10.04.05
Counting from the accounting
This morning was spent on tech support going over last minute details on backups, new features of MacOSX and other computer bits with my dad. After a few hours I got tired of the computer and we went out for a long walk and chat along Central Park ending up on his old stomping grounds in the Upper East Side. I made a last effort and finally found a bottle of Peter Luger steak sauce for Victor (who will hopefully not read this and be surprised), we then had a great Italian dinner along 1st avenue and 63rd.
A painless drive to the airport with a quick stop by H&H Bagels for ‘one of each’ and I find myself once again writing with a free internet connection. Unlike last time the only power outlets at the terminal are all on a hard surfaced rundabout that is sized such that uncomfortable to sit on though the power and the network are both available, which you have to appreciate. The JetBlue terminal at JFK is an impressive cacophony of unnecessary noise, mostly endless boarding announcements yelled at top volume that necessitate loud conversations by anyone who wants to be heard. It somehow seems to be an appropriate book-end for the trip.
Well, my plane will be boarding soon so it is time to bring the New York 2005 travel log to an end. The trip has been marvelous; summer days, great food, wonderful company, new friends, a premiere, one opera, one play, one musical and fifteen movies in thirteen days… not bad…. not bad.