BRYANT PARK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18h, 5:00 PM
Masses of skaters enjoy a temporary rink in Bryant Park.
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ROCKEFELLER CENTER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 4:30 PM
Ah, the traditional Tannenbaum, surrounded by tourists and the traditional pomp of the urban sidewalks. Greg and Susan Schmidt and Ginny and I took in the sights before meeting more of the gang. Kind of fun, despite the constant buffeting of humanity on the hoof.
HIGH ON THE HIGH LINE
Yesterday I finally took myself out of the running to become the last person in the greater metropolitan area to visit the High Line, the terrific elevated urban park built on the elevated rail bed that runs through Chelsea on Manhattan’s far west side. I will now add my puny voice to the great chorus …
SPORTY NIGHT!
Almost as though we were living a double feature of A Day at the Races and Horsefeathers (minus the Marx Brothers and the mayhem), we followed an afternoon at Keeneland with some exciting SEC pigskin action at Commonwealth Stadium, where were saw the visiting Mississippi State Bulldogs take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Both teams cam …
SPORTY DAY. . .
Molly and I went to Lexington this weekend to visit Cara, who seems to be doing brilliantly well at the midpoint of her first semester of her freshman year at the University of Kentucky. She’s working hard, fitting in, getting good grades, making friends and getting involved. I’m very happy for her, and pretty damned …
COUSIN, COUSINES
In a happy coincidence, a visit to my sister Rose last week took place on the same day that my cousin Marge and her husband Bob were having a dinner party, and they invited me to join the party. It was a lot of fun, with a lively conversation centering on czarnina and Bob’s squirrel …
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, SUNDAY AUGUST 28TH, AROUND 3 PM
Our house, about three hours after rainfall from Hurricane Irene ceased. Photo courtesy of Nadia Lindstrom.
INTO THE HEART OF PENNSYLTUCKY
On Wednesday, Ginny and I and Cara headed out for the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where Cara will soon begin her freshman year. Thinking to combine some tourism with one of the last acts of basic parenthood (everything after this gets placed in the supplemental category), we headed first for Cleveland, where we saw …