UWS and running.

last may, j and i went to new york and boston for a little rest and relaxation. we opted to forgo our usual digs of either brooklyn or jersey city (i have friends and family who live in both cities) and decided on going all out this trip and decided to stay in manhattan, the upper west side to be exact. i booked a 2-star hotel room via hotwire.com, that ended up to be The Days Inn. it was perfect! i highly recomend that hotel. not only for it's great location and fairly large room for NY standards, but for $150/night which included fees and taxes, you just can't beat it.

the upper west side is a quieter neighborhood in manhattan. it's between central park and the hudson river. it's more residential if anything. if you stroll the city blocks, you'll see a lot of moms/nannies and strollers. after a long day of manhattan shopping, eating, walking, sightseeing, and museum-ing it's nice to go home to the UWS. AND let's not forget the close proximity of the park, you know...theee park. oh that huge, glorious, mesmerizing, magical central park...how i love thee.

there's even a castle!

what intrigued me about this neighborhood was the amount of runners that are everywhere, running at all times of the day. it was inspiring and perplexing all at the same time. seeing that many people run, really really fast i might add, in the confines of the so called "concrete jungle" and within the beautiful setting of Central Park made me actually want to run too...i know, weird, right? so i did. and J did too. we ran in NY and in boston! we still run to this day 3 times a week around SF and the peninsula. so we thank you UWS for turning these 2 non-runners into runners joggers.

doesn't he blend in and look like an UWS-er?