Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhoodA native New Yorker once told me that if you want to see the world, and only have one day to do it, just go to Times Square. Well, I have yet to ever be there in person. But I have read a ton, seen a ton on TV and in movies, and heard stories from people who lived there. I also had to coach a bunch of students from Luxemburg-Casco High School on how to speak with New York accents this fall as they prepared for the hilarious musical, Lucky Stiff.
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or Hollywood.
I'm taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line-
I'm in a New York state of mind.
I seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their
limousines,
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens,
But I know what I'M needing and I don't want to waste more time-
I'm in a New York state of mind.
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and the blues,
But now I need a little give and take,
The New York Times, the Daily News...
It comes down to reality-and it's fine with me 'cause I've let
it slide,
Don't care if it's Chinatown or Riverside,
I don't have any reasons, I've left them all behind-
I'm in a New York state of mind.
So, for our Dining In Dialect food extravaganza, I am bringing the following: A pasta dish, for little Italy, pickles, Kosher style (mustn't leave out our Chaunukah friends, lest you get schpilkus in your geneckdigazoink (sp)) edamame (a soybean appetizer -- not only good, it's good for you) for Chinatown, and fake champagne for all the diva's in Manhattan. I am also bringing Dutch-filled cookies, in honor of the people who originally owned New Amsterdam, and gaves us such words as cookie, candy, brandy, frolic and Santa Claus from Sinterklaas (="Saint Nicholas")
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