Backwards

In pajamas tired and dizzy. Traffic noise outside the first floor window.

Little cookies that come with the check.
Pasta with duck ragout
Artichoke calamari torte
Lemon Drop martini
Reading material: Life of Pi

Four camisoles
Three sweaters
Four cotton tops
One pair of jeans (vs. one jean, which would be, what, one leg of denim?)
No tax
$294.
Dept Store shopping at Zara.

Finally.
Comfort without bandaids.
After purchase of pair of shoes number !!!!FOUR!!!!
Ahh. Thank you God for sneakers.

Pickle stack art at the Old Town bar.
Lunch with NICO!
Yippee!

Farmer's market breakfast at 12:30pm.
Local grown honeycrisp apple and homemade oatmeal cookies.
Late start to the day.

Random factoid: Did you know that New Yorkers suffer 30% higher incidence of hearing loss than the rest of the country?

I said, DID YOU KNOW THAT NEW YORKERS SUFFER 30% HIGHER INCIDENCE OF HEARING LOSS THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY??