Did you know? I didn’t. The Brooklyn Bridge was founded on May 24th, 1883.
It was a pleasant surprise to coincide its birthday with me wanting to go walk it for Cafecito with a view, but this post is not to tell you about its history or important facts, for that, you can check out NYC DOT Brooklyn Bridge or, you can read more via History.com’s Brooklyn Bridge Article.
I want to tell you about how magical it is to live in a city where tons of movies are filmed, where there’s someone from every nation in the world living somewhere in the five boroughs, where bodega cats are a staple in the city and where, as a resident of NYC, you will not be caught crossing Times Square.
New York is expensive, but there are also many free activities you can do all year round, but again, this is not a tourist guide post.
This city has been my playground for two thirds of my life, I have had a love-and-hate relationship with it from day one. Why did you go to NY? You may ask, I didn’t, I was brought by my parents as a teenager and I’ve left three times… but life brings me back.
Let me make this clear, I am not complaining, just stating the facts. The third time I came back, I decided to find out what it is that NYC has in store for me, and started this blog as an attempt to do so. Call me naive, gullible, weak, go ahead! But I think I have something like a karmic debt, an ancestry knot to untie, a mission that life is preparing for me in this big apple, and this time, I am committed to finding out what it is and fully accomplish it, whatever it may be, to free myself and my tribe.
New York is beautiful, is full of adventure, it can be complicated and expensive but it’s at this time my headquarters and I’m learning to quit wrestling with that fact.
I am going to find out! And I’ll keep you all updated, cafecito lovers!
Thanks for reading! Go to our youtube channel also to watch our full walk of the Brooklyn Bridge and its surroundings, plus our IG page for other short posts and a brief reading of “Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City, co-authored by Anne-Marie E. Cantwell and Diana diZerega Wall. Published in 2001. Page 267-269” while looking at the bridge from the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Cafecito with a View 