Central Park

One thing New York never runs out of are performers. They are all over the place - the subways, the buses, the street corners, at the tourist attractions and the parks. And the city has all kinds - clowns, jugglers, people painted to look like statues and of course, the Naked Cowboy who struts around Times Square in his briefs, cowboy hat and guitar even in the dead of winter.

At Central Park, they converge in any open area where they can attract a ready and willing audience and it makes the New York experience so much more special. This was a few weeks ago when I strolled with my friend Wally and her brother near Bethesda Fountain.