Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Forbidden Fruit


The BIG apple is too tempting to resist. The fascination started at a really young age when everyone spoke about the people inhabiting the fascinating world in hushed tones. I remember reading a book called Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll and I imagined myself being a part of it.

Just being free.

It’s a lifetime dream to be part of that world where everything may be possible. People pour in to the BIG Apple to have a whirlwind romance, never mind the unseen end, or to build a career or just to live life to the fullest.

As I grew up, my fascination with the fruit never ended; on the contrary it was augmented by the number of romcoms and sitcoms my generation grew up watching. Yeah yeah….u got it right! I have to admit that I had my fair share of Sex and the City (with my dream man being Mr Big), Friends, Seinfeld, How I met Your Mother and obviously a lot Confessions of a Shopaholic kind of movies. I have stopped counting the times I have imagined myself sitting on a stool, with my (toned) legs crossed sporting a Manolo Blahniks, an Yves Saint Laurent Dress and of course how can I forget a Gucci or a Louis Vuitton bag (nothing less than that), in a bar sipping a sophisticated cocktail from my perfect pout.

Every time I hear Jay Z and Alicia Keys crooning with passion about the forbidden fruit I get goosebumps…..That reminds me…whenever I listen to their dedication I wish I could sing like her….lucky bitch. Seriously as the song says the ‘lights do inspire me’. So…I don’t want to write anymore. I am just going to end this outburst with the song. Here it is.

New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York