I had a quick 24 hr trip (or even less!) in NYC and it was great. Ithaca is cute but isolating. That's why I have no interest in a country farm. The sweat, the grunt work, the dirt is all good, but being in the middle of nowhere is so lonely. Of course one can be in a city and feel perfectly alone, and some people feel more together by themselves in the country, but I prefer to at least have people nearby as an option.

Mostly, we walked a lot. We walked to the Brooklyn Bridge and across, we walked to Blossom Cafe, we went to a party in Williamsburg. It was a nice break from the grey of Ithaca.