hated<\/em> New York. Everything about it was a hassle. (And still is.) But then I told myself that I’m a lucky girl to be able to spend so much time here, a place that millions of people dream of getting to even once in their lives! And I’m so glad that I decided then and there to be grateful and always enjoy the ride.<\/p>\nAnd I’ve stuck by that. Even though I loathe deciding travel dates and making flight reservations more than anything else in the world, and I also hate leaving Los Angeles at any time because I have so much to do there, I know that I’ll be extremely sad to not spend three different months a year in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n
More than missing my pals, the food, and the many social activities the great city has to offer, I’ll miss my house in Brooklyn. I don’t know any other adult (I just changed that last word from \u201cgrown-up\u201d because I am definitely not that!,) who has lived at least partially in the house they grew up in for their whole lives. No wonder I abhor change and growing-up!<\/p>\n
I never even moved my belongings out to California when I decided to stay there! So, I’m now cleaning-out memories dating as far back as my birth. Literally. I could truly open a Karen Salkin Museum. But, I’m so bad with money, the admission fee would be what I<\/em> pay you<\/em>!<\/p>\nOkay, I think I’m getting off track here. But me cleaning out my house should really be a reality show, though I don’t know how much I’m really willing to share. (For instance, Mr. X and I once found a list there, a very short list, I might add, of the guys I had had sex with, and how many times each. Next to the name of my first teen-age boyfriend, I had written something like \u201ca million\u201d–I told you I’m bad with numbers–and it went down to \u201ca half.\u201d We still haven’t figured exactly what that means, and I don’t think I really want to know.)<\/p>\n
Of course, I won’t be doing any of it alone. It takes a village… So, I really want to thank, in advance, the pals who will be staying with me at the house, and working hard: Peter, Diane, Ronald, Sheila, Richard, Jeff, Ethan, John, Lauren, Taylor, Scott, Marcia, Jill, Cliff, Manny, Scott, Helen, Laurel, Lou, and Noelle. It won’t quite rival the time had in the Jersey Shore<\/em> abodes, but we’re not there for fun, per se. And at least we’ll be doing this all before we turn into the Golden Girls<\/em>! (And Guys<\/em>.)<\/p>\nOkay, off-track again. I really just want to let you know where I am, and to let you know to look-out for all the upcoming columns about the East Coast fun I’m having. If there’s anything in particularly you want me to check-out, please let me know. You can do it as a Comment below, and just tell me if you don’t want it published.<\/p>\n
And if you’re headed this way, and I know you but didn’t get around to telling you of my whereabouts personally, please let me know so we can be powerful jet-setters together! You won’t even have to help with the house!<\/p>\n
[Note: you can always check me out on Twitter, @KarenSalkin, for the up-to-the-minute scoops on my trip.] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’M IN NEW YORK FOR THE NEXT MONTH I’m happy to be in New York again, but this trip is bittersweet. This will be the end of my bi-coastal way of life, that I’ve had since I was a teen-ager. In my late teens, I went to L.A., which was just supposed to be<\/p>\n
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<\/a>So, when I decided to stay in L.A., that was it. But I was a kid, and my family and friends were still in New York. So, I went back and forth forever after, with a brief stint in Rhode Island, as well. There has never been a year since that I haven’t been back and forth between the coasts. And that’s the way I like it.<\/p>\n