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I can’t think of a place more different from NYC than Blue Mt. Lake- but I also can’t think of another place that I love equally as much. Blue Mt. Lake is a tiny town on a beautiful lake in upstate New York. There is approximately nothing to do except eat, sleep, read, hike, swim or go on a boat and someone how you never get bored. I stay at this place called The Hedges, which is a quintessential Adirondack lodge run by middle aged women. They make all of your meals for you and enjoy all of it, especially the fact that you don’t have to make any decisions at all. Breakfast is all you can eat- literally, ALL you can eat and dinner is a 4-5 course meal. After dinner there is a fire outside with a smores station ready to go. After you are more than satiated, you sit on the dock with a glass of wine and you are not allowed to leave until you see three shooting stars. I think I sat there until I counted ten while a girl played the yulk and sang tunes. The Hedges is the happiest place I can think of. You forget about money. You forget about possessions and problems. Your cell phone doesn’t work and so you forget all about anything that isn’t right in front of you. All you need is that moment and that is such a hard thing to obtain in the city. City life is about the past, the present and the future all at the same time. Sometimes I get anxiety about things that happened so long ago I am not quite sure why they still bother me. I always worry about the present and the future.  But for three days I escaped to my little magical land at the Hedges where nothing whatsoever matters…and it was absolutely fabulous.