New York, SoHo, December 2024

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara was one of the books I read last year. Although I've to SoHo many times I never paid the due attention it deserves.

Last year I was lucky enough to fly to Newark many times and maybe New York was the only reason that tied me to the widebody fleet for so many years. Now that we have the A321LR that's no longer a dilema.

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Midtown

I started the day in Midtown where I was finally able to find a pair black leather gloves to use with my uniform in cold weather. I bought them in the Winter Village at Bryant Park.

Second duty of the day was to check out on the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. I knew it was not inaugurated yet, but I wanted to see it anyway.

After that I went for some shopping at one Best Buy near Times Square and the Apple Store nearby the Central Park. I changed my smartphone for the first time in seven years so I needed new accessories. I hate getting new phones and the whole migration process because it's not as simple as they advertise it. And I was right: I got a few headaches with the transition. But after seven years of use, no doubt the previous one had become totally obsolete.

Steinway Tower

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Lispenard Street

For those who read the book - A Little Life - Lispenard Street in the SoHo is the one place you have to visit first. Such a little and apparently uninteresting street in Manhattan that you get to see with different eyes after reading the book. And to imagine what the life of the book characters Jude St Francis and Willem would have been there. Although Lispenard Street is real, A Little Life is a fiction book. But many agree the building that inspired the author was the number 56.

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Greene Street

Going towards uptown direction via Greene Street I wondered if the next building with these cute attic windows could have been the one to where Jude St Francis moved later.

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Perry Street

The last street I visited in this A Little Life tour in New York was Perry Street. Although I didn't have or remembered any clue/description that could to what building was the one that Willem lived in when he got his own apartment, I found Perry Street to be absolutely beautiful. New York sure is a city with huge contrasts. We first think of huge skyscrapers in Manhattan but then, I found this:

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Levain Bakery

I was curious about New York's favorite cookie so my next stop was Levain Bakery in the NoHo/Lafayette St, after walking a little through the Hudson River Park.

Hudson River Park

Of course I went for the Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie - the original one - which cost 5.25 US$.

New York has always so much to offer and this was no exception.