Saturdays in the City
April 13, 2013, New York: Early on in high school, my art teacher started taking groups of us on outings known as Saturdays in the City. Every month or two, we'd take a train trip into Manhattan to go to an art exhibit, walk around New York, and head out to lunch. They were easy afternoon trips -- in retrospect, a simple way to take advantage of New York for students who lived in a nearby town but weren't yet ready to navigate a city they didn't live in on their own. Funny that I hadn't given much thought to those trips, let alone noticed their presence among many influences that have unconsciously shaped Neighborhood Nomads. Not until this morning, that is, when I woke up and looked out a window onto New York and thought, This is just the type of day that reminds me of Saturdays in the City. Whichever city we're in, Saturdays in the City are old hat these days. But isn't it nice to see them like we used to, full of something fresh and different that we've never laid eyes on?
Related Posts on Neighborhood Nomads:
- Map of Mornings: Union Square and Gramercy Park (November 13, 2011)
- Jane Jacobs in the Age of Twitter (July 11, 2011)