h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

While not a large piece of greenry, Bryant park, located at 42nd St and 6th Ave in New York City (right near the library and down the street from Times Square) is a delightful spot to visit.

The highlight of the park's use is the annual summer film series that is hosted there. Once a week they show movies on a huge screen erected on one edge of the lawn, and New Yorkers grab their little section of the grass with blankets starting from 5 and hang out in a very relaxed (for New Yorkers) fashion until sundown. The films chosen are normally classics, and draw an intelligent, cultured crowd who also happen to have little funds (it is free). So mostly the crowd is students and recent graduates, with an occasional older couple. The normal open container laws seem not to apply on movie night, and bottles of wine are freely passed around.

All in all, a delightful night in a normally insane city.

Ah! You there tonight, sbz?

The highlight for me of Bryant Park are the movable green metal chairs that you can arrange yourself. It's nice to be able to arrange your own little conversational clusters at lunchtime.

Ah! You there tonight, sbz?

The highlight for me of Bryant Park are the movable green metal chairs that you can arrange yourself. It's nice to be able to set up your own little conversational clusters at lunchtime.

Nah, I missed it this week... But I'm usually there (decided to go see xmen with a bunch of friends instead...) But there are still quite a few films that I'll want to see this summer there... they have a great line up
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