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Monday, August 18, 2008 at 02:32AM
Wow, what a crazy few days. No sooner Ray return from China, than I'm off to NYC for a few days. I'd originally intended to stay only through last wekend, but once I got there and finished my business on Friday and Monday, I decided to extend my visit a couple of mpre days. I stayed at up hotel on the upper east side near 76th and 5th Ave. Cafe Boulud was right next door and the Children's Entrance to Central Park was less than a block away. The ubiquitous Star Bucks was three blocks away on Lexington as was the subway, which I rode everywhere.
By the time last Tuesday rolled around, I had found my bearings and adjusted to East Coast time. I spent the early to mid-mornings writing in the lobby or at a coffee shop--pretty much like I do here in Redondo-Hermosa-Manhattan Beach. Afternoons, I was a total tourist. I did the Musueum of Natural History, the Guggenheim, saw the Frick Collection and the statute of liberty. One long afternoon, I devoted entirely to Power Shopping. I'm talking the kind of shopping Fifth Avenue and 55th offers with the kind of money Ray makes as a Rocket Scientist, not the kind of money I make as a writer. I'm talking new Manolo Blahniks. I"m talking a slinky new dress from Michael Kors and a Louis Vuitton handbag.
Folks, I ate in great places, think Thomas Keller of French Laundry Fame and Daniel Boulud. I drank expensive wine and at night, Ray's voice tucked me in from across the country. Pretty good phone sex for a couple who've been more apart than together these last few months.
Now, it's back home and back to work.
New story out later this week. Stay tuned.
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