The first stop of the final push of the National Science Foundation I-corps program we are in is none other than New York. Airbnb’d in the Upper West Side a few blocks from Central Park, it’s weirdly nice here and much different than I remember. Dense but not overwhelming. Amazing food so far, the favorites are The Meatball Shop and a hole-in-the wall pizzeria we found a block away.

Diverse in every facet, with the soft rumbling of the subway you’d almost swear was thunder at night. Unfortunately, only two days here until moving onto Las Vegas. Then Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle before returning home.