Ősz New Yorkban

A warm Indian summer day in October makes every city look more beautiful - even New York. Last week the first warm jackets hit the streets, high heels were exchanged for winter boots and even the long distance runners of Central Park felt a bit chilly without adding one more layer of clothes. Fall came relatively late though, much to the delight of most city dwellers but less for the gratification of department stores whose fall collection didn't sell very well on Fashion street. But don't shed any tears for the local fashion industry, Manhattan would be the last place where even the most off-season clothes wouldn't sell well.
So, it was a real treat to have a last weekend spent without a jacket or worries about sitting on the cold ground outside. If only New York had more cafes with outside terraces and intimate public parks where you could sit down and enjoy sunshine through the falling leaves, a non-paper cup of coffee and the weekend papers. As simple as it might seem this trio is hardest to find in New York. You can get one or the other but not all three together. At least not around Midtown.
Since they became my beloved Sunday morning trinity in Paris and indispensable parts of a perfect start of a weekend day, I started to wonder how people spend their perfect Sunday mornings. So, I took a stroll for a couple of blocks down on 9th and did a quick field research. Local restaurants jam-packed with brunchers, numberless Starbucks addicts queueing for their grande-nonfat-sugarfree-hold-the-whip-caramel-macchiato, herds of conscientious ipod-joggers hurrying to Central Park to burn those happy-hour martini cocktail calories off, WholeFoods early birds with eco-friendly plastic double bags full of superorganic bioveggies that despite their astronomical price don't even get close to the real ones we have in Europe...a rough panorama of a blissful Sunday morning a la NewYork.
If only they knew the beau perfection that lies in an undisturbed, taxi-honkless sip of finely brewed espresso with a touch of October sunshine.