In this solo episode of Excuse My Grandma, Kim takes the mic to reflect on the New York City she grew up in and the New York City she continues to love. From Broadway shows and school field trips to the Natural History Museum to trendy bars as a 20-something, Kim is diving into how NYC has evolved—what’s been lost, what’s changed for the better, and what she still holds onto as a New Yorker at heart. Whether you’re a lifelong New Yorker or just someone who loves the magic of the city, this episode is a nostalgic ride through the streets, stories, and spirit of Old New York.Follow us onInstagram @excusemygrandma @kimmursteinTikTok @excusemygrandma Watch on YouTubeSpotifyMusic By: Guy Kelly(00:00) Intro(05:25) Nostalgia(08:54) What is Old New York?(15:43) Entertainment in NYC
Chapter 1: What does Kim reflect on in this solo episode?
Welcome back to another episode of Excuse My Grandma. This week it is just Kim. We're going to do a little solo episode while Grandma is still in Florida. I am in New York for a few days, but don't worry, I'm going back to Florida like next week. I'm honestly losing track of time. I think it's next week and then we'll get in lots of content together.
Then I'm going to come back to New York again without her. Just because I like getting back to real life. I mean, Palm Beach is made up land. And as fun as it is to be in the beautiful weather and with my family, I feel like... Bring me back to New York. I love the vibe of New York, obviously.
And that's what I'm going to talk about today, by the way, of my nostalgia obsession and growing up in New York City. But first, let me do a little recap. So I've been in New York the last few weeks. Grandma was here for a little bit of it. Sie kam zu meinem UJA-Event, weil ich diese Generosität-Gala co-chairte.
Und die erste Teilung, die Eltern kamen, und dann wurden es 800 junge Menschen in ihren 20ern und 30ern. Aber sie und meine Eltern und mein anderes Set von Großeltern und Papi kamen und begrüßten mich, was schön war. Und mein Freundsbruder und Schwester waren auch auf der Kommitee. Also war er in der Stadt, was großartig war.
um but in from l.a and so him his parents and my friend who introduced me and my boyfriend who is you know also his sister um she was there as well because she was on the committee so it was a family affair which was so nice and it was so nice to have zach here for the week we um had some nice dinners i mean it was kind of chill because we both had work to do but we watched white lotus together one night
Wir hatten ein Abendessen in Hudson Yards bei Cucina Alba. Ich hatte auf jeden Fall vermisste Gefühle. Es war ziemlich gut. Ich versuche zu denken, was wir noch gemacht haben. Es war schön, ihn hier zu haben. Ich war mit ihm für einen ganzen Monat, weil ich vorher in L.A. war.
staying with him and getting some work stuff done and then he came to palm beach for a few days around my birthday which was nice because i wanted to be in palm beach so i could be with my family on my birthday because they always make it special so it was nice to all you know have each other there too and yep
Zach hat mit Mama Gail und Papi mit mir geblieben, wie er es jetzt, glaube ich, drei Mal hat. Was einfach einfach lustig ist. Ich bin 29 Jahre alt und bleibe bei meinen Großeltern mit meinem Freund. Aber das ist das Charme von allem. Das Charme von, Entschuldigung, meiner Oma. Und jetzt ist Zach zurückgegangen, also weiß ich nicht, wann ich ihn als nächstes sehen werde.
That's the hard part about long distance. But it's fine because I can see my friends as much as I want. I can really put my head down and start thinking about content and strategy and all the things to grow, excuse my grandma, and get into parts of the industry that I really want to get into. So it's not like I'm still very busy, but I do wish it was all merged together that I could...
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Chapter 2: How has New York City changed over the years?
have zach and friends and family and work all kind of going at once but is what it is for now um what else did i do oh we also saw play together one night which was fun we went to this show called all nighter that ben platt produced and it was about a few college kids in the last week of school spending an all-nighter in the library you would probably recognize some of the casts in it if you watch like
TV, because a lot of them were in TV shows that I watch. And then we got to go to a cast party after, which was really cool, with some other influencers that I actually recognize. I get really nervous in those situations, but Zach was really good with me, because he kind of pushed me to...
Ich habe immer ein bisschen soziale Angst gehabt, also denke ich, dass es einen großen Unterschied macht, wenn jemand immer mit mir an solchen Events ist. Und dann, wenn ich mit dir spreche, hast du keine Ahnung. Ich meine, ich mag es, wenn ich schmerzhaft bin, aber du weißt, es ist einfach so, dass jeder nervös wird, besonders in diesen Arbeitssituationen. I also went to something at Instagram.
They host some of their creators to kind of talk about new features on the app and get their creator community together and really network. And I get so nervous in those networking situations too. But I know that I'll feel good after if I introduce myself to the people who work there, whether it's a brand event or... Instagram or the other creators there, I always feel better.
I just end up standing in a corner until someone talks to me, but when it matters, I think I get down to it. Okay, let's get to what I want to discuss this week. This is what I want to chat about. I have always been obsessed with nostalgia. It's part of my personality at this point. I love watching old movies. I only listen to music from the 50s to the 80s.
I romanticize everything, whether it's my dating life. getting ready or just walking down the street. There's something about looking back to the past that makes everything feel so much more special. I grew up in New York City, as a lot of you probably know.
And maybe it's because when you grow up in New York, you're constantly surrounded by history and by that feeling that people come to New York for, which is die ikonische klassische Natur der Stadt. Und ich habe immer gefühlt, als ob ich in einer Stadt gelebt hätte, die schon so viele glamouröse, interessante Menschen vor mir gelebt hat, insbesondere Generationen meiner Familienmitglieder.
Also, als ich hier geboren wurde, wurde ich auf die Geschichte geboren, wie es in New York City gewohnt war. Meine Großmutter erinnerte sich an bestimmte Dinge, es wäre das, was meine Eltern darüber sprachen, und sogar das, was ich in alten Filmen sah.
So there was always this sense that I had just missed out on something amazing and that I probably will miss out on something amazing in the future. And then I'm also taking it all in and experiencing it myself. And the city has always had such exciting, elegant, romantic vibes to it. And I would say... It dates from the 90s when I was born and then previous to that.
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Chapter 3: What nostalgic experiences does Kim share about NYC?
Ich will Dinge zurückbringen, die es speziell gemacht haben. Ich will in die klassischen, zeitgenössischen Restaurants für Abendessen gehen. Und in die Broadway-Schläge gehen. Und die klassischen Orte anschauen, die wirklich für immer vorhanden waren. Aber New York City hat sich wirklich verändert. Und ich weiß nicht, ob es Covid war. Ich weiß nicht, ob es Regierungsveränderungen waren.
Ich weiß nicht, ob es nur die Gesellschaft und die Kultur ist und wie sich so eine beeinflusstere Stadt verändert hat. Ich weiß, dass ich in New York während Covid begonnen habe, mehr oft nach Palm Beach zu gehen. Und auch nur daran zu wissen, wie das Wetter hier nicht das Beste ist. Partly was doing that because you couldn't really hail a yellow cab in the same way.
The streets are crazy with ride sharing apps. There's so much traffic, like three to five times the amount of traffic, I would say. Und es ist einfach eine andere Atmosphäre. Aber ich denke nicht, dass diese Magie komplett weg ist. Ich denke, du musst nur wissen, wo du hinfährst. Das ist also, wo ich rein komme. Ich versuche es immer noch selbst herauszufinden.
Aber ich möchte, dass ihr alle hört, was das alte New York für mich schafft. Die Orte, an die ich gehe. Und auch die Nostalgie des Hauses für mich. Ich bin sicher, dass jeder das mit seinem eigenen Heimatland hat. Und für mich ist es einfach nur New York City. So what was old New York to me? There are certain things about New York City that has always felt timeless.
For example, you go to Times Square, you see the billboards, you go to a Broadway show. Central Park to me is the heart of it. I think anytime you walk in the park, you're transported back in time. It's so romantic. It's set to the sound of jazz, of a trumpet player underneath
Einer dieser kleinen Brücke im Park klingelt und die Kinder der Schule lachen und lachen und äußern verschiedene Sprachen, wenn man die Leute vorbeikommt. Und es ist eine so schöne Symphonie für mich. Und ich bin wahrscheinlich, du könntest lachen, wenn du sagst, was macht sie, sie romantisiert das. Aber es ist wirklich so, wie ich Dinge sehe. Ich denke, Teile des obersten Westens,
are totally old new york to me i grew up on the upper east side but besides that i think a lot of places there are establishments i think the people who live there i've been living there for a really long time so even walking on the street those people feel like they're from a different time um Okay. I think...
Downtown, the Whitney's, Fun, MoMA, Upper West Side, Natural History Museum, when you go with kids. Oh my God, if you guys went to Natural History Museum on field trips when you were younger or with your parents on the weekends, they used to have those little dinosaur chicken nuggets in the cafeteria. God knows what was in them. That is such a nostalgic moment for me.
Andere Dinge, die ich als Kind gemacht habe, die mir aussehen... Ich wundere mich, ob Leute das noch heute mit ihren Kindern machen, weil es ein bisschen altartig aussieht. Ich habe Tappdance-Lessungen gemacht. Ich habe Ballett gemacht. Ich habe Piano-Lessungen gemacht. Ich denke, es ist gut, deine Kinder in solche Sachen jung zu machen. Und dann wirst du sehen, ob es etwas wird.
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Chapter 4: Which iconic places in NYC does Kim mention?
Like the Vinegar Factory or the Craft Studio, which was, you know, you'd paint your own little pots and stuff. I did so many different birthdays there. And I remember they would always get one of those noodles, like pool noodles, and everybody would do the limbo. Not the limbo. What's it called? Die Limbo, richtig? Wenn du unter die Rope gehst? Ich glaube, das ist das, was es heißt.
Warte, wir müssen das googeln, denn warum klingt das falsch? Limbo? Limbo-Dance? Nein, Leute, bin ich verrückt? Ja, es ist die Limbo. Machen die Leute immer noch die Limbo? We also would always have this guy, Magic Al, at a lot of our birthday parties, who was just a magician, but the kids would go crazy, including myself, for this guy.
And I feel like five years ago, I happened to go to a kid's birthday party and he was there. So I feel like he's still doing this thing 20 years later. More than that, Jesus, 30 years later, probably. Und dann gibt es auch Orte, an denen ich als Kind viel gekauft habe, die auch aus dem Geschäft gegangen sind.
Aber hoffentlich können die Leute, die aus der New Yorker Region sind, sich daran erinnern. Erinnerst du dich an Infinity? Das war so populär auf der obersten Seite. Und dann Leicester. Ich denke, ist Leicester noch da? Das war ein Veranstaltung. Du würdest in jeden, den du kennst, rein. Ich fühle mich auch so, dass es einige Leute gab, die Leicesters Modelle waren.
Und sie waren vorne, also draußen. Und ich dachte, wow, sie haben es groß gemacht. So I'm thinking of things that I was a little child and I don't necessarily think in order to get nostalgia back, you need to do things little kids do.
Like even though I love Disney World and watching a Disney movie, it's not necessarily about being a kid again, but maybe revisiting places that brings up the memories of when you were a kid. Okay, but if you're an adult listening, Or, you know, 18 and up. Where can you go today to recreate that feeling of old New York? How do you make new New York old New York?
So I have certain restaurants that I feel like are stuck in time. I just celebrated my birthday, as I mentioned, and we went to Carbone for dinner, me and a bunch of my girlfriends. And Carbone is one of those places where like they're playing old Italian music. It's like brick walls, very West Village Soho vibes. Have a dirty martini there and you are brought back in time.
Similarly, I know it's not easy to make a reservation, but there's this place Rayos in Harlem that is also old school Italian. They have pictures on the walls of the celebrities who have been there. I love it there. Go to Bloomingdale's, go to 40 Carats and have a Froyo. Go to J.G. Mellon on the Upper East Side and get a burger. Also on the Upper East Side, E.A.T., the Deli. Is it a Deli?
It's like prepared foods and stuff like that. William Greenberg's Bakery, they have the best rainbow cookies and chocolate-covered popcorn. To me, that feels nostalgic. Another fancier Italian restaurant in Molino. There's also for lunch on the Upper East Side for like a little half sandwich and soup and you feel really classy via Quadrono. And then also more diner-type food.
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