That’s Stella

I have to admit that sometimes I give dirty looks to tourists who dawdle and meander aimlessly and without purpose on busy streets of Manhattan. Especially the last week it’s been insanely hot and the last thing you want is to be held up behind a gaggle of tourists and just when I thought I was about to lose my cool with some Louis Vuitton clad middle aged Singaporean women who seemed oblivious to the give way policy, I had to imagine how mum and dad would deal with being in New York, and whilst they have manners and wouldn’t take up the whole foot path, I bet they would be dawdlers too and imagining New Yorkers getting mad with them makes ME mad so I have found my inner peace now.

I am flying back to Perth this weekend! It will be the first time I won’t be sad about leaving New York because I’ll be returning 2 weeks later. I feel really lucky I get to go home and see mum and dad and my puppy and my friends and sleep in my own bed for a couple of weeks whilst my visa is processed. PLUS I have been living on a limited wardrobe here in New York, so I get to bring back all my clothes from Perth.

Perth seems SO far away. I must admit the only thing I am really anxious about is the 23+ hour flight back home, THEN back to New York. At least I’m raking in lots of frequent flyer points!

I am still constantly in awe of this city and know how lucky I am to be living here. I have quite a few friends from Perth coming to visit this year so I can’t wait to take them around the non-tourist sites and show them what I love about this city. The entertainment in the subways - whether it’s a blind saxophonist, a homeless man banging his pots and pans in rhythm or a kid on keyboards. The weekend street fairs. The amazing smell of street vendor foods. Eating outside on a balmy night and people watching in the Village. The bargains and fruits and food and haggling galore in Chinatown. And just the randomness that you see everyday. The other day, I saw a drug bust, then minutes later on the same street these two drivers got into this emotive argument where lots of hands were raised, Famke Janssen walking her dog, the chick from Law and Order eating at Morandi and a few cross dressers strutting to Lips.

Tomorrow I’m going to try and join in on this.

By the way - Did you recognise the man and women from the photos in my post below? Uma Thurman and Anthony Edwards filming Motherhood.