The Iceman Cometh

Hello all and greetings from a rather chilly NYC. Well I am back up in the fashion department full time and it is nice to be back. I am very lucky because my co-workers are such a blast that it makes going to work enjoyable each day.

This week Esther, our friends Jane and Arthur, and I went to listen to Dave Brubeck at the Paley Center. It was great the students from the Dave Brubeck Institute played and then Dave himself joined them. Walter Cronkite was also in the audience and was only recognizable by his bushy eyebrows.

My friend from Grand Rapids, Lucas Brooks goes to the New School. He is studying theater. He invited me to audition for the Vagina Monologues since they would like staff and faculty involved so yours truly is a narrator for the February show.

Yesterday I enjoyed a day of bumming around in Brooklyn. I did some holiday shopping on 7th avenue which was great. There are tons of cute stores, restaurants, and coffee houses but none of the crowds that you get in Manhattan. Then I went to BAM (the Brooklyn Academy of Music) in addition to live performances the Rose theater shows movies. So I finally got to see No Country for Old Men. It was INTENSE but great. Then Sandy and Terry introduced me to their friend Angelo who is adorable (and an architect who designers department stores, so of course I love him). The four of us met Esther and Michael at this cute french restaurant on the Upper West Side. It was yummy and the owner would go to tables and sing in French.

Today it is snowy and cold (but not Michigan snowy). But I had to brave the cold and track up to SoHo. I volunteered with the Makor group from the 92nd street Y. We went to this great organization called God's Love We Deliver. They make and deliver meals to people living with HIV or AIDS. We made scones and my team finished early so I also got to make Eggplant Parmigiana with another group of volunteers. But tonight is a good night to be bundled up, do laundry, clean, and sip some white lavender hot cocoa. :)