Sofia: I cannot help you out on the food and drink, other than to suggest an organic garden in the back yard. As per the lots of walking, let the gas prices keep rising, and you are going to get your wish. The sunshine, or lack there of in New York, ever thought of relocating to the desert southwest of these United States? Hundreds of thousands of people have. We have about 360 days of sunshine per year. Granted, it gets a little warm from May to late October. In 35 years I have never had to shovel the "partly cloudy" off of the sidewalk. From now until late October I will use about 25 gallons of Gatorade, and ten bottles of SPF45. When you visit this area you will realize why the Spaniards gravitated to this area and North Central Mexico, as there are many simularities.