【正文】 A short while Later, I had a thought. Taxi! Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to Let go of who you were...to bee who you will be. 507 The Big Journey One night, four ladies in the east met at Compass to discuss going west. I have to go to San Francisco on a book tour. You wouldn39。t go to the Upper West Side. Suddenly, you39。re going to San Francisco? They39。re making me. Apparently, I39。m very big in San Francisco. You mean, Big is in San Francisco. Okay, yes, perhaps I39。ll see Big. Guys, I need to have sex. It39。s been too long. Lately, I39。ve been having these dreams where I run. I run up to plete strangers...and just start kissing them. No need to go across the country for sex. Go across the restaurant. Those guys have been checking us out ever since they sat down. Cute. Boring, boring and boring. Like these scallops. I love the food here. Same old, same old. Same old? it just opened last week. Scallops are scallops, and bachelors are bachelors. Sounds to me like you might be experiencing...a 39。39。been there, done them39。39。 existential crisis. It39。s not me, it39。s New York. Nothing is ever really new. in fact, they should change the name to 39。39。Same York.39。39。 You39。re nuts. These scallops are fantastic, and those guys are cute. You should go say hi. May I? No, I don39。t want to say hi. I want to say: 39。39。Could one of you lie on top of me for a while?39。39。 I need to feel the weight of a man on me. At times like this, I wish women could go to male prostitutes. Women do. No, only in bad screenplays and first novels. That is an incredible investment idea. We should open a brothel where the men are cute...and the sheets are 500count Egyptian cotton. Samantha, you can be the madam. At least it39。s something new. We could put one in every neighborhood, like Starbucks. Starfucks. Such a place doesn39。t exist in reality... because women don39。t think about sex like that. It39。s not an animal urge. We need to feel things. We need a connection. isn39。t that right, Carrie? No, Big is my male prostitute. I am mixing business with much needed pleasure. And my relief is just a train ride away. A train? Why don39。t you just fly? No, flying makes me nervous. I get uneasy seeing the National Guard go through my makeup case. Besides, it39。ll be fun. Especially if Samantha goes with me. Please, e on, it39。ll be hilarious. Two gals on a train. Very Some like It Hot. And the whole trip ends with a luxury suite...in a fabulous fourstar San Francisco hotel. Why didn39。t you invite me? Because Samantha is the only one who39。s bored enough to do it. So what time do we leave 39。39。Same York39。39。? I39。m gonna get laid. More and more Single women of a certain age...are Looking for a certain thing. And that certain thing does not necessarily involves a certain ring. We may have traded the little black book for a little black dress... and replaced the Ferrari with a Fend. But in view of certain evidence, I had to wonder: Are we the new bachelors? What did Big say when you told him? I haven39。t yet. I39。m gonna wait till I get there. You know, 39。39。Hello, guess where I am.39。39。 Very casual, very....That39。s one approach. I would have called and said: 39。39。I39。m ing, and I won39。t be the only one.39。39。 I think I39。m getting a pimple. Can you see anything? Right here, above my freckle. All clear. Good, the last thing I need is a big, honking zit...when I meet my prostitute. This may be just what I needed, if I can stand the train for three days. Think of it as an adventure. 39。39。It39。s not the destination, it39。s the journey.39。39。 A journey in adjoining, firstclass...deluxe sleeper berths. Truth be told, I39。ve always wanted to take a train. It39。s so sexy. You never know who39。s going to be getting on and getting me off. ALL aboard. Hello, sir. We were supposed to have the deluxe, firstclass sleeper. This is the firstclass sleeper. And I suppose the regular class sleeps in what? A tuna can? Right here, you have your door to the restroom. Wait. You shower over the toilet? I39。m starting to understand why there was a murder on the Orient Express. And in a far less crowded space....Delivery from Bloom amp。 Golden blatt. I thought they39。d send a messenger. Do you know what we39。d charge you for a messenger to make a 1 2block drop? So, a partner personally delivers my divorce papers? Sure, why not? I needed the walk. Okay. I was just gonna go work out, but e in. It39。s hot. Excuse me? Outside. I39。m schvitzing like a pudding at a piic. This is the pagoda we39。ve been fighting over. It39。s impressive. I can see why you39。d never want to give it up. Actually, I39。m thinking about selling. After what we went through to get it? It39。s too big for one person. I39。m putting the word out. If anyone knows a great apartment I got a buddy who has a place. It may be a little too bachelor for your taste. I can change that. You should39。ve seen this place earlier. It was where plaid furniture came to die. I could set it up so you can get a first look. Okay. Done. So let39。s get you divorced. Sit, and sign. Do you have a handkerchief or something? You39。re still sweating. Sorry. This never happens. Thanks. That39。s it? That39。s it. You are no longer Mrs. Trey MacDougal. How do you like that? I like it. You have some tissue stuck to you. I39。m a fucking mess today. Somewhere outside of Pittsburgh...Samantha and I decided to get out of our twin cans...and go for a Classic train dinner in the club car. This is it? I thought there39。d be white linen tablecloths and Bing Crosby singing at a plano. Excuse me, table for two, please. Just sit anywhere that39。s open. Sorry, the train zigged. Okay. Excuse me. Sorry. Really? Hello. Thank you. I39。m eating with the Amish? Are you aware, every time we stop, goodlooking people get off...and more ugly people get on? I39。m serious, thi