How to $pend a Winter $aturday in Manhattan

To the bank to get quarters for laundry and some cash.

Raffetos:  home made pasta, pesto, smoked mozzarella, imported parmesano and olive oil.

Gourmet Garage:  breads, NY Extra-Sharp Cheddar, bananas, zuchini, portobellos, avocados, arugala and tomatoes.

Soho Wines:  red wine, white wine.

Augies:  3 lbs coffee, ground.

Morton Williams supermarket: red leaf lettuce, chicory, mustard greens, okra, green cabbage, parsely, 5 lbs. potatoes, two kinds of beans, non-sodium bouillon, soy milk, cow milk, honey, peanut butter, beef, chicken sausage with basil and sundried tomatoes.

Chinatown:  4 kinds of tea, wontons, shrimp, chicken, pork and vegetables.

None of these places is located next to each other.  This is all on foot and carried by hand.  So you see why it took almost 4 hours -- and I walk FAST.  I walked particularly fast today since the temperature when I went out first was 12, got to up to 16, and then fell back down to 12 before I got back from Chinatown.

I don't think I need to work out today.

Now it's time for Phil Schaap and Traditions in Swing, tonight a celebration of the birthday of Roy Eldridge, who, would be 90 years old today, to open a bottle of the wine, and start the prep for the pasta and salad dinner to come. Just hangin' here with mi papi on a chill night at the end of January, 2010.

This shows our age since no one under 40 listens to the radio.  It's mindboggling to understand that for the class, we are going to have to instruct our students in what radio was.