8 March 2019
Today was a “do your own thing” day!
Mum pottered around the apartment and took herself off for a walk around the East Village area, sat like a local in a cafe having a cup of tea and even found the Katz deli made famous in the movie “When Harry Met Sally” .
Meanwhile, I met Fiona & her son Ross at Grand Central and after a quick cuppa, Ross left us to catch up. We also went to Katz deli which was much bigger than I imagined and heaving with people. Found the table Meg Ryan & Billy Crystal sat at (looked like every other table there & possibly not the original!) then we went for the obligatory photos outside the brownstone steps of Carrie Bradshaw’s house in Perry Street where Big would drive past and pick her up in her fancy outfits! ( I felt we probably brought the tone of the neighbourhood down in our jeans and warm Michelin man look!) Then we spent the remainder of the afternoon in a lovely little bar in the West Village. A quick final photo outside the “Friends” apartment building was very appropriate ( pen friends since we were 8 or 9 years old! ) and we said our goodbyes.. hopefully it won’t be another 9 years before we see each other again! Thanks Fiona for coming all that way just for a drink .. in New York of all places ! Xx
Sounds amazing……but like you might need a holiday to recover. Know what you mean about the ashes was watching CNN and at first thought Chris Cuomo had a really bad accident, till I figured it was Ash Wednesday over there. Stay safe. xxx