Christmas-y

Met up with Allison yesterday in Union Square. One of the things I like to do every year is to wander through the outdoor Christmas market – just to see all the vendors, see what they have, maybe buy some last minute stuff. It’s just so Christmas-y, I love it. I ended up not buying anything, although Allison got very lucky with a couple of purchases – REALLY cool stuff. It wasn’t freezing yesterday – as it sometimes is during my yearly jaunts there – so it was much more pleasant, wandering around outside for a couple of hours. As you can imagine, it was absolute mayhem. Just as it should be. Christmas craziness. But I love it – it’s the same vendors year after year, from all around the world – and usually each vendor is in the same spot, year after year. I know where the paper-maker is, I know where the felt hat vendor is, I know where my favorite candle vendor is … It doesn’t change. It was really nice, a lovely afternoon.

Then we went to Bar 6 – one of my favorite little bars (you could swear that you were in a little cafe in Paris – wonderful atmosphere) – and had a bit of food, drank wine (in the afternoon! I love it – so decadent) – and talked like magpies. It was awesome. A lovely Christmas-y kind of day.