Hitting the breaks

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Go on vacation!

With Independence Day two days away, and the summer season hitting full swing, workers can be forgiven for turning their thoughts toward temporary freedom from the daily grind.

Some will hit the beach this summer, others will fly to Europe. Some will even “staycate” at home. Whatever the plan, their world will be free of petty demands, sales quotas and other workaday obligations.

Since we’ve got vacation on the brain ourselves, we rounded up some prominent New Yorkers to find out what’s on their agenda this summer, and whether they’ll be bringing work along with them.

Sabrina Soto, designer and author

Where are you headed to this summer?

I’ve been traveling so much for work that I’ve decided to go on a vacation with my mother. So we’re going to the Amalfi Coast [in Italy] in August. I’m such a planner — I get books, I plan out an itinerary. But honestly, I plan on doing nothing. For once in my life, I plan on flying by the seat of my pants and getting there and figuring it out.

So you’re a sightseer?

I really love just relaxing. Obviously, when you go to Paris, you go to the Louvre, but I wouldn’t say that’s my favorite part of going on vacation. My favorite part is going off the beaten path. Going to small mom-and-pop places rather than doing the touristy things.

What’s your dream summer vacation?

Having a ton of friends and family around and doing something tropical. See crystal blue waters — pure relaxation. That’s all I care about — food and company.

Every time I have a few days off I’ll try to head down to Mexico just to get away. I love to fly to Riviera Maya. It’s a three-hour flight and you are in a tropical, beautiful resort. It’s gorgeous.

Ed Schultz, host of “The Ed Show” on MSNBC

What are your summer vacation plans?

I go to a fishing lodge up at Long Lake in Manitoba. I fly my airplane around the lake a lot. I cook. I fish. I relax. I read. I play on my tractor.

What do you catch up there?

Walleye and northern pike. We get enough for dinner, but it’s basically a catch-and-release operation.

Is this a summer tradition?

This is our third summer. I own the lodge.

What’s your dream summer vacation?

To go to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia and fish for trout and salmon. It’s the first land mass you run into if you leave Alaska and it’s really an outdoor paradise. I’ve done a lot of reading about it. The trout fishing is just the best in the world.

Does your work come with you?

In our business, it’s easy to go on vacation, because as soon as you’re on vacation, you have no deadlines. Our whole biological clock in this business is based on deadlines. We are creatures of habit in this business and we are slave to the deadline, so when you go on vacation, just about anything makes you happy.