Comments on: All in a Name http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/ Writer. Home Cook Extraordinaire. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Sober In the City http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-995 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:38:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-995 You capture your 'love of New York' vs. the 'love of a man' well. I recently had to choose between my love of NYC and my job. I thought all the same things. How could any place compare to NYC? Congratulations on your deal. You give hope to those of us who have only recently returned to writing. You capture your ‘love of New York’ vs. the ‘love of a man’ well. I recently had to choose between my love of NYC and my job. I thought all the same things. How could any place compare to NYC?

Congratulations on your deal. You give hope to those of us who have only recently returned to writing.

]]> by: susie http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-994 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-994 Birmingham's my hometown. I love it and think it a friendly, pretty city with decent nightlife. I'd pick it over Duluth or even Atlanta any day. For now I chose to live in Chicago because I want to experience some variety, but Birmingham's never off my list. I'm jealous of your nightlife, belle. You induced a look of wonderment and envy from me. I think some of that comes from the wealth that's necessary to have that kind of lifestyle in NYC. It seems like a wholly different world to me. Birmingham’s my hometown. I love it and think it a friendly, pretty city with decent nightlife. I’d pick it over Duluth or even Atlanta any day. For now I chose to live in Chicago because I want to experience some variety, but Birmingham’s never off my list.

I’m jealous of your nightlife, belle. You induced a look of wonderment and envy from me. I think some of that comes from the wealth that’s necessary to have that kind of lifestyle in NYC. It seems like a wholly different world to me.

]]> by: Coy Carson http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-993 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 01:06:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-993 I've had many a relative, or friend contemplate this very thing, Joyce wrote in "Dubliners" - "...I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad." As a Belle in the Big Apple, I think NYC constitutes "abroad." I’ve had many a relative, or friend contemplate this very thing, Joyce wrote in “Dubliners” - “…I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.” As a Belle in the Big Apple, I think NYC constitutes “abroad.”

]]> by: Bama Girl http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-992 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-992 Don't go back to Alabama, you will be so bored! Don’t go back to Alabama, you will be so bored!

]]> by: Grammaticus http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-991 Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:32:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-991 Writing from my exile in a city on the <EM>flumen rubrum</EM>, I think of how the most cultured of the ancient Greek city states were a fraction of the size of this burg. Lethargy and Distraction, opposite twins working to the same purpose, haunt the corners of all towns. Writing from my exile in a city on the flumen rubrum, I think of how the most cultured of the ancient Greek city states were a fraction of the size of this burg. Lethargy and Distraction, opposite twins working to the same purpose, haunt the corners of all towns.

]]> by: bagoo2 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-990 Sun, 13 Nov 2005 05:12:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-990 This post has been removed by the author. This post has been removed by the author.

]]> by: single girl http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-989 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-989 well, Belle, best of luck to you. I think you know you have to make a decision based on your heart and not anyone else's dream for you. I think World Traveller is right - you already know what you have to do. You can't falter now - your path is already laid before your feet. We will wait with baited breath to see what you decide... :) well, Belle, best of luck to you. I think you know you have to make a decision based on your heart and not anyone else’s dream for you. I think World Traveller is right - you already know what you have to do. You can’t falter now - your path is already laid before your feet. We will wait with baited breath to see what you decide… :)

]]> by: Claire Joy http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-988 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-988 Oh so true. I came in 1995 from Jacksonville, FL… have thought of returning many times for all the same reasons. Yet I stay. This city is addicting and it's the "city you love to hate" but it becomes home more quickly than a New York minute. Hang in there… Oh so true. I came in 1995 from Jacksonville, FL… have thought of returning many times for all the same reasons. Yet I stay. This city is addicting and it’s the “city you love to hate” but it becomes home more quickly than a New York minute. Hang in there…

]]> by: Jenn http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-987 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:47:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-987 You could always come back if you don't like it there. Wherever there is. There's love and there's <I>love</I>. You could always come back if you don’t like it there. Wherever there is.

There’s love and there’s love.

]]> by: Berlinbound http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-986 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:28:00 +0000 http://www.brookeparkhurst.com/2005/11/11/all-in-a-name/#comment-986 Dear Belle ... As someone who is leaving NYC in just six days for life in another country, aftr living in Manhattan most of my life, your post rings deeply true ... I've eaten many meals in Da Silvano, just a short walk from my apartment ... Good luck in your choice ... I'll be checking back. Dear Belle … As someone who is leaving NYC in just six days for life in another country, aftr living in Manhattan most of my life, your post rings deeply true … I’ve eaten many meals in Da Silvano, just a short walk from my apartment … Good luck in your choice … I’ll be checking back.

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