Ha ha! I completely understand needing to get out of the City. I took a year abroad in Egypt, so I got to put my high school French classes to good use. I've gotten to travel to a few places in the Dreams. Honestly, I'm a but jealous of my Dream self sometimes.
My dad took my brother and I to as many games as our mom would allow. Which were a lot fewer once we moved upstate, granted, but I still have many memories of peanuts and breaking in gloves.