Christmas in NY
Rockefeller Center , 2025 . Tricycle Santa, midtown 2025. E. Houston and 1st. Saks, December 2025.
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Every Day A Chore
July 12, 2021 9:05 AM Sigh. The anniversary dinner ended up being a 3 cocktail adventure for me. I had intended to have a rye Manhattan, and leave it at that. We had a lovely table outside at Daniel's in Leschi. The sun was gentle, the wind light, the sky clear, and the views infinite. The mountain was out. It was a perfect summer evening in Seattle. I had made reservations some time ago, and requested an outdoor spot, willing to risk the vicissitudes of Seattle weather, hoping that we would be lucky. I did not buy an anniversary gift, nor an anniversary card, although I did bring a card, a blank I had purchased at Safeway with an artist's wire rendering of the NY skyline . We exchanged cards. For some reason, the Happy Anniversary card I received from Jenny turned my stomach. I have always hated cards with canned emotion drafted by someone or now likely drafted by algorithm, and punctuated with pablum ...