Ah, the holidays.

[jlh]

Happy Hannukah everyone!

I wished that I knew the prayer for the menorah tonight so I could be subversive and say it while lighting devotional candles at St. Patricks. Somehow I really don't think G-d would mind.

What I think G-d certainly WOULD mind is the woman talking ON HER CELL PHONE in one of the pews. Listen, bitch, it may not be your church, it may not be my church anymore, but it's my mom's church, and a lot of other people's church, so show some fucking respect.

The parents are headed back first thing in the morning. Mom and I went grocery shopping today (yay! a car! whee!) and then she arranged some flowers for me which are just gorgoeous, and we hung up that Baselitz over the couch finally, and then Dad and I went through all my financial papers and chucked tons of stuff that I was keeping apparently for no good reason (like, cancelled checks from 1995) and Mom and I bagged a lot of recycling that was piled up in the corner. I sent them home with my personal correspondence for the last couple of years and a bunch of books (so I will have room for more).

I actually feel like I might not be drowning in paper. Anyone who has been in this apartment when it was not cleaned up for company will understand what an acheivement this is.

After dinner we saw the Bergdorf and Saks and Tiffany's and Takishimayo windows, and Rockefeler Center (though the tree isn't lit, the wicker angels are out). I'm feeling the Christmas spirit! I need to get myself to MoMA for holiday cards and I need to get some of those little lights for the tree . . .

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[titanic-days.livejournal.com]

::jealous::

Some day am going to have to do Christmas in New York. It'll give me an excuse to wear all the chunky sweaters and big jackets I have that are fast being rendered ineffective in the UK thanks to Global Warming.

Also I really like layering.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

T00b that I am, I actually kept thinking of you--or more specifically, your story--last night while we were wandering around. Bergdorf's is across the street from the Plaza (when we were in the park and we saw the Plaza, Bergdorf's is that building just beyond it) and my parents were saying, "That's where we stayed for our 25th wedding anniversary" and I was thinking, "Alex was right--I don't know why those two would stay there, except that it's in the middle of everything." And again, when we were at Rockefeller Center and watching the skaters and my parents were saying "Kurt Browning skated here this morning, we saw it on the Today Show" I was thinking, "I wish those two were here, they'd be more interesting to look at than anyone on the ice now."

Layering is a very good skill. We will do what we can to keep it honed.