New York in Four Seasons by Michael Storrings with a Foreword by Kristin Chenoweth

Oh, New York! It's absolutely a magical, chaotic city.

I received yesterday, and read immediately New York in

Four Seasons by Michael Storrings with a Foreword by Kristin Chenoweth. I wanted to write the review yesterday, but a nasty insect stung one of my fingers and I was knock out.

First of all I love this book because it's a book dedicated to the city.

It's an hymn to its traditions, customs, passions, celebrations along the year.

Colored, entirely illustrated, it is a fascinating trip in a city with solid old feasts. Being a crowded city, each ethnic group added some feast and celebrations lived all together, and felt by all the citizens.

This one is the testament of the writer for this city, considering his immense love for New York.

The book is divided per seasons, because New York, in every season speaks a different language, and live different traditions, feasts, and appointments.

Fall is memorable because of the Labor Day Weekend and its picnics; Little Italy celebrates the feast of San Gennaro;  who love theathers and Opera will be happy: shows returns!

Sure New Yorkers can't forget the remembrance every Sept 11th of the terrorist attack at the Twin Towers. Unforgettable the Halloween Parade, the NYC Marathon and curiously, on Oct 4th feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, with the Blessings of the animals at the Cathedral of St. John. Wagons of people bring their little or big animals, dogs, cats, fishes, but also rodents, elephants.

The season closes with Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.

Winter for New Yorkers means Christmas because, without any kind of doubt, the city offers a fascination that no other one is in grade to transmit, maybe thanks also to wagons of movies about the theme, and iconic places that are simply uniques and unreplacable.

The Empire State Building wears the Christmas's typical colors; the Rockefeller Center is famous because of the magnificent Christmas Tree, like also the Plaza, with a big Christmas Tree at the entrance of the hotel. Speaking about shows The Nutcracker is represented every year by the New York City Ballet; Jewish celebrates Hannukah the festival of lights, with a lot of delicious food, in Brooklyn.

The Morgan Library, once the estate of J.P.Morgan, great collector of art and books every year dedicates an entire day of reading at A Christmas Carol by Dickens.

The most important event the arrival of the New Year on Times Square for a lot of people like also the Chinese New Year, felt with great enthusiasm by the community.

Spring brings with it the Saint Patrick's Parade on march but also Macy's Flower Show and the Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue. You could afford to New York City in spring for seeing the Cherry Blossom Festival, or for walking to Park Avenue, discovering wonderful flowers, from tulips to begonias.

The Tribeca Film Festival played an important role after the 9/11 facts and is famous for promoting new filmakers.

Summer is the season of museums, but also of outdoor activities to being spent at the Bronx Zoo or at the New York Aquarium.

Fourth of July becomes a day of great fireworks celebrations; concerts are organized, like also, can you imagine? Central Park Weddings! Oh, it must be so romantic! New Yorkers love spending time in their beaches.

When you will read this book superbly illustrated, funny, a real guide to the most genuine New York City, you will learn much more about what New Yorkers love to do in their city, and what you could do, or visit if you are in a certain season in New York City.

I love the warm, friendly, captivating illustrations. Colors are vivid and they want to transmit the warmth of the city and its people.

I want to remember to my readers that Michael Storrings is also famous for his Christmas's books: Twelve Days of Christmas in New York, A Very New York Christmas, and the Twelve Days of Christmas in America.

I thank the author for the physical copy of the book :-)

Happy Reading!

Highly recommended.

Anna Maria Polidori