We celebrated the new year with friends and it was perfect. Dinner with Bud and Millie, with Paula's lasagna and Barbara's apple pie! Oh heavenly. The luxury of good friends. Barbara and Tom came over to our B&B in Frederick and we talked and exchanged gifts. Ken and I were sound asleep at the turn of the decade/year.
We then drove to Deb and Greg, having breakfast with them and Casey and a slew of her friends, who had had a New Year's sleep-over. Amid memories of Casey on the volleyball gym floor in Ann Arbor all those years ago, we toasted the new year and promised to see each other more often. I will see Deb and Greg later in January, so we're getting a good start on that resolution.
Then on to New York City, and a Broadway show and a movie. It was cold, but festive in the city. We oh-ed and awe-d at the tree in Rockefeller Center and watched the skaters in Bryant Park. We saw "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," which is about exactly what the title suggests. It was written by Sarah Ruhl, and was definitely from a woman's point of view. Movies today. Ken saw the Sherlock Holmes movie and I saw the Tom Ford movie, "A Single Man." Very painterly. We saw "Invictus" on Wednesday night, so that makes four movies so far this season. I have ambitions for more.
We came home from the city late this afternoon to a very cold house: the motor that moves hot water throughout the house was burned out. Let's hear it for small towns - the fix-it man was here within two hours and the hot water is circulating as I write.
A new year and a new decade - I hope for the best for all of us.
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