Lest you think that I spend all of my time in the country, I thought I would post some photos from my hometown of New York City. The other day we picked Lindsay up from school and went to see some of the beautiful Christmas decorations that New York does so well. Our first stop was Lord & Taylor to see the window displays. They were sweet and magical with amazing detail. The photo below shows Clara and the Nutcracker watching a sugar plum fairy dancing. Lindsay was mesmerized.
After that, we went to Rockefeller Center. The normal hordes of people stayed away (somewhat) because of a light drizzle. It was warm, so a little rain didn’t spoil the fun for us. It actually made it possible to get right up to the ice skating rink and see the skaters. We then went to Teuscher Chocolates and got some delicious and very pricey chocolate. But hey a tradition is a tradition. I think next year we might investigate Maison du Chocolat and see how they stack up. We peeked at the windows of Saks 5th Avenue, but they didn’t hold a candle to the ones at Lord and Taylor.
Our very last stop was to grab a bite to eat at Prime Burger. I read about it in NY Magazine’s listing of places to eat around Rockefeller Center. Besides having regular tables, they had funny little pull in desktops. The food was typical diner food with the dial reading high on the grease-o-meter, but Lindsay loved it there. A happy kid at the end of the night is all I could ask for as we contentedly rode the subway back home.
