In a short stint in New York City, I packed in a bunch of movies at the Tribeca Film Festival, several trips to Pinkberry, a Magnolia cupcake, and a Saturday evening performance of South Pacific starring Paulo Szot and Laura Osnes -- all of which I highly recommend. Having done both, I'd say living in NYC is much more enjoyable than visiting it. In either case, there's nothing like a great Broadway show, and South Pacific didn't disappoint. The sets and lighting truly transported me to a slow sunset on an island much prettier than Manhattan. The performances were stellar and the vaguely familiar songs quite catchy. I bought the soundtrack the next day and have been playing it on repeat ever since. Yes, I am a sucker for the theatre. I'd like to go back every night. Do you think there are people who spend $300,000/year going to Broadway shows? If so, how might I become one of them?But the thing I noticed about New York was how stressed and hurried strangers seemed. I'm not sure if I just never noticed it before. In fact, I'm not sure I wasn't like that myself before. I actually saw a woman...
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In a short stint in New York City, I packed in a bunch of movies at the Tribeca Film Festival, several trips to Pinkberry, a Magnolia cupcake, and a Saturday evening performance of South Pacific starring Paulo Szot and Laura Osnes -- all of which I highly recommend. Having done both, I'd say living in NYC is much more enjoyable than visiting it. In either case, there's nothing like a great Broadway show, and South Pacific didn't disappoint. The sets and lighting truly transported me to a slow sunset on an island much prettier than Manhattan. The performances were stellar and the vaguely familiar songs quite catchy. I bought the soundtrack the next day and have been playing it on repeat ever since. Yes, I am a sucker for the theatre. I'd like to go back every night. Do you think there are people who spend $300,000/year going to Broadway shows? If so, how might I become one of them?But the thing I noticed about New York was how stressed and hurried strangers seemed. I'm not sure if I just never noticed it before. In fact, I'm not sure I wasn't like that myself before. I actually saw a woman...
Christmas in Paris is not what I had imagined. I had dreamt of a New York Christmas, only more charming and romantic. In reality, Christmas in Paris means a few random lights scattered on trees which seem to have been dropped from passing air traffic. Here and there, I did spot a mangy Christmas tree, but in New York, we call those branches. The lack of the Christmas spirit I knew and loved left me even hungrier for some New York style, and I was thrilled that we had planned our trip back on December 18. A New York Christmas doesn't disappoint. In fact, the holidays began on our plane ride back with a A Christmas Story marathon and some classic Christmas songs.Meanwhile, everyone knows that the French are notorious for their strikes. I had learned quickly that Parisians have a love-hate relationship with strikes. It's considered a basic human right. And yet every time there is a strike, everyone complains about it - another basic human right. As a monthly occurrence, it often prompted much French discussion in our classes. I always voiced that we Americans had strikes too, but not the kind that make it impossible for people...
