A Bar with a View

Our wedding anniversary. We went to the bar area @ the Highlawn Pavilion at 9:15 and perched on comfy stools with a glittery diamond view of the New York skyline, complete with red, white and blue-lit Empire State Building.

H. ordered a frisee salad, a bar pizza with mushrooms and a martini with three olives; I, who had an early dinner and glass of Pinot with Sis and Don in Greenwich, went for glasses of ice water and, to toast, a decaf Viennese coffee with Frangelico and brandy. I won't lie, my coffee was only okay. But the service and the view? Millionaire-perfect. [If you know where I can get an excellent Irish, Viennese or Mexican coffee, preferably with a cap of whipped cream, please clue me in.]

I'm doing a sweet day per week but this week it will be 1 1/2, b/c we shared a divine chocolate fudge sundae tonight at the Highlawn [the women on both sides of us were pretty excited about the sight of it, and said so] and am heading to Cape Cod with Anne Mernin & Co. tomorrow for a few days and have planned one sweet day there, to sample at the Hot Chocolate Sparrow in Orleans and the Candy Manor in Chatham.

But martini and skyline aside, our life is not without its wrinkles--or deep creases. What can I say. Good night.

TCOY

1. Support group. Felt good to be in its embrace.
2. Sug and I drove to Greenwich to see Sis and Don. I took a nap on the couch and then Sug, Sis and I walked @ Greenwich Point--saw shells, lobster trap washed ashore, bridges in stages of rebuilding after Sandy damage. Dogs allowed until end of March I think.
3. We then went to tony Greenwich Avenue for dinner--while Don held a table at The Ginger Man, Sis and I took a quick swoop into the Tory Burch store......it was after 5:30 and it was closing at 6. No budget to buy now, but loved drinking in the colors, textures, designs....saw some really cute sandals, belts and dresses. I can't believe all of the great stores on Greenwich Avenue: J. Crew, Lacoste, Tiffany & Co., Saks Fifth Avenue, Lilly Pulitzer, Vineyard Vines, Anne Fontaine and more.