Mar 8, 2021 Mar 8, 2021 âStart spreading the news, I want to be part of it, New York, New York ...â crooned Frank Sinatra. The city that never sleeps. The city that offers something for everyone. The city that welcomes immigrants. The city of every kind of people and food under the sun. It sits on a rock. New York, New York. Even though I have traveled extensively throughout the contiguous U.S.A., I never made it to New York City. Then three years ago my teenage granddaughter, yearning for a senior trip there, begged me to take her. How could I resist?Â