Wee Observations

Not much has happened since L left us on Tuesday. We've been keeping a low profile, trying to save some cash and prepare ourselves for the Christmas and New Year festivities.

So, as I have nothing to report apart from the fact I'm been feel uggggghhh and exercising too much, I'll share my observations of New York over the holidays. I have may have mentioned this already, but Thanksgiving finished and very the next day, Christmas kicked in. There are Christmas tree vendors on every corner. Right opposite our building there's a wee vendor (outside the obligatory church) with a wooden shed with lights and everything.

The 'holiday' market in Union Square is great and full of cool gifts and of course cider and mulled wine. Except the cider isn't hard cider, as the Americans call alcoholic cider and the mulled wine isn't alcoholic. Pah! Where's the fun in that? Markets are good usually, but what makes them is the gratuitous outdoor drinking.

Next, isn't really about New York but remote working. There is no embarrassing Christmas party! My boss kindly offered to Skype me into the office quiz and to watch them do the office Secret Santa, but I in my best Scrooge voice declined. Who wants to watch other people having fun from their hallway? Uck.

Anyway, that's all. Oh, and the streets of New York smell way more like weed than London's.