Hey all,
Finals are done, my summer classes are about to begin, and my senior year is on the horizon. My boyfriend, who met me in December during a year off from school, is going back to his college in Oregon in August. During finals week, I had an epiphany: We can’t waste this summer of beautiful denial. If everything works out, we’ll be long-distance for two years until he comes back to the city. This summer is our time to bond and to be silly and to celebrate our love before he leaves.
Summer Lovin’ 😉
The quest: To do as many free/cheap, awesome things as we can. (like a lil scavenger hunt of activities… which I will record in this blog)
The obstacles: My summer classes in June and two-week Germany trip in July.
The plus: THIS IS NYC, BABY! Summer here may be hot and a bit horrible, but there are sooo many free things.
Without further ado, here’s my preliminary list of fun times that shall be had:
1. Eat pizza in all five boroughs (Pizza is his favorite food). Before you ask, yes, I considered not counting Staten Island, but we’re trying to be legit here. Technically, it’s a borough.
2. He hasn’t heard this one yet but it’s on the list now so HA: Go to a vegetarian/vegan restaurant in each borough. It’s a way for him to get over my eating habits and maybe find something he likes…? He thinks fake meat is blasphemy ^.^
3. Watch Shakespeare in the Park: “The Comedy of Errors (May 28–June 30) will be directed by Daniel Sullivan; Love’s Labour’s Lost (July 23–August 18)”… I’ve never been!!
4. The Celebrate Brooklyn! concert series. (June-August…. details to be announced)
5. Go see some of SummerStage (June 4-August 29 concert series in multiple NYC parks)
6. Museum Mile Festival I love going to the museums, so why not hang out outside and appreciate them? (June 11. I have school until 2:05 but this should be doable)
7. The Gay Pride Parade (June 30) Not sure if he wants to go but I really, really do.
8. Broadway in Bryant Park OMG SO AWESOME. ALSO NEVER BEEN. (July 11-August 15.. more details to come)
9. Lincoln Center Out of Doors Maybe. We’ll see. (July 24- August 11)
10. Harlem Week I live here so this shouldn’t be hard to get to at all. And I bet it’s entertaining. (July 27-August 24)
11. SummerStreets (car free streets to do whatever on! August 3, 10, 17)
12. Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival on Meadow Lake in Flushing, Queens (August 10-11)
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13. Watch free outdoor summer movies all throughout the city (June 17- August 29). At least one per week. Check out the list here.
14. Listen to Make Music New York all throughout the land (June 21)
15. OMG THE MERMAID PARADE (June 22. Coney Island.)
16. Do something at the River to River Festival. Just wanna check it out. (June 15-July 14)
17. Have a good Tuesday at the Hudson Square Music and Wine Festival (Tue Jun 4 – Tue Aug 27)
18. Check out CreativeTime’s Annual Sandcastle Competition at Rockaway Beach (early August)
19. Splash around on City of Water Day. Apparently watergoing vessels will be supplied. (July 20)
20. Follow New York Classical Theatre’s roving performance when we want a break from waiting in horrible lines and things. You just follow the performers around! (May 28-July 28)
21. Free dance lessons and dancing at the Hudson River Park’s MoonDance (Sun July 14-Sun August 11)
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22. Keep an ear out for songs to add to our Spotify playlist. Yes, we have a playlist of our songs. Yes, we are corny. <3
Sounds manageable! 22 is a good number. I’ll stop here because I looked through a lot of lists to get to this point, and it’s also probably time to sleep. I’ll run this by him and edit the list accordingly 😀
Hope everyone’s having a great start to their summer!
Love,
Julia
