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“Drinks are cold, New York’s hot, the weather’s warm and the days are long,” said Lucy Paynter, 25, a bartender and singer who was taking in a movie, and some pinot grigio, while stretched out on Bryant Park’s lawn. “I never wanted to be around people that plotted life out… in my life, at least, I never felt like anything began or officially ended.. People just want to eat better, get paid for their labor and have a home. The summer is terrible sometimes as the heat mentally bogs down the loneliness. It’s a thing in the summer. I think people are generally more irresponsible. That’s why you have summer flings. And that’s why you drink. It’s a hedonistic season.”