Go New York, Go New York Go!!!

Man, listen up. DC is a great city. It has its own attitude, and the people here are all about making moves. I like DC...I really do. However, I must say that when it comes to cities, there is only one: The Big Apple, babbby!!! I am not saying that there not other cities in the country; there definitely are. Chicago, city. Los Angeles, city. However, it stops there. Sorry, I forgot Boston. Boston is definitely a city. While places like Boise, ID, Cleveland, OH, and Birmingham, AL are technically “cities”, they can not hold a candle to the big three (or four). Rightfully so, these cities do not fall into the big city category.

Look at all those smiling faces!

Thank God for tall buildings!!

NY's finest

I did not realize how much I took NYC for granted until I came to DC. I can get anything in NYC; not to say that DC has nothing to offer, as it certainly has its fair share of quality places. But, it's the little things that get to me. It might sound funny, but I have been craving turkey chili. Sadly, when I ask for turkey chili in the District, people look at me like I have two heads. Com’ on people, turkey chili is a necessity; just like Starbucks. Speaking of Starbucks, the Starbucks shops throughout the District close rather early. So, if you’re need of your café mocha or caramel macchiato with extra caramel, do not expect to get one past 8pm.

Since we’re on the subject of cities, let me give my list of five things that separate real cities (i.e. NYC, LA, CHI-town, and maybe Boston) from the pretenders (i.e. everywhere else):

1. Real cities never sleep: If everything in your city shuts down before 2am, it’s not a real city.

2. People know where your city is: If you have to tell someone what city you’re from and they ask what state that city is in, then your city is not a real city.

3. People from real cities believe that their city is the only place in the country that really matters: If you don’t believe this, your city is not a real city.

4. Real cities have their own special something( NYC=Times Square, LA: Sunset Strip, Chi-town: cool architecture): If your city does not have something that sets it apart from every other place in the country, then it is not a real city.

Times Square!!!

5. Real cities have their the own language: People from LA speak differently than people from NYC, and the same goes for CHI-town. If your city does not have a distinctive accent or vocabulary, then, again, it is not a real city.