City Breaks To New York
I love to take city breaks to New York when I can't stand the placidity of my life anymore. You see, I live way off in Middle of Nowhere Montana, and work as a cattle rancher, and a writer. The isolation, the fresh air, the physical labor – all are good for my health, and for my writing. But sometimes, it gets to be too much. There is too much watching the sun rise and set in silence, too much of sitting at the local bar having the same old tired conversations with the same old fellow semi-hermits, and I long for the hustle and bustle of a major urban metropolis. City breaks to New York are the best way to cure these ills.
At home, I live in a simple house, well made of wood, and with high ceilings, but nothing lush or extravagant. I grow my own food, and cook my own meals, and live almost entirely self-sufficiently. On my city breaks to New York, however, I live almost the opposite kind of life. Instead of living simply, I stay in a lavish suite hotel where I can enjoy room service, a spa, exercise equipment, and sauna. I go out to eat every meal I can, and, with my wife (who loves the city every bit as much as I do), I get to live like a king.
At home, besides books there isn't much for entertainment. There is a little movie theater, playing everything that all the other theaters have forgotten about, and there are occasional halting attempts at community theater. And of course, there is hootenanny night down at the bar. But beside that, there is very little to see and do, and to see a show, you have to drive for over an hour.
But on my city breaks to New York, all Broadway is mine. We go to see Cats, the Phantom of the Opera, and other big productions, as well as smaller ones down in Greenwich Village. There is Central Park, where there are always street performers playing music, and there are the endless joys of people watching. While my days in Montana are filled with the quiet sound of the wind, my city breaks to New York are filled with nights of steamy jazz, and salsa dancing. Where my sleep in Montana is thick and dreamless, the little sleep I do get on my city breaks to New York is filled with the rumblings of a sleepless city. There is nothing else to put a soul at ease like that.
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