Urban Escape Enthusiast Gifts

'Let's get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and buy a second igloo someplace.'

"You do realize you can't take that one home."

"Could you go back to the front desk? The receptionist has some forms for you to fill out."

The inhabitants of the jungle get tied up in rush hour traffic.

Welcome To New York City...Subject to the following conditions.

"You've got those Stuck-in-the-Subway-Listening-to-a-Guy-Massacre-Dylan Blues."

"I thought they were cracking down on jaywalking."

'I solved the problem of dead zones on my cell phone with a personal satellite,'

Push for Disco...

"Yeah, it's me. I'm gonna be late for dinner."

Serenading

"I won't be in today. I've decided to live off the land."

"I'm starting my own movement—Occupy Fifty-Seventh Street."

An alleyway leads to a scenic area.

"How do you know you don't like New York if you've never even tasted it?"

New York Netherworld

"Hey, I just consider myself very fortunate to be getting paid for something I'd be doing anyway."

Stork and baby discover scarecrows

"I'll be a bit late... sorry."

'Follow that cab!'

"I'm thinking of leaving these crowded condos and going to a place that's been deserted for years...the mall."

Giant gorilla peers at female victim. She says into cellphone: "I can't talk now, he's right here."

Thumbing a Lift.

Entering Megalopolis - next Bucolic area 162 miles.

"I told you we'd be better off taking Canal."

Vacation Bus Photo

"Everybody on the bus today was played by Anthony Hopkins."

'Whoa! This was supposed to be an easy merit badge!'

Manhattan Cat atop the Flatiron Building

Things that go beep in the night.

"Well, do you want to buy this sofa or not? You've been on it for three days!"

Hoxton map.

'We're very tight on space right now but we'll have you in an office as soon as we can. Meanwhile. . .'

"If the universe is expanding, that's all the more reason to get back to the city."

'Honey, I'm home.'