Friday, October 3, 2025 Fairfield, Connecticut In New York At Last! A Day Involving Happy Reunions, Yet Another Doctor’s Appointment and a Grand Dinner with East African Safari Friends. Finally, after a whole week of being in the New York area, we were able to spend the day in New York City. Hard to believe…
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Flight from Canada to the USA (NYC) and Settling Down in Somerset, New Jersey
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada-New York-Connecticut-New Jersey Flight from Canada to the USA (NYC) and Settling Down in Somerset, New Jersey Today was rather bizarre in more ways than one. When I had planned our itinerary, it had not occurred to me that we’d be flying on that dreaded day—9/11. Yet, here we…
Lunch at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Fellow-Docents, Appointment with an Ophthalmologist and Dinner with Friends at ‘Il Tinello’.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Fairfield-New York City-Fairfield Lunch at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Fellow-Docents, Appointment with an Ophthalmologist and Dinner with Friends at ‘Il Tinello’. The Big Apple called today-and we responded!!! It was so fab to be New Yorkers again But to begin at the beginning of the day… We awoke this…
Breakfast with Former Southport Neighbors at Gruel Britannia, Mass at St. Anthony’s, Lunch with Friends at South Street Seaport in Manhattan and Viewing the Frick Collection in the Met-Brauer Museum
Sunday, August 20, 2023 Southport and Fairfield, Connecticut and Manhattan, New York Breakfast with Former Southport Neighbors at Gruel Britannia, Mass at St. Anthony’s, Lunch with Friends at South Street Seaport in Manhattan and Viewing the Frick Collection in the Met-Brauer Museum Today was unbelievably eventful and very very enjoyable. My day began early as…
A Day Spent with an Ophthalmologist in New York
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 New York City A Day Spent with an Ophthalmologist in New York Today was a most unusual sort of day and one that left me a bit saddened by its outcome. I awoke, as usual, rather early, and sent out Thank you notes to my Book Club friends (whom I had…
Another Glorious Day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and a Book Club Meeting with Fairfield Friends:
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 New York City and Fairfield, Connecticut Another Glorious Day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and a Book Club Meeting with Fairfield Friends: Life here in Westport, Connecticut, has entered a routine phase. I awake by 4.30 am and spend most of my time still in bed as…
Operation NYU Exit Continues, Brunch with Amy, Arrival in Westport, Connecticut
Sunday, August 6, 2023 New York City Operation NYU Exit Continues, Brunch with Amy, Arrival in Westport, Connecticut I awoke on Sunday at 4.30 am in my Manhattan apartment. I still cannot get over my good fortune in having such a beautiful apartment at my disposal. It is a darling space: a large living room-cum-kitchen…
Clearing Out my Office at NYU and Meeting a Former Student
Saturday, August 5, 2023 Manhattan, New York City Clearing Out my Office at NYU and Meeting a Former Student Breakfast and Beginning my Big Task: Being jetlagged still, I awoke at 4.30 am while the rest of Manhattan was fast asleep. I could not get over the sight of the Chrysler Building staring me in…
Hello Again USA! It’s (Somewhat) Good to be ‘Home’!
Westport, Connecticut Friday, August 4, 2023 Hello Again USA! It’s good to be ‘Home’! As expected, I was jetlagged when I awoke in my friend Leslie’s place in Westport, Connecticut, on my first day back ‘home’ in the USA. Everyone asked me how it felt to be back. And frankly, I had no real feelings.…