...until I paid my weekly trip to the Forest Hills blogs and found this item:
http://foresthills72.blogspot.com/2007/11/actress-and-critic.html
Nothing like seeing yourself in a blog to make you feel all internet-famous for a few minutes. ;)
You know, I'd already made the decision to move to FoHilz when I found out about the Parkside Players. With its mall stores, mom-and-pop shops, community theater and easy access to Manhattan, this town's the perfect blend of city and suburban life. If I find out that there are tricky tray auctions, holiday bazaars and local Girl Scouts selling cookies outside of supermarkets, I'll truly freak out.
Sure, I miss some things from Kips Bay: the big local movie theater, the pizzeria down the street, the 24-hour bodega two doors down, the ability to walk around in Manhattan and then walk home ... But it's kinda nice to wake up and look into a backyard. I like going to the local Polish restaurant on a Saturday night and find it filled with regulars. Now that we're out of the young, white, affluent, post-collegiate ghetto that we were living in, I can relish the fact that I'm not the oldest person I see, or the one with the least hip wardrobe.
Manhattan can be awesome, but it can also wear away at your self-esteem, no matter how immune you think you are to that kind of superficial BS.
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