Magic Carpet* into New York

I wish for white.

I long to write about my walk in NYC today......had checkup at good Dr. B. on Upper East Side @ 2:30 P.M. Walked there from the Port Authority, and then back again. Two hours, most of the time on Madison Avenue! I'd love to record all I saw, but I promised myself I would buckle down and do my writing assignment about nylon spatulas and cheese graters tonight.....still, can't resist jotting a few details before I forget:

• Milly store!!!! Check the tiny Milly garments for petite princessas. So cute. And I like the Milly pairing with Sperry Top-Sider...fun designs. But again, they stop at size 10 and I need 11. Bummer...for the day I can afford a pair.
• Ladurée. The macaron as art.....and now they have sweet and savory cookbooks, too, with soft, sumptuous suede covers you just want to sink into. It almost seems like a fairy tale, like you could read it to children, said the stylish, vest-wearing young man behind the counter. I agree. I also love the candles, bags and candied violets there. One day I will buy a small sack of those violets to decorate rich butter cookies, cupcakes and cakes.
• Anne Fontaine. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous takes on the white shirt. Ethereal, floaty, feminine or crisp.
• Via Quadronno...this cozy restaurant around the corner from Milly caught my eye. I long to go there one day for Cioccolato Caldo [hot chocolate] and a panini. I just put the bright postcard on the fridge and wrote, DAN, PLS. TAKE ME HERE FOR DINNER 1 DAY! with a heart.
• Vosges. OMG, they were sampling two truffles on a tray, one being Wink of the Rabbit: soft caramel + deep milk chocolate + organic New Mexican pecan. And they gave you a whole one, not a cut-up bite. So elegant, perfectly rich and smooth, and dainty, so not too fattening. [I then bought one for $2.25, plus a seductive Tlan Nacu truffle--Mexican vanilla bean + Venezuelan 65% dark chocolate--for $2.50.] You have to check the Vosges Easter chocolate. I hope to buy some. Better to have a bit of exquisite chocolate for your basket than a lot of drugstore crap. Note: If I were rich, I would nibble on the tiniest quantity of Tlan Nacu truffles from time to time...
  
• Lilly Pulitzer. Looking good, as always. Nice sweaters, skinny belts, maxi dresses, rings, juicy colors and classic socialite whites.
• Tory Burch. Walked by but didn't duck in. Couldn't be late for dr. Great dress in window.
• Loro Piana. Sumptuous cashmere.
• Oscar de la Renta. Dream dress on display. I stopped to look.
• Dean & DeLuca......oh, the fancy yogurts, pricey cheeses and chocolates, nearly-Lilliputian butter cookies, rich donuts, tall layer cakes....just looked, didn't succumb.

Well, my work awaits me. Good night.

*Technically, it was not a colorful magic carpet but rather a DeCamp #66 bus, $7.40 each way between Montclair and the Port Authority. 

TCOY

1. Boot camp in the park. Invigorating.
2. Two hours of walking in NYC.
3. Made some new goals. For one, stop eating so much butter!!!!!!!!! And get to bed by 11 each night.
4. Listening to audio recording of The Outermost House while working now.