When you are aspiring in the city that never sleeps, time goes by even faster than you could ever imagine. Summer is coming to an end and it will soon be time for stylish boots, scarves, and long sweaters over leggings. Lately, I have spent my time taking in every last ray of sunshine on Central Park’s green. Yesterday was such a beautiful day that by late afternoon I could stay in my apartment no longer and ventured to Central Park to read magazines and drink an iced coffee in the glorious weather. I even skipped the subway and walked the 20 blocks to my destination.
I could not have made a better decision. The late afternoon sun was warm and welcoming not at all overbearing like it might have been at noon. I sat there on a beach towel drinking a Starbucks and reading Ladies Home Journal felling like a true New York socialite. I then decided that I needed to capture this wonderful moment for posterity. Finding myself in the best of both worlds surrounded by trees and grass with beautiful buildings in the distance, I took out my camera and began snapping pictures of myself on the lawn. A self-absorbed move? Maybe. But, I couldn’t be happier with how the pictures came out. I guess even socialites can enjoy the simple pleasures of alone time. What do you do to get away without ever leaving home?
A serious socialite
A lovely day in New York
As you probably already knew, I ventured off to Maine this past week to live the Socialite Simple Life in the lakeside woods of Lake Pemaquid Campground. I am pleased to announce that I have returned to civilization completely relaxed and three shades darker. My Maine tan is a result of an elite combination of tubing and tanning on the lake everyday, two activities that I highly recommend. The Hamptons may be “The Scene,” but Maine is “Scenic.” Like any great Manhattan socialite, I focused less on the typical simple life activities such as cooking over an open fire and spent the majority of the week floating around a surprisingly warm lake surrounded by trees, wildlife, and sunshine.
Every socialite needs to get away once in a while to a place where a New York minute is a mere millisecond. Being a socialite is a full time job that is never to be taken lightly often resulting in stress and the loss of sanity. Therefore, I have ventured far away from New York city to my favorite childhood vacation destination, Lake Pemaquid in Damariscotta, ME. The trip began on a rainy evening in New York City where I waited in a horrible rainstorm for a bus to Boston that was an hour late. As I waiting freezing in the rain only to sit for four hours an on overly air conditioned bus, I thought the trip be a disaster. But, everything became brighter the next morning in the warm New England sun as my dad and I drove up to Maine with the sailboat in tow. So here I am at one of the most scenic lakes in Maine enjoying what we all like to call “The Simple Life”
