Unfortuntely I’m playing catch-up this week as I’ve been somewhat absorbed in setting up and learning about this blog that I’m writing, but now I’m finally ready to provide an account of my premier adventure in the city. Since the post ran kind of long, I’ve broken it into two parts, of which this is the first:
After having made the decision to seriously pursue this project late last week, I had to come up with something great to start the ball rolling. I immediately decided that due to lack of proper time to plan, this wouldn’t be a fancy outing. That meant nothing requiring an advanced ticket purchase, or other special preperations of any kind. Thus, with these restrictions in mind, I set to work brainstorming some ideas. After initially casting about for inspiration, I finally decided on something that I had thought of several times since arriving here but never acted on: a reading of poetry or literature.
Now naturally not all readings are what you might consider accessible to the average person, but fortunately this is New York, and as I quickly learned, there are a variety of readings being performed literally every single night. One merely has to choose.
I personally went the Google route and found MurphGuide.com which provided a few solid leads. From there, I checked out some of the venues and their events, and ultimately opted for a reading at KGB Bar simply called “Paragraph.” I did not know what this meant, or even really what the bar would be like, but then the whole point of this is to try new things, so I decided to take the plunge. After a quick lookup on HopStop, I was all set to get out and experience my first taste of New York culture.