New York City 2023

Brooklyn Bridge - January 2023

Visiting New York Again After Five Years

The last time I was in New York, somehow it was also in winter. It’s funny actually, how one of the sweet ladies we [me and my sisters] met on this trip teasingly apologized for the cold weather; “I hope the city is not too cold for you” she said jokingly. We could only help but laugh, because of course, anything a few single digits under zero was more or less spring in Toronto.

The grey skies and slightly quiet atmosphere in New York did make it simple to do a few other things though. We comfortably stayed up until 1 am eating tacos and explored museums and art galleries after-hours free of charge as the city was generally not as busy as we are used to.

Probably the most enjoyable surprise was meeting friends near Times Square in a crowded pizza shop and deciding spontaneously to go on a food tour in Jackson Heights, Queens. Featured in this blog post are some of those memories captured via my usual photography style.

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