Sure...Why Not?

I think I covered in my last post that I love New York City, but I think I can expand that to say that I just love big cities.  Yes, NYC is special and truly, one of the, if not the greatest city in the world.  However, I think I enjoy just big cities in general because it expands the array of people watching possibilities and chances of bizarre sightings.  If you followed my blog while I lived in China you may have noticed that I'm an avid seeker of the bizarre.  Well, New York is in no short supply of the bizarre sights, and has be constantly saying...sure why not? 

Like having four story tall indoor Ferris Wheels when space is at a premium...

a city of ten foot tall buildings made of Lego's,

 or a "life size" T-Rex that moves and roars.  

Those things are all probably more cool than bizarre, but I have definitely had some bizarre occurrences...

like finding "Beowulf," "Gladiator," "300," and "Troy" in the "Religious" section of the movie store.

I wonder what makes these eyebrows so special?

I'm sorry what?

Speaking of "Adult Day Care," by parents came into the city to visit for a night.  It was a lot of fun having them visit.  It was especially fun seeing them sleeping on bunk beds!  

It was great to have you guys.  I hope we get to do it again soon.

The Big Apple: Intro

Okay friends, my time of living in China is over (at least for now) and my time living in New York City has begun.  I went from one giant city to another!  I'll let Wikipedia provide you with a few statistics to help compare where I was, to where I am now.

My Chinese City (still not sure if I can share the name publicly or not...)

-City population: 14,047,625

-Density: 2,998.9/sq mi

New York City

-City population: 18,897,109

-Density: 27,532/sq mi

You may have noticed a slight difference between the two cities, the density!  This place is packed!  I pay over five times as much to live in a place less than a fifth the size of my apartment in China.  However, I love it!  I love the city, I love the diversity, I love the food, I love my co-workers, and I love what I'm doing here.

This post is just an introduction to many that will follow on my life here in city and how things are different.  I hope you will follow along and leave comments to let me know your still in this with me.  Every post needs pictures, so I'll provide a couple from my first days in the city.

I couldn't resist...my very first meal in New York City.  Gray's Papaya hot dogs, 2 dogs and a drink (one of their homemade juices) for $4.95.  It's hard to beat.

It is weird that this is the third time that escalators have made my blog, but I had no idea they had them for your grocery cart. 

This was a beautiful sighting!  This lady was wearing boats in the subway like Lloyd's from "Dumb and Dumber."

A shot of my first NYC snow fall from the roof