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I now know the appeal of a ‘dry heat.’

A dry heat kisses you on the cheek like an old acquaintance who’s trying too hard to be polite.

A humid heat slobbers all over you like a dirty dog who was just lapping up water from a puddle.

We’ve lived here for two months now. Here are some of the biggies we’ve accomplished:

• Eat great pizza (Grimaldi’s)
• Eat great bagels (H&H)
• Eat great cheesecake (Veniero)
• Eat pastrami at Katz’s Deli
• Eat a hot dog at Nathan’s in Coney Island (photo)
• Go to the Met
• Go to the Museum of Natural History
• See a film at the Tribeca Film Fest (Palo Alto) (photo)
• See a Broadway Show (Avenue Q)
• Drink local beer (Chelsea, Sixpoint)
• Host houseguests in a tiny NYC apartment (photo)
• Walk through Central Park
• Times Square at night (photo)
• Check out the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center (photo)
• Cross the Brooklyn Bridge (a nightly affair for me)

Neighborhoods we’ve meandered through:

• Upper East Side
• Upper West Side
• Midtown (photo)
• Gramercy
• Flatiron
• Tribeca
• SoHo (photo)
• Chinatown
• Little Italy
• East Village
• West Village
• Greenwich Village
• Lower East Side (photo)
• Chelsea
• Financial District
• Williamsburg (photo)
• Red Hook (photo)
• Brooklyn Heights (photo)
• Coney Island
• Fort Greene
• DUMBO (photo)
• Carroll Gardens