My Paradise
In thinking about my paradise I feel a little bit conflicted. It’s hard to say what my perfect place of beauty would be considering how little I have experienced and explored. I was born in the Dominican Republic and was surrounded by beaches so obviously to live by the beach in a beach house would be ideal for me. However, I love to try new things and am very adventurous. So for me, paradise is not one specific place; it’s a lifestyle. And the search for that lifestyle is what led me back to school after an eight year absence. The lifestyle I dream of is to be financially set, to live well and to be able to satisfy my every whim; do whatever I want, whenever I want.
I would like to start by buying a big house in Alpine, New Jersey. This is the perfect location because I want to be close to Manhattan and Long Island just has too much traffic. I want the property to be at least five acres. The house itself would be of modern architecture and the most important thing would be a big kitchen. I love food and I love to cook for my wife and friends. The kitchen would include an island so I can have plenty of space, two stoves so I can cook for a lot of people at once, a bar with seating for at least ten and the most important thing is an old fashioned, brick pizza oven. The house would have five bedrooms and a game room. The game room would have all video game systems to be played on each of their own fifty inch, HD plasma television sets. It would also include a pool table, table tennis and an air hockey table. There would be a section for classic arcade games like Pacman, Asteroid, Pole Position and more. I would also have an in-ground swimming pool with a diving board and my backyard would be the size of a football field for my two dogs (they’re Shiba Inus) to run around and play and get plenty of exercise. I would also like a gym and most importantly, an indoor, hardwood floor basketball court as well as an outdoor court.
Aside from spending time in my mansion I would like to travel the world. Since I love food so much naturally I would go to all of the food and wine festivals around the world and experience the top chefs’ dishes. I would love to go to France as it is known to have the best cuisine in the world; and make my way all around Europe. I would love to experience all the culture, history and art that Europe has to offer; I would visit Rome and Greece.
To quench my thirst for adventure I would go scuba diving in places like Hawaii, Australia and the Caribbean. I would like to climb Mount Everest (but not to the top, I’m not crazy). I would like to learn all of the extreme sports like snowboarding and downhill biking and more. Down time would be spent at a beach house with my wife, just taking in the sun.
Even though it sounds like a hectic way of living my paradise would be having new fun and exciting adventures with my wife everyday. It’s spontaneity that excites me!