Small pleasures (NYC edition)

- 75 degrees and sunny
-sitting behind Stephen Sondheim at "110 in The Shade" (you know, the creator of West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Sunset Blvd, Gypsy, Follies, Into the Woods, A Little Night Music....)
- meeting Audra McDonald after the show
- walking from 53rd to 92nd Streets after the theatre + seeing several young and not-so-young couples lost in embraces and kisses
- walking around the city with my mom, just chatting and exploring
- seeing a movie being filmed (the production assistant said it was "Maid of Honor" with Patrick Dempsey (no, I didn't see McDreamy)
- good eats (Olives, Popover Cafe, L'orange Bleu)
- catching the cross-town M86 bus through Central Park (I've always done subway before because I was intimidated by the bus system)
- seeing where my sister works + hanging out with her
- perfect combination: cupcake bakery + children's bookstore (reputedly the model for The Shop Around the Corner in "You've Got Mail")
- making it back home in a freakily short 3.5 hours
- being home again