New York
New York is another city that isn't quite an adventure with a date attached to it. Growing up in the quaint shoreline suburbs of the city, my mother would schlep us all into the city for my older sister’s auditions and take us to see the blatantly kid-friendly tourist sites. It was the first metropolis that I met and now stands as the default association when I hear someone mention that they were in the “city” the other day. “The city,” however, just means New York: the epitome of possibility, adventure, awe and curated desire.
