Hammocks

Is there anything better than a hammock? That kind of weightless feeling as you lay suspended between two trees or poles or even if you forego a traditional bed in your Manhattan apartment and have a hammock as your full-time sleeping means. That would be a pretty aggressive move in my book. But the type of hammock usage I am thinking of it the kind that involves the outdoors. Something that mixes it up with the elements. The best hammock I have ever used was in a house that was the sole structure on an island. It was right by the window of a room, and the floor-to-ceiling window opened like a door out onto the Atlantic Ocean. It was unreal. Although the sun glinting off the water meant it could get pretty heated at times, there was nothing better than hopping in the hammock and having the breeze cool you off and lull you to sleep.

I guess the weather has to cooperate to enjoy the hammock the way I want. And it would help if one were wealthy enough to own an island with a large house to protect said hammock. But I think I would take a hammock even if it was raining. Something about a nice cooling mist seems to work well with hammocks -- not sure if I could do with a full downpour or gale force winds. But a hammock under a thatched roof? Blue Lagoon style? That Brooke Shields sure knew what she was doing.