I'm very full

I'm very full. Maybe that is not the best way to start this blog, but now you won't have to read to the end if you don't want to because that is how it ends.

I dug out my winter coat tonight to go out. Found a Valentine sucker in the pocket. Wonder how long that has been there? Well, it was a mild winter so it may have been from near Valentine's Day. Today was the first day for that winter coat--fortunately Tuesday, Halloween night, was pleasant for the parade which I recommended for most of my students. Maybe I'll read about what they did on their blogs.

I met my friend Courtney on the UWS for dinner. She lives in DC now (actually just Virginia) and surprised me to say she was coming up. I was planning on just couch surfing tonight (and watching Six Feet Under) as I am still feeling a little under the weather, but she was a good enough reason to get dressed. Coming out of the subway at the Natural History Museum I was surprised by fireworks--probably for the marathon tomorrow. We had a nice Indian dinner and then we went to Cafe Lalo. Haven't been there for a while. It was fun. We both had coffee (black, no sugar, mais oui!) and something chocolate (my midnight chocolate was better than her peanut butter mousse!). We saw Michael Moore (the filmmaker) who lives on Broadway at 84th.

After, I walked to the subway. I caught the uptown D (no C service right now) at 81st, the Natural History Museum stop. This was the first time that I actually looked at every animal that is in the tiles on the uptown level. I haven't been to the museum since I first arrived in NYC, four years ago!