I sincerely hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend. Most New Yorkers, judging from the status updates of my Facebook friends, went to the Hamptons. What better way to commemoriate the bravery of our fallen U.S. soldiers, who have so valiantly risked their lives for our freedom, than by heading out to an overpriced beach house that you share with twenty-five investment bankers and other potential date rapists in a town where a bottle of ketchup costs $11.99?
I don't understand why anybody goes out there unless they are, say, Jerry Seinfeld and can afford a twenty-five room beachfront house. And twice as much as $11.99 for a bottle of ketchup.
For the record, I've never purchased ketchup in the Hamptons and I have no idea how much a bottle costs out there. I just know it's a lot.
But my point is that summer is supposed to be about relaxing and taking it easy. Why would you go to the Hamptons, which is like Times Square with sand, unless you're so insecure you need to tell yourself that you matter? It's the same reason why people who sit in cubicles five days a week have Facebook profile pictures of themselves on red carpets at premieres and charity events that nobody's ever heard of.
Luckily for me, I never get invited anywhere.
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This week marks the end of our Summer in New York series, and it's a real winner. You can stream the show here and on SelfAbsorbed.me, and subscribe in iTunes. You can also become a fan of the podcast on Facebook.
As always, please help to spread the word. Many of you have been doing that, as I see friends of friends becoming fans of the show, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. Also, we have literally hundreds and hundreds of subscribers now. Seriously. I'm not making that up just to seem more important than I am. Believe me, I know how unimportant I am.
But I'm just so happy that people are listening to and enjoying the podcast.
And now if you'll excuse me, I'm late for the Friends of Carpal Tunnel Relief Association Charity Benefit.
I don't understand why anybody goes out there unless they are, say, Jerry Seinfeld and can afford a twenty-five room beachfront house. And twice as much as $11.99 for a bottle of ketchup.
For the record, I've never purchased ketchup in the Hamptons and I have no idea how much a bottle costs out there. I just know it's a lot.
But my point is that summer is supposed to be about relaxing and taking it easy. Why would you go to the Hamptons, which is like Times Square with sand, unless you're so insecure you need to tell yourself that you matter? It's the same reason why people who sit in cubicles five days a week have Facebook profile pictures of themselves on red carpets at premieres and charity events that nobody's ever heard of.
Luckily for me, I never get invited anywhere.
***********
This week marks the end of our Summer in New York series, and it's a real winner. You can stream the show here and on SelfAbsorbed.me, and subscribe in iTunes. You can also become a fan of the podcast on Facebook.
As always, please help to spread the word. Many of you have been doing that, as I see friends of friends becoming fans of the show, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. Also, we have literally hundreds and hundreds of subscribers now. Seriously. I'm not making that up just to seem more important than I am. Believe me, I know how unimportant I am.
But I'm just so happy that people are listening to and enjoying the podcast.
And now if you'll excuse me, I'm late for the Friends of Carpal Tunnel Relief Association Charity Benefit.
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