And Now, December
Handy to have this social distancing time to get caught up on the old blog. Let’s look at December 2019, a time when people roamed the streets, just doing stuff like it was no big deal.
December 4:
Went to Tara’s fancy party at the Ace Hotel, something you would really think I would have taken more than one photo of but, nope!
December 7: Ryan and Jeff slept over the night before. Went to Gotham West Market with Jeff for Corner Slice, checked on Hudson Yards for a bit, and then went down to see the Yayoi Kusama show as well see a new Richard Serra sculpture and a few other Chelsea gallery shows. Then that night I attended the annual Carols on Columbus concert, always a great Christmas kick-off.
December 14: Had the pleasure of volunteering at the Giving Machines with Chris. Had a few interesting people drop by while we were there to drop some money on charitable giving.
December 15: Rode the old-timey holiday train with Robert and Rebecca after church. May I recommend doing this sometime! You’ll really marvel at how much quieter our subway trains are now.
December 19: Was in pure Star Wars heaven opening night of Rise of Skywalker.
December 21: Home to Chicago! Emily picked me up from the airport and took me straight to Los Barrelitos for those super good tacos al pastor that they’ve got. Then we went out to the Oak Brook mall so I could make an exchange and check on this good old mall. And that evening I was reminded that nothing can bring a family together like sharing a decent meal at a crummy restaurant and complaining about it all the way home.
December 22: Wore the suit I bought from DI in 1995 for $7 to church. Then made the family enfrijoladas and Mom helped me make a dessert we're calling “snake surprise.”
December 23: Picking up Johnnie’s for the family, checking out who has good Johnnie’s line etiquette and who doesn’t, then went back to Oak Brook to enjoy a very nice meal with no complaints on the way home.
December 24: Greg joined us in Chicago and we took a hike walk. Then we ate chicken macaroni casserole for dinner and held our traditional Christmas Eve at home activities and went straight to bed.
December 25: Christmas! Made chilaquiles as part of the Christmas breakfast feast, got a new Scrubby guy, and flew home to New York to get right back to work the next day.
