New York has always been on the top of my travel wish list. It promises so much, a quirky, crazy and formidable city. Let me tell you, it didn't disappoint!
From the moment we landed at JFK I felt like was walking onto a movie set and I was the star of the show! All the yellow cabs, wailing sirens, bright lights and bustling streets were exactly how I imagined, right down to the steam rising from the grates on the road.
It's incredible restaurants, fantastic shopping, awe-inspiring art galleries and architecture. As a lover of art-deco, I was in my element. I had come home. Every street corner held another delight and steeped in its own individuality.
The class divide has never been more apparent then in NY, walking down Fifth Avenue with its Gucci and Chanel, to then see the poverty of the Upper East Side was like going from night to day. There was no middle ground, not in its consumerism nor its very being.
I loved Brooklyn, it was the rough diamond of NY, along with Harlem (the birthplace of jazz, blues and hip-hop). It's funky bars and ridiculous political debates with the locals.
NY is my favourite city, it offers me the best of everything I love about life. Somewhere I could happily settle and be the writer, boho chick I've always wanted to be.
Published on 18/12/2018 10:28
