RSSGetting Away for Labor Day
As I sit here at my desk searching images of Greece, Cozumel, and Belize, I, probably in dire need of some serious eye candy, or, perhaps living vicariously through the smiley, dancing people in the pictures, realize that just around the corner is (thank God!) Labor Day weekend. Though the celebrated weekend may not allow quite enough time for a holiday in Crete, it may be the perfect opportunity to book a last minute flight to somewhere closer (and cheaper).
There are many options and difficult decisions to be made. Do I want to be in a city where there is endless nightlife and restaurants on every block? There is, of course, San Francisco. The Bay area is lovely during the end of summer: the air is soft and breezy, trolley cars are coasting up and down the steep hills, people are sitting outside of cafes where they sip espressos and read Kerouac and Kesey.
Or perhaps I should visit New York City. It is, after all, the best city in the world: a tiny island barely a mile wide with almost two million people rushing about. There’s Central Park, where the leaves will just be starting to change from light green to vibrant oranges; Little Italy, where dozens of quaint Italian eateries sit side by side, enjoying each other’s company; the Village, where NYU students are saddling up for school and yummy mummies are shopping the streets for autumn’s most stylish boot; the Lower East Side, the most fashionable place to be for young hipsters peddling their art and posing with fedoras and pompadours. New York City is certainly the most versatile of cities to visit.
But maybe I don’t want to be in a city at all. I do live in a city where there’s always gridlock and bustling nightlife. Maybe what I really need is some place like Carmel or Monterey on the Pacific coastline: stay at a bed and breakfast, catch up on my reading, hike the mountainous trails along the ocean, go into town for an intimate dinner by candlelight, listening only to the soft quietness of the evening. Sigh. Just thinking about it inspires me to book a flight.
But where can I book a flight (and lodging) that doesn’t charge an exorbitant amount of money on such a last minute basis? At Travelocity.com
So as I sit at my desk pouring over pictures of islands far, far away, I realize that with savings like these, perhaps an island in Greece or the tip of Mexico isn’t as far away as it seemed, and a much more plausible idea for the holiday after all…
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