{"id":55,"date":"2008-06-24T20:22:50","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T03:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2009-08-09T17:39:32","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T00:39:32","slug":"i-like-new-york-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"I Like New York In June!"},"content":{"rendered":"

How about you?<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

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No offense to the cast of Babes on Broadway<\/a>, but well, quite frankly, I’d have to go with. . .no<\/em>. \u00a0A very emphatic no<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You see, New York in June looks something like this:<\/p>\n

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or this:<\/p>\n

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Don’t let the gloominess fool you. \u00a0It’s hot. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Warning<\/span>: \u00a0I’m about to complain. \u00a0A lot. \u00a0I was raised to believe that to kvetch is human, and to kvetch well is an art. \u00a0But don’t worry. \u00a0I’m going to make an honest effort to put a positive spin on this whole very wet, very sticky situation. \u00a0Those of you who know me are thinking that being positive might make my head explode. \u00a0You’re right. \u00a0It could. \u00a0But just for all of you, I’m going to do my best to stay on the sunny side.<\/p>\n

Ready? \u00a0O.k.<\/p>\n

Complaint # 1<\/strong><\/em>: \u00a0It’s hot, and when I’m outside it feels like I’ve been thrown into a working dryer.<\/p>\n

Positive Spin #1<\/strong><\/em>: \u00a0Hey, I don’t have to iron! \u00a0I can just pin a dryer sheet to my clothes and be done with it. Plus, the dryer sheet will guard against static cling, thus preventing me from sticking to sweaty, wet New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

Complaint #2<\/strong><\/em>: \u00a0Walking the dog in this weather really sucks.<\/p>\n

Positive Spin #2<\/em><\/strong>: \u00a0I don’t have to feel guilty for not walking him more, and the rain gives him something interesting to look at:<\/p>\n

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Besides, he looks absolutely adorable in his raincoat:<\/p>\n

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Complaint #3<\/strong><\/em>: \u00a0My hair is a frizzy mess. \u00a0(And there we have the understatement of the year.)<\/p>\n

Positive Spin #3<\/em><\/strong>: \u00a0I don’t have to worry about doing anything special with my hair. \u00a0No matter what I do it’ll end up looking like a warped piece of modern art anyway. \u00a0So I can just tie it in a knot and forget about it.<\/p>\n

Complaint #4<\/strong><\/em>: \u00a0All the storm watch stuff on the news is driving me up the wall.<\/p>\n

Positive Spin #4<\/strong><\/em>: \u00a0I’m learning all about meteorology! \u00a0Well, that’s not totally positive, since I’m still confused about the difference between scattered and isolated thunder storms. \u00a0(Hey, I tried.)<\/p>\n

You might be wondering if all that positive talk has made me rethink my take on New York in June. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, no, I’m sorry to report that it hasn’t. \u00a0Now that I’ve been all bright and cheery on this oh so dreary day, it’s time for me to take some Aspirin and go back to my old ways. \u00a0<\/p>\n

I’ll leave you with this thought: New York in July and August will probably be even worse than this. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Wait. \u00a0Scratch that. \u00a0It would be very mean to leave you with that thought. \u00a0So instead, I’ll leave you with a video of Judy Garland singing the song I just so mercilessly mocked.<\/p>\n

[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cszx_AZhbEU[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

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How about you? \u00a0 No offense to the cast of Babes on Broadway, but well, quite frankly, I’d have to go with. . .no. \u00a0A very emphatic no. You see, New York in June looks something like this: or this: \u00a0 Don’t let the gloominess fool you. \u00a0It’s hot. \u00a0 Warning: \u00a0I’m about to complain. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,40,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mel-in-manhattan","category-mels-favorite-posts","category-new-york-living"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melinakantor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}