110 E. 7th Street. New York, NY

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Dear Summer 2009,
I’m sorry, I can’t.
Don’t hate me.

Dear Fall 2009,
I had a great time last night.
Let’s do it again soon.

Amy

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Things I don’t know:
Where I will be living October 1st.

Things I do know:
Blimps are very funny.

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Last night, as I crossed Manhattan from East to West and made my way home, a warm dusk enveloped the streets making the city feel calm and comfortable for the first time in a long time.  I’m not sure whether it was the woman dropping a letter in her neighborhood mailbox or the trio of good friends laughing long and hard through eachother’s company or the stoic Rottweiler that let me pat his head while we all waited for the light to turn, but I really wanted to smile.

So I did.

Esalen Institute. Big Sur, CA

I went.
I welded.
I wanna go back.

waaaaah.

The High Line. New York, NY

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Sometimes I hear people complaining about The High Line’s megaoverhypedom and ridiculous besidesthepointness, but I really couldn’t disagree with that opinion more.  For me,  The High Line is unbelievably powerful and makes possibilities for growth and change feel nothing short of infinite.  All I want to do everytime I visit that gorgeous stretch of communal post industrial urban outdoor space is live a better life.  Maybe even be a better human being.  I really wish I was kidding, because I sound like a blubbering liberal lunatic.  But I’m not . . . kidding.

Almost Fearless. New York, NY

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I wonder what life would be like if we all dated fearlessly . . .

Blanket Forts and Treehouses. Anywhere, USA

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Most people don’t realize this, but the secret to building any blanket fort worth its weight in bedsheets is having a large number of safety pins at your immediate disposal.  After that, construction should be a total breeze.  As far as building a treehouse goes, however, I have no idea where to even begin.  If you happen to know the secret to building a proper treehouse, please consider this:  I will trade you all of my blanket fort building expertise in exchange for just one bonafide treehouse to call my own.

Please and thank you.

It’s time to leave this town
It’s time to steal away
Let’s go get lost
Anywhere in the U.S.A.

………- Red Hot Chili Peppers

Ingredients:

1 taste of chicago
1 lawn sprinkler
a couple of firefly festivals
sparklers (for garnish)
1 lake house
a couple of port-a-pit meals
1 overgrown chipwich
1 extra long camp session
1 mason jar always full of fresh cut flowers

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Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and garnish with sparklers.
Keeps fresh for 3 months.

Makes (1) kick ass summer