This previous week, Anton’s 13-year-old second cousin, Jimmy, got here from England to go to Brooklyn. It was Jimmy’s first time within the U.S., and we have been all past excited. This morning, Anton and I have been reminiscing, and we thought we’d share images…
Jimmy lives in a small seaside city in England, and Anton instructed me: “We have been joking round, like, ‘Do you will have vehicles in England? Do you will have scooters in England? Do you will have mild in England? Do you will have colour in England?’ It was actually humorous. And generally when Jimmy would make a joke, we’d be like, ‘Is that humorous in England?’ However his jokes have been really actually humorous.”
Jimmy requested to see just a few sights, and we have been glad to oblige. “Can we go to the Louis Vuitton retailer that appears like suitcases?” he requested. I didn’t even know this existed, however after we headed to 57th Road, there it was!
We took him to the American Museum of Pure Historical past, one in all our long-time favourite locations…
…and to see Occasions Sq. at night time, the place Jimmy did a again flip for a crowd. “He taught himself to do flips in his yard when he was six,” Anton instructed me. “He simply totally went for it as a result of he didn’t know the implications have been that he may get his neck snapped!”
The boys additionally begged me to take them to the Chelsea Piers driving vary. They hit balls whereas I did the New Yorker crossword puzzle. “Jimmy instructed me he desires to trip in a yellow faculty bus,” Anton instructed me. “He’s by no means carried out that.”
We additionally simply mucked round at house…
…and within the neighborhood. “After we have been strolling down the road, Jimmy was like, ‘Take a look at that, take a look at that,’ as a result of there have been so many various sorts of meals — Japanese, Lebanese, Thai, Italian, Vietnamese, French, Chinese language, Indian, Ethiopian…” mentioned Anton. “He additionally liked 16 Handles.”
On the finish of the week, Toby and my mother joined us, and we went to a neighborhood café for espresso and magic methods with playing cards. Jimmy confirmed us some cool ones, and I busted out my previous favourite.
Lastly, on Sunday, my brother and Jimmy headed again to England, and, actually, all of us felt actually unhappy. It’s exhausting to reside an ocean away from family members, as I’m positive a lot of you expertise, as effectively. However we’re so fortunate to have the ability to keep up a correspondence. When my maternal grandmother moved from Manchester, England, to Chicago along with her new soldier husband, she may solely trade letters along with her dad and mom, till they visited a few years later. The place do your relations reside? Are you shut by? Half a world aside? How do you keep in contact? I’d love to listen to. I do know there are professionals and cons to each association. xoxo
P.S. Holy smokes, I’ve lived in NYC for 20+ years, and six NYC itineraries for youths.
