This is one of those 'you have to be here' types of things. The weather here has been hot, hot - tropical. The humidity is the worst. When the temperature hits the 90's, even without the sun, it makes even breathing tough.

It’s been like this for the past few weeks. It’s rained a little but it just makes everything damp and muggy. Talk about a bad hair day. Then the clouds clear, the sun comes out and the cooling Hudson River/East River currents come in.

It’s hard to tell people who haven't been here what happens. We call it a New York moment. A wind funnel is created along Broadway from north to south and blows outward to the streets east and west. It’s a wind that makes you stop and just stand there. You'll see a lot of balcony or terrace barbeques. People on their stoops - people- watching.

I used to spend a lot of time in the Robert Wagner Park along the Hudson River beside the World Trade Center - the park is in Battery Park City, a city built on landfill created from the excavation to build the towers. The park is still there. Sun worshippers. Along the Hudson River is a walking path, hundreds of people jogging, rollerblading, just hanging.

On the path along the park you get the full affect of the river breezes. You can stand there and photograph, film the Statue of Liberty - it’s in full view. The walking path goes all the way around the southern tip of the island. If you walk south along the path you'll eventually get to the South Seaport - Manhattan's lowest southern point. This is where I would sit and sketch the Brooklyn Bridge for hours or just watch the ships and boats on the river…just appreciating the currents blowing in. You hear people on the island, talking about these currents say "here they come".

This is also the best time to hang in Central Park. The breezes float through the park from east to west. This is the best time to jog or bike in the park or take on Suicide Hill (at 110th St.) or even rent a boat and explore the lake in the park; then wait until the evening when the park has their Central Park Summer Stage concert series or Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater, a great performance space in the middle of the park.

These are my favorite times in the city. Until we hit another patch of bad hair day weather. But those currents always come back.