It is peak, glorious, beautiful fall in NYC, right this very minute.

I know that’s hard to believe, what with every shop window, airwave, and coffee cup channeling WINTER! SNOW! CHRISTMAS! But it’s true, I swear. I have receipts (not the holiday shopping kind, damnit!). Allow me to present my photographic evidence.

I went for a walk in Central Park this weekend and damn was it beautiful.

Nature displayed so many vivid leaves, you’d think she was competing with Times Square for the title of Most Colorful Place in New York. Mother wins this round the week, hands down.

I won’t LEAF you hanging! Here are more shots of stunning autumn in Central Park!

Fall in Central Park

“Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.”

Nora Ephron wrote this in “You’ve Got Mail” but I would totally send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils too. But does anyone even own a pencil sharpener these days? That’s not for make up?

This is my fifteen (!!) fall on the East Coast and I still can’t get enough of crunching through leaves. I have the fall boots of an eight year-old. They’ll leave you on the sidewalk as they scamper off to the gutter to shuffle through to glorious pile of leaves.

 

Have I painted the picture for you? It is absolutely paint-worthy outside right now. This art class by the southern pond had the right idea. There were also a lot of birders out over the weekend looking for NYC’s newest celebrity, The Mandarin Duck. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, it’s worth a gander: New York’s Most Eligible Bachelor Is This Beautiful Duck.

The bad news is it’s supposed to rain all day Tuesday and then snow on Thursday. Which means you have Wednesday, and Wednesday alone, to get your flanneled butt into a city park, (any one will do in a pinch) and enjoy New York in the fall!