I had an absolute blast in New York City, gang!! In fact, I'm feeling kinda melancholy about being back home. I even caught a cold. But now I suppose I'd better get crackin' because the holiday season is officially upon us and, as always, I have a ton of work to do.

I wanted to stay in bed all day yesterday but instead, I put up some of the Christmas decorations, most of the lights and stuff. Just not the tree yet. I need way more energy to tackle something stupefyingly fun like that!

Sometime this week, when I can remember how I get photos from my phone into my laptop, I'll regale you with some of the photos I took of the Christmas windows in Manhattan. Until then, here's a tiny photo I just received in an email, it's from Thanksgiving dinner. We're up at Iris N. Schwartz's place in Upper Manhattan. Dinner appears to be mostly over at this point. I'm the one in the middle...