Summer in the City

Summer is not quite here yet (even though we all pretty much agree that it starts on Memorial Day Weekend) but this weekend gave us a dose of the heat and humidity that is yet to come.
As a Long Island boy I spent most of my summers growing up on the sandy beaches of the south shore. I have heard hundreds if not thousands of times in my life that living in the city is great except that there is no beach for the summer.

This weekend I took my children to Central Park and spread out in front of Turtle Pond (approximately 79th St). It was the same spot that we went to in February when we built a snowman together. We brought plenty of food and drink, a Frisbee (a prerequisite for spending the day in the Park), a baseball and our gloves and portable game of scrabble.

The park was crowded with sunbathers, softball players, bikers, joggers, in line skaters and lots of other picnickers...each with a Frisbee, naturally. What became clear is that while the beach is very nice, the city is amazing no matter what time of year.

As anyone that has read a newspaper recently or listened to a talking head on TV knows, the real estate market has bounced back with a vengeance. The reason is clear....its not the interest rates or the drop in prices its because this is New York City, the greatest city anywhere and no matter what goes on around us people still want to play Frisbee in Central Park, to us, its our back yard.