My new goal is a simple Monday roundup. Once a week. A
recounting of the highs and lows. A sharing of key moments and observations.
It’s doable. I will try (except next week. I will be on vacation – hurrah!). I
hope you will come along with me.
So. It was another beautiful week. I think this summer goes down as one of the most perfect on record. It’s a bit steamy at the moment, but for the most part, it’s just been sunny, in the 80s, always with a refreshing breeze. You can’t ask for more.
My good friend, chere Sarah was in town from Paris and we
had dinner at the delicious Andrew Carmellini restaurant, Little Park. I had a
few minutes at the bar by myself before she arrived, which felt awfully
indulgent, and then the conversation with and the sight of her brought back a
flood of Parisian memories. God, those were great years and experiences. I
seriously think about that time, those two years, and it was such a gift. I see so much of it with such clarity. My memories are so acute. It’s hard
to believe it was me and my life, so changed are things now and yet how vivid
and special those times were.
Now it’s all about the peanut. It still makes me anxious and
emotional sometimes, how much I love her. But I do. I just love her.
It was very much a Brooklyn weekend. Andrew and I tried to
go to the Jazz Age Lawn Party, just to see everyone so nattily dressed, but the
line for the ferry out to Governors Island was crazy-long. We would have been
standing under the beating sun for probably an hour so we high-tailed it back
to Brooklyn. A little stroll through Brooklyn Heights, lunch at River Deli, another
stroll to Gowanus, a drink in the backyard of Lavender Lake with Bennie, and
then home. It was great to be out, walking and enjoying the summer.
That was the idea on Sunday as well. I met my girl Mel in
the park and it was a glorious day, in the shade of a tree. Suddenly, as we
were packing up to leave, it started raining. We ducked under a tree, expecting
it to be the fleeting summer sprinkle, over in five minutes. But what ensued
was the craziest, fastest storm. It came out of nowhere, bringing flash floods,
sideways winds and panic.
But in the end, it made for another unforgettable
memory.
