Mid Course Correction

Grandma Dot arrived for dinner last night a little late because like many New Yorkers she was the victim of incredible traffic. However she had escaped from a slow moving bus and probably thought herself quite clever --this is a manoeuver that I've done too -- to find a cab until she then became stuck in more expensive traffic with a cab meter clicking over relentlessly. So we decided against the Shake Shack and its almost mandatory long wait and order chinese food and then spent much of the evening looking at the pictures from china and exclaiming over all of them and each of us, Dorthy and I, contributing our own memories from that time. Kate was thoroughly content with this evening and went to bed with a huge smile on her face.

Tonight my hopes of a roof top summer party are dashed because of the torrential tropical rain but we will all make merry in the house and eat and drink well.