New York, New York

I just spent two excellent days in New York researching old textiles at the Met. We also walked the High Line (old railroad tracks on the Upper West Side that are now a gorgeous public park), ate at a Chinese place that offered "sauteed loofah," among other delights, and sat out on Betsy's roof deck and watch the lights of Midtown come on.

I have to say that sitting out on a cool night in Midtown, the Empire State Building a few blocks away in one direction, the Chrysler Building a few blocks away in another, all the other skyscrapers surrounding one's building, is one of the most amazing things I've ever done. Just marvelous, and the main thing that will stick with me from this trip to New York.