A Top 10 List

The Top 20 Reasons Why I Love New York:

20.  Bike Paths?  Pedestrian Malls?  C'mon.  Who would have thunk?
19.  New York introduced me to love, marriage, children and okay, it was pretty cool meeting Marilyn Manson.  He had yellow eyes.
18.  The sound of horse hooves on a cobble stone street:  Doesn't it turn heads?
17.  NYC Firefighters...they just might be bigger than life.
16.  The Subway Series:  It's peanuts vs. Cracker Jacks.
15.  Governor's, Coney, City, Ellis, Riker's,  Roosevelt, and Yes, Staten Island.
14.  Where else can you ride a bike through the coolest neighborhoods in Red Hook to get to Ikea.
13.  Seriously?  Dumpster Pools?
12.  Thank You Mayor Bloomberg and Kofi for my Key to the City.
11.  When you order Chinese take-out, you hang up the phone and your doorbell rings.
10.  St John the Devine, St. Francis Xavier, St Patrick's Cathedral? Have mercy!
9.    My whole life is crammed into a closet.
8.    I've had my purse stolen and then the homeless man who took it, called me to return my cell phone!
7.    Kiss Me Kate in 3-D at the Film Forum.
6.    You can watch tango in the Chelsea Market and bathing in the Washington Square Park fountain.  It's
              really very diverse!
5.    New York City showed my family the "Chelsea Boys" sunbathing nude on the pier while we were on my
              wedding reception boat ride.
4.    I can drive from 101st and Columbus all the way to 14th and 9th without catching a single light.
3.    One Life to Live hired me for extra work, even when I was PREGNANT.
2.    I can go for coffee in my pajamas.

And the number one reason why I love New York?

        21 years of memories.

(Okay, so there's probably more but.....You get the idea.)