Winter doldrums, and I’m dreaming of Coney Island.
I took these pictures over the summer, when I went to lay in the sand and read a book.
What are you dreaming of?
Here’s a snippet from Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “A Coney Island of the Mind.”
Yiasou!
Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer and editor based in New York City. This blog features her rambling thoughts on Greek American identity, the Beat Generation, social media, and the literary life.
She is the author with Paul Maher Jr. of Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road."
She's also currently working on a memoir about growing up Greek American.
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Thanks for this post, would you recommend checking out Coney Island on my upcoming trip to NY? Time to read me some Ferlinghetti again too…
Are you still coming in March? Coney Island is a bit dead in the winter … except for New Year’s Day when there’s the Polar Bear swim. There’s so much going on in the summer in Coney Island with the Mermaid Parade and that crazy roller coaster and the freak show. It’s definitely worth seeing in the summer time. Word of caution: leave by sunset as it can get kinda dicey in the after hours.
Aye, I’m flying in on the 13th. CI being ‘a bit dead’ sounds just fine to me. Don’t know if I’ll make it over there though, have got so many Kerouac-related things planned already. But I’m staying in Carroll Gardens so it’s not that far, I may make it after all.