Come on, take a walk with me, and let me show you - my city :-)
In the movie "The Lake House", the two main
characters, who are in love, communicate via letters - but over two different
time periods in life. They are separated by time, but live in the same city.
The man is an architect and the woman is a doctor. At one point, the architect
takes the doctor on a tour of their city – Chicago – via a map he leaves in her
mailbox, when he was there during another era. She follows the map, to all of
these amazing places in the city of Chicago – his favorite places that he shares
with her – buildings, restaurants, unique architecture – and at the end, she
sees a note on a wall saying that he was with her during the walk and they saw
their city together. (Movie clip is embedded below)
It is one of my favorite scenes and moments from any film, that
you can be connected over time, and that love has no boundaries - not even
distance or different eras.
I took a day off from work and did a city walk of my own, in my
favorite city of NYC, going around to my favorite places in Manhattan, with a
map and list I made, headphones in my ears, listening to a self made city walk
playlist. Mohit
started
the city walk journey with me on the train, and as he went to work, I
shared my walk with him in spirit, and ended my walk in front of his
work building, waving at each other through the window, and then he came
down and we went home together. Just like our lives – the journey of
life – we start
together and end together – in this life journey of marriage and best
friendship – we walk on this life’s journey together.
Many think NYC is a crowded, busy city,
filled with people working and running around, and lots of tall buildings. You
would be amazed at the amount of nature within the city and surrounding it as
well! (Also experienced during my city walk
but not listed on my map: South Ferry, Financial District, Construction of the
2nd World Trade tower, Chrysler Building, Rockafellar Center, St.
Patrick’s Cathedral, Happy smiling faces of tourists and New Yorkers including
children and doggies :-) )
Enjoy :-)
City walk map & playlist
My City Walk of NYC:
https://vimeo.com/173198278
City Walk: This is my NYC from Anisha & Mohit Choudhary on Vimeo.
