not to mention having to carry him and his stroller up and down the subway stairs (and there are many). To go anywhere is an ordeal - even without him most of the times. You can't just jump in your car, go to your destination, park, shop and leave. OH NO - you have to decide which destination is most important to you, decide which route is most cost efficient and the path of least resistance (hardly ever is it both), figure out what time of the day would be best, and then take 3 hours to do a simple 15 minute Houston errand. Bluh!

One example: When Scott was in town we wanted to go to Whole Foods and have a picnic at Central Park. Sounds simple? Ha! I looked up Whole Foods locations and it said it was in Columbus Circle - oh my gosh! anyone who's ever been to NY knows where that is - well, it seems that NY likes to induce it's rat race by hiding everything INSIDE - you see, nothing is visible from the street, the facades are like Mardi Gras masks and you have to guess what's inside. So after a little searching and wasted efforts we finally asked someone and they told us in was in that building and pointed to a midrise size office building - who'd a thunk? Then we have to find the elevator to get the stroller down. THEN, after we decided what to eat we realized there are line markers - you know the ones that say "If you are here there about 50 people in front of you and it will take approximately 4 minutes" - that's sign wasn't so bad except I think we were at the 150 people marker. After we shopped we mosied on over to CP (for those of you have never been the park is something like 240 acres) so we asked someone what a good place to chill and eat was - he snickered and actually came up with something cute - when we realized it would take us 20 minutes to walk there, we plopped down at the first sight of picnicers.

Travel: 1 hour
Prep time: 2 hour
Lunch: 20 minutes

Getting home: Priceless