Living Near The United Nations

We love the neighborhood where we live now. It is called Kips Bay and it is fairly near the United Nations. Little did we know that when the General Assembly goes into session the streets and avenues to the north of us become a quagmire. The busses and auto traffic wind up bumper to bumper. Just about every intersection has at least one uniformed officer to help with the traffic. Of course in order for us to get to either our dentist or physical therapist we must go north! Walking from our apartment is not a problem because they are both within a 30 minute walk. BUT on the days we volunteer in the a.m. and have to get to one or both of these offices it becomes a real challenge.

This morning on our way to the library we walked down the ramp from our building and found a line of maybe 6 or 8 SUVs assigned to the Ambassador from China. And every one of them was double parked! But in the end I must admit that there is no other part of this city where I would rather live - including overlooking Central Park.

Today is Saturday. Every Saturday representatives from 4-6 local farms bring their produce into our neighborhood and set up a stand. The stands are also at the base of the ramp so we don't have very far to go. Our fruit "guy" is outside of our building 6 days a week with his fruit stand. I guess there isn't much of a chance of our going hungry! I think we just might miss our New York living once we get to Hawaii.


This cauliflower was so pretty I just had to take a picture of it. (I am really getting old if vegetables excite me.) It had an 18 inch stem.