Feliz Navidad!

The best arrangement of Feliz Navidad. Ever.


Since work has been light this week a lot of fun videos have come across my radar. This ad from T Mobile is quite cool, especially for their use of normal sized women. The pretty brunette spokes model looks downright skeletal comapred to everyone else.

Look At The Tree! Christmas Eve, Etc. 2010

TR had the genius idea today to check out the tree in Rockefeller Center. I've lived in New York City for eleven and a half years and have always done my best to avoid it -- especially when I worked in Rock Center.

We started at Bryant Park at the ice rink. No skating, just loafing around. Or, in Andre's case, running around and talking to strangers.

Papa Bear and his cub.


Andre et moi


Tons of skaters!


Here we are! The tree!


TR did not love the crowds. Tourist attractions are painful for him.


Ahoy hoy!


OK, just one more.


Andre fell asleep in his stroller, which meant a nice lunch at Burger Heaven


As if Tom needs a menu


December 23rd: Party on St. Mark's Place with some broker friends

Vasilios and I


The building at 4 Saint Mark's was one a single family home until it was converted to a theater and then apartments. This is one of the old plaques on the front door to the apartment.

A Very Merry Christmas Was Had!

It's Christmas night and for the past two days I've been in super Christmasy mode. On Christmas Eve we headed out to Connecticut for dinner and gifts with the Millards. On Christmas Day I pried La Madre from the house in Connecticut and into Manhattan, where I took her to lunch and a movie. She was starting to collect dust hanging around the house all day long.

If you have any sense at all, go see Sherlock Holmes! It's a wonderful, fun film. The stars are kind of handsome as well.

Here's an attractive little family on the Metro-North.


Papa bear and his cub


Lotsa prezzies


Dinner cam


I brought the petits-fours, naturally. It's just not a meal without them.


La Madre and Milton have a complicated relationship


But they make nice for the camera


Andrew and Kristin


Jayne et Frank


Andre et La Madre


Part of Andrew's gift from La Madre was a collection of school papers from when he was in the fourth grade. His report card indicated he had trouble taking direction. Ha! Nothing's changed.


Andre in his awesome panda hat.


TR's a big guy.


Andre considers his three blonde fans.


Christmas morning, opening Andre's prezzies.

A Few Shots From Christmas

Christmas Eve was spent over in Old Greenwich for food, prezzies and a cute little church service over at Saint Savior's. Christmas Day took us to Nutley, New Jersey for an amazing dinner and more cookies than we knew what to do with. I just had ham and stuffing for breakfast. Life is good.

Best gift? TR got me a Persian cat calender. I can now look forward to 12 months of flat-faced furballs, many of them orange.

Also: TR's sister-in-law got me a copy of The Girlfriend's Guide To Pregnancy, which is probably one of the best pregnancy books I've come across. I'm not big into any of the books, because having a kid isn't all that complicated (people have been doing it for millions of years...) and anything you need to know these days is free and on the interweb. But, this book is awesome and tells you things you really want to know, like how bad labor is going to hurt and what to really bring with you to the hospital. Great. Pick.

My computer is still on the fritz, but I have a loaner for a while until I fix the screen on my other one. This one doesn't have a flash plug-in, which is driving me crazy because I can't watch videos. Yes, I have tried to install the plug-in, but to no avail. This laptop was, at one point, a corporate machine and I don't have admin rights to install anything, not even an instant messenger. Grrr. Moving on...

Christmas pics! I didn't take too many.

Everyone around the dinner table. We had the Best. Lamb. Ever. I would have gone for seconds, but there were petit fours to be devoured as well.


TR, this is your future


TR and Seamus


Andrew and the mug that I made him. Homemade gifts are the best!


Frankie's 8-year-old life was made complete with her new iPod Nano.

Hope You're Wrapping All Those Presents!

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