Hot town, summer in the city*

"summer is the time when one sheds ones tensions with ones clothes"
- Ada Louise Huxtable

Is it just me, or does summer (especially in Manhattan) open up this magical cloud of awesome? It's like fairy dust over the city - everyone is outdoors, and walking, and happy.

Last night as i walked home from my late night (8:30, but I'm old so that is late on a school night) errand, i ran into a neighbor I like and his pup and a friend of mine i hardly ever see. For both the interactions were brief, but as i walked through the door of my apartment, and geared up for those 4 (i swear its only 4) flights of stairs, i said out loud "god i love New York"

And today at lunch, as I walked back to the office with a coworker (I am not going to say what i had for lunch as EBJ will have a heart attack - Mr. Macaroni and Cheese for a snack, Pot meet Kettle) we noticed a man, with a peacock feather hooting at cars as he waited for the light to turn and the little white man to pop up. Chris and I just laughed, and he said out loud "i love New York")

Also, has anyone read the Vanity Fair Summer Guide yet? Below are a few of my 'must do this summer' ideas - and now, blog readers (all 4 of you) in an effort to get some type of comments and also, because I would like to remain on top in the 'most creative date idea comer-upper' what are your 'must do this summer' plans?

A sneak peak of mine:
- The Astoria Beer Garden - I love Greece, I Love beer, I love gardens, I even like Queens - yet somehow I haven't gotten there yet.
- Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge - it still amazes me that I haven't done this - but i will - Summer of 2008 will be a summer of firsts.
- I want to see the big balloon dog at the Met (Jeff Koons exhibit)
- Drink outdoors as much as physically possible.

now you...

*I always thought the lyrics to that song were "hot CHILD, summer in the city" I was wrong oops.