Showing posts with label good life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good life. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2011

Behind the Velvet Ropes

Times Square

"That was one of the things she hated about New York, how you were supposed to be cool and take for granted the awe-inspiring people and events you'd fantasized about back home in Altoona or Amherst, By the time you were behind the velvet ropes or sitting at the front booth, you were probably too jaded to admit how lucky you felt or to enjoy it the way you once imagined you would have."
Jay McInerney, The Good Life

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Chaotic Grandeur

Empire State Building and West Village

"In the long run, the spectacle and chaotic grandeur of the city, like the sun, were too overwhelming to view with the naked eyes of wonder."
Jay McInerney, The Good Life