April 2017…
In April I met Hector in NYC (SW Air into LaGuardia. What a pit.) after his sales meeting in New Rochelle. I got there one night early and fed Carlos Ramirez, our starving Columbia student, something other than pizza. We stayed at the Essex House on Central Park South (45k Marriott points per night), a hotel I always wanted to visit, even from 35+ years ago when I was first in NYC. It’s a classic brownstone high rise, elegant lobby, tiny elevators and minute rooms with suspicious smells and clangy noises all night. However, we did get a view of Central Park, albeit from an angle.
Looking toward upper west side
We also met Jorge, another Ramirez nephew, for dinner at Beauty and Essex, Lower East Side. Jorge knows all the hipster places. Since it was Easter, we stumbled into the Fifth Ave Easter Parade around the corner, with the hat freaks, as well as the regular ones, and did miles of walking in the park, since we were so close.
Carlos And Hector
Me at the Park
We also went with Carlos to MOMA. I did my usual wander around the Upper West Side, where I once lived for two minutes in 1981. I hope these damn kids stay in New York, it’s a great excuse to visit. Back to La Guardia, sigh, and home.
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