Dear blog

I was up too early today. I don’t think I’ve had enough sleep any night of the trip, and this was another morning when I ended up not sleeping in.  I had procedural ‘stuff’ to do – washing and ironing, and was eager to get that out of the way before doing that. Deb and I hadn’t made any plans together for the day, so I wasn’t really expecting to do anything, but I’d just finished doing the laundry when I saw her in the lobby. She was headed for the Met, but was up for breakfast.  Honestly, dear blog, the food near where we’re staying isn’t great, and I was trying to think of somewhere we could get something when a happy memory resurfaced.  During our honeymoon, Marianne and I had brunched at a great place called Sarahbeth’s.  M had found it in Zagat’s I think.

Anyway, I mentioned the name to Deb, who googled a bit, and found one of three Sarahbeth’s just near Central Park (M & I had gone to a different one).  We jumped in a cab, and headed uptown where we had a very civilized breakfast in relaxing surroundings. We then headed across Central Park, taking a long leisurely stroll, before doing the Met.  You might have noticed a lot of mention of walking, and my feet were beginning to feel a bit sore, and after an hour or so at the Met I left Deb to enjoy the museum and headed back to the hotel. I was feeling tired and bit dizzy, so I took the chance to crash, which proved the smart thing to do.

After a short nap, I went uptown to the Virgin Megastore to do a little shopping. I bought a few cds, met Rob, Cat and Alisa for coffee, then back to the hotel again to change for the Australian Party at the Consulate.  The whole event was a great success. Probably a 100 people or so came, and all seemed to have a great time. I got to meet a handful of people I’d really wanted to meet – especially Renee and Rome – and have some wonderful conversations, and everyone else seemed to have a great time too. Hats off to Trevor Stafford and Deb Biancotti, who did the bulk of the work.

After that, we had cocktails at the Campbell Apartments with Scott, Justine, and Garth, and back to the  hotel.  We missed dinner so, while Deb headed off to bed, Liza and I enjoyed some late night pizza. New York pizza. For Marianne.

Today is off to Saratoga.