Days 293-294 – Another Indian summer in NYC

Have I mentioned how much I love autumn? Well, I absolutely LOVE it! And how lucky am I to be in almost perpetual Indian summer for the past two and a half months! Saint-Petersburg, South Africa (well, technically, it was spring over there, but it felt like autumn anyway), New York once before Mexico, and now again after Mexico!

It is simply wonderful to just walk around the city breathing in this slightly damp, slightly brisk and slightly smoky air and look around… Walk, walk, walk… with or without any purpose…

The highlight of my short visit this time was "The Bitchin' Brunch". Girls only, of course. Discussing relationships, naturally. Contrary to our selected brunch "theme" we were not bitchy, but rather sentimental, reminiscing about ex-boyfriends, sharing romantic stories from the past. It is very curious that many shared stories provoked the "exactly the same thing happened to me" reaction in each of us. As every triviality, it is so true that when you are younger you perceive every experience and every feeling as one of a kind, and as you become older (and hopefully wiser) you realize that there is only a certain number of romantic scenarios in life, and the only thing that makes your story unique is you…

And, of course, a controversial subject was discussed as well (however, mostly rhetorically): how can monogamy fit into our modern life if, when the concept was introduced, life expectancy was about 30 years. Something to ponder, for sure…