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I just finalized reservations for a trip to New York City. Fizzy and I are going to be there from the 12th through the 20th of October. I don’t think any of my readers are New Yorkers, but if you are (or if you will be there then) please feel free to fire suggestions at us for where to go and what to do. Or find us and hang out with us. Just don’t rob our home while we are away; perhaps it is a bad idea to share such information in a public forum?
For the most part, we’re going there as a vacation, but not entirely as one. We’re considering moving to New York City some time next year. Sure, I have my business here, but I think I could do the same thing there, while still running this one; open a second office, as it were. Meanwhile, Fizzy can find a super-wonderful job and support us both. Right??
Fizzy doesn’t know New York, so this is her chance to see if she wants to become a New Yorker. Me? I am very familiar with New York, though only as a visitor. This will be a chance to see if I want to live there. I have always returned from previous trips with the sense that, while New York is a great city to visit, it would be a terrible place to live. This will be my first time going there with a proper mindset of “could I live here,” however, so maybe I’ll come back with a different attitude.
I’m not getting any younger after all, and I think I may need a new challenge; a change of pace, if you will. I mean to say, life here is certainly good, but perhaps I take it easy too often. I’m more then comfortable, some would say too comfortable, and maybe I need to struggle and claw my way to the top all over again. I may well regret thinking such things when I’m enduring a sweltering New York summer, or slogging through a January blizzard, and I will no doubt miss the 6-day “weekends” I now enjoy, not to mention the year-round perfect weather, great food, culture…hmmm…I’d best shush or I’ll talk myself out of it the move I even get there.
I think Evelyn Waugh summed up my feelings about New York City when he wrote, “in that city there is [a] neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.” This is the Big Apple’s big chance to change my mind and win me over. I’ll report back upon my return and let you know if this young man is headed East.
must be nice to have your own business and be your own boss. my friend just moved to ny..for a change in lifestyle. i, personally cant keep up with the fast paced citizens of ny. and no one ever smiles back at me! its not like im psycho or anything, just friendly.
i want to go to new york also. i had plans to go next month, but they were shelved because of upcoming family events. ill have to hold off until the start of the year. i hope your trip goes well, ive never been there, let me know how it is.
Pea, it would be a big decision on whether you will move to NY or not. But no matter what you decide, I wish you best of luck for whatever you’re going to do in your life. :)
have fun in new york!
i was thinking about moving to new york next spring but plans got cancelled so i’m staying in good ole southern cali… at least the weather’s nice.
Hi Pea! I’m excited for you about going to NY. Haven’t been in years myself, but I remember it being a pleasing experiance. I may be moving myself, but to a slower way of life, Oklahoma. We’ll see if it all pans out. I’ll keep you up to date and you do the same for me.
wow…luck on your venture!
Leaving SF? Everyone here in the Central Valley drives up there to get a respite from the heat. It’ll be tough to leave such a great place!
I think it’s great that you want to move to New York. Adventure is a great thing. Go for it!
“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.” -Robert L. Stevenson
“There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I’m successful now. I might as well take a nap.'” -Carrie Fisher
I have never been to NY but I would like to one day and see a show on broadway. It is such a different atmosphere from where I live. Southern IL is so small town that STL is huge. Oh well, have fun.
i hunger for sustenance…and…louis vuitton bags. hah ;)
Have an AWESOME time in NYC. I just got back from my vacation in NYC. I had THE best time ever! I’m considering moving out to the East Coast now as well.
watch out for crime…i know that if i leave things on the sidewalk, it’ll be gone in a matter of minutes. as a matter of fact…..even if the item were still in my hand…..if i turn my head for a second…it might be gone (one of my girlfriends claim that once…the lights in the subway flickered off for a minute and when it came back on, some lady had her hand in my friend’s shopping bag, trying to steal an orange!)
Hey, here’s hi from a queens boi at cal…
Funny to read something from 2003. You should have moved to NYC and left her in CA or vice versa! I had to laugh when you said you would miss the “culture” of San Fransisco. I can’t imagine a place with more culture than New York City. I’m sorry. (thank you for giving me something to read when I am bored at work)
@Idle Beth, Oh, hindsight.
As for culture, what did I know? I was naive enough to believe the rest of the crap I was writing, why not that, although I *think* what I meant was the “culture of San Francisco” as in the specific feel and attitude of the populace here v. there. New Yorkers can be in denial about their shortcomings at times, thinking instead that they have everything, and the best of it all.
@Peasprout, Yeah, I was thinking about it and figured that is what you meant. We East Coasters are just secretly jealous of your West Coast pace and attitude. Maybe.